Hawaii Statistics

... For 2021, Hawaii had $6.5 billion to pay its bills of $24.5 billion ....

... The average monthly Social Security disability benefit as of August 2022 was only $1,231.80 ....

... 13.8% growth without accounting for 3 yrs of inflation which is about 16% ....

... Hawaii residents are leaving the state in droves because the cost of living is too high .... 

... Not considering charter schools, enrollment dropped from 168,152 in 2018-19 to 156,518 in 2022-23, and it is projected to decrease further to 148,096 by 2027-28 ....

... The state received a score of 34% based on 29 items that formed six groups of safeguards ....

... Statewide, 651,550 were employed and 27,650 unemployed in August ....

... families’ leading reason for removing their students from public schools is for relocation to mainland states ....

... median weekly and annual earnings for 16- to 19-year-olds and 20- to 24-year-olds ....

... there is still a significant chunk of the population that is hesitant to get the vaccine ....

... Hawaii is #41 in overall education freedom. The state ranks last in School Choice but fourth in Regulation ....

... 189 Unemployment Claims per 100,000 People in the Labor Force ....

... We examined each city based on ethnicity and race, language and birthplace ....

... Honolulu is 75% higher in taxes than the second most tourist-taxed city in the world ....

... We compared the average salary of primary and secondary school teachers to the average salary for all jobs in each state .... 

... meet the new tourism, just like the old tourism ....

... No state has a higher percentage of student-loan balances past due or in default ....

... How much does it cost to hire an employee in Hawaii? ....

... Exceeded only by Housing--but on the Big Island, Taxes are the largest household expense item ....

... From 2019 to 2020, life expectancy declined for all 50 states and D.C., from 0.2 years for Hawaii to 3.0 years for New York ....

... Hawaii's six community colleges vary in quality ....

... on Oahu 10.6% of employees have a 60+ minute commute ....

... Hawaii had the second-largest percentage shortfall -6.6 percent, -2,500 jobs ....

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 4.1 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.2 percent in June ....

... Sixty-nine percent of Kauaʻi households remain very or somewhat concerned about their household members getting sick with COVID-19. This is unchanged from the level of concern reported in the 2020 CASPER survey....

... In Hawaii, a total of six police officers have been killed on the job in the last decade, or 212 officers for every 100,000 police on the force as of 2021 - the 13th highest fatality rate ....

... The 105.0% increase ranks as the fifth largest among the 44 states that reported an uptick ....

... The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website ....

... In Hawaii, foreclosures rose by 94.1%, from 202 in the first six months of 2021 to 392 in the first half of 2022 .....

... $51.70 a night ....

... housing market appears to be coming back to earth ....

... A total of 23,299 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2021, marking a 10.8% decrease ....

... overall child well-being--Hawaii Ranks 22nd ....

... Think your Hawaii rent is high? It probably is ....

... the average mortgage payment is 78.3% of the state's median income ....

... rental car rates at the top 100 U.S. airports for the month of August 2022 ....

... based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks ....

... States with the Best & Worst Early Education Systems ....

... Hawaii's 14% increase is second only to Arizona which increased 21% ....

... H.R. 8593, the Territories Statistics Collection Equity Act ....

... 842,927 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in June, 2022 ....

... In Hawaii, the ATF traced a total of 145 firearms in 2021 - or 10.2 for every 100,000 people, the fewest among states ....

... On average, HOA monthly fees in Hawaii are about $762 a month ....

... First-of-its kind report quantifies housing shortage by metropolitan and county levels, finds underproduction in state reached more than 7,600 homes in 2019, up from 3,900 in 2012 ....

... Changes in Unemployment Rate by State ....

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 4.3 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.1 percent in May ....

... To rank America’s Top States for Business in 2022, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness ....

... FY2022 corporate income tax collections up 60.1% from the previous year, IIT collections up 22.3% from the previous year, and General Fund tax collections up 34.8% ....

... On a per capita basis, defense spending in Hawaii is equal to about $5,506 per person, the third most among states ....