Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii has the highest percentage of at-risk rural hospitals in USA ...

... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance (UI) program is funded exclusively by employers via state and federal payroll taxes on wages ....

... accounting for inflation, the actual dollar increase in tourist spending is a paltry $30M ....

... how much your individual vote counts ....

... The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare ....

... The worst performing students are now chronically absentee, so we aren't testing them.  So these 'steady' test numbers actually show that the top DoE students have dropped to the pre-COVID level of the average students ....

... There are 48,373 students currently enrolled at UH, down from 49,773 students in 2021, a 2.8% decrease ....

...Job gains occurred in Leisure & Hospitality (+2,700); Education & Health Services (+500); Construction (+400); and Professional & Business Services (+200)....

... Honolulu ranks 90th of 100 cities ....

... $37,000 of shortfall per taxpayer ....

... Hawaii's 277 hotel businesses average over $25M annual revenue ....

... The report examines the tax and spending choices made by the governors and discusses recent policy trends ....

... the state's sound financial position and strong governance, offset by economic concentration in tourism, elevated leverage (combined debt, pension, OPEB and other liabilities) and associated fixed costs ....

... The bottom 37% of students are chronically absent, let's see how much their absence improves test scores ....

... four of the top five states Hawaii residents moved to—Washington, Texas, Nevada, and Florida—forgo individual income taxes on wage income ....

... The cost for a regular unleaded gallon of gas was $5.22 on Wednesday, the same as Tuesday's price, according to AAA ....

... only Alaska pays more ....

... 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 ....