Hawaii Statistics

In just this legislative session, we've seen attempts to make the surcharge a permanent part of life.... We've seen proposed income tax increases. There's even an attempt to write a tax...into the state Constitution....

...42 key indicators of affordability, economic strength, quality of education and health, and overall living standards....

...and if you earn $100K, Hawaii is 3rd-highest....

...and Legislators are pushing HB209 to make those rates even higher....

Because the savings rate is calculated from local price comparisons, it will vary by region due to differences in the cost of living, even when commissary prices remain uniform and constant....

7.35% of Hawaii households have $1M or more of investable assets....

An NSC survey released Feb. 15 provides a glimpse at the risky things drivers are doing....

...Highest Percentage of Jobs Generated by Immigrant-Owned Businesses Rank -- 3rd....

This means one or more of the key bridge elements, such as the deck, superstructure or substructure, is considered to be in "poor" or worse condition....

...equity rich — where the combined loan amount secured by the property was 50 percent or less of the property’s estimated market value....

...six components: housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services....

...Honolulu County workers make more than neighbor island workers....

...New data show government outpacing private sector, pointing to an unhealthy economy....

New York continued to have the highest union membership rate (23.6 percent), Hawaii and Alaska are tied for second at 21.7 percent each....

Salaries and benefits of Hawaii government workers have increased by 26 percent in the past decade....

Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, but it taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state’s personal income....

Documents submitted by county police to the state's Department of the Attorney General show that every application by a private citizen for a concealed-carry permit was denied in 2016....

Grade F -- Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Funding....

Hawaii, Alaska and South Dakota, states with track records of high well-being, were the top states in the 2016 rankings....

...2016 data from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline, Polaris's BeFree Textline, and communications....

...county workers in Hawaii make a mean average wage of $61,365 a year....

This is the eighth National Citizen Survey of Honolulu residents conducted for the City....

...every student in Hawaii, Kentucky, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Wyoming meets the minimum connectivity goal of 100 kilobits per second (kbps) per student....

Generally, the higher the level of education one attains, the more income potential grows and the lower chances of unemployment become....

...unaffordable housing is almost everywhere and every time caused by the same factor: housing supply restrictions....

The link between corruption and debt is particularly prominent for private projects, such as stadiums....

And a whopping 9.8% of Hawaii K-12 students were referred to law enforcement, by far the highest in USA....

...Waste Chief Reason Medicare Predicted to be Bankrupt by 2028....

...non-government workers in Hawaii make, on average, $43,544 in annual pay and benefits (adjusted for cost of living) which ranks as the lowest compensation in in the nation....

If retirement is still a big question mark for you because of finances, consider relocating to a state that lets you keep more money in your pocket....

How many lost jobs, shuttered businesses and lost earnings in Hawaii? ....

Mercatus Center Healthcare Openness and Access Project – Hawaii Ranks 29th....

Every year, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies across the United States seize and keep billions of dollars in cash, cars, homes and other property using a legal tool called forfeiture....

Raising a healthy, stable family sometimes requires moving to a new state....

In 49 out of 50 states, pass-through businesses employ over 50 percent of the private workforce. The one exception is Hawaii....

...Total Cost Per Smoker: $2,048,587....

In the last five years, America’s wind turbines killed more than three times as many birds as the BP oil spill did....

...Total leftover income after cost of living expenses: -$367.09  Hawaii is the only state where the median earner is in the hole....

Household Gun Ownership 12.5 percent....

Listings booked more than half the year on AirBnB make up only 0.18% of Hawaii housing stock....

Hawaii CD1 has the lowest Obamacare enrollment in the USA....

...some great scores...and some very, very poor ones....

... What do we have to show for $2B in High-Tech tax credits?  Nothing ....

Home Ownership More Costly Than Renting on Oahu, Maui, Big Island ....

...older adults are over-represented among pedestrian deaths....

...states that rely heavily on federal assistance tend to have modest tax collections and a relatively large low-income population....

Hawaii ranks 44th in "equality and integration" of healthcare....

"Our membership will live two to three years longer, which means we’ll have to pay...."