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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Do you think the city spends your money responsibly?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:30 PM :: 217 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... here's how the City and County of Honolulu spends your money ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Here’s the Salary a Single Person Needs to Live Comfortably in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 335 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... your bank account will be overwhelmed by the cost ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
2024 Homeless Report showed many underutilized housing programs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 AM :: 218 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness

... 82% utilization rate among the 139 emergency, transitional and permanent housing programs on Hawaii ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
2024: Tourist Count Up--Spending Down
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 452 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... 35 Years of Stagnation: Tourism Income Flat Since 1988 ....

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Friday, January 31, 2025
DoE Tries to Spin Latest Batch of Failing Test Scores
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 633 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
  • 4th-Grade Math -- Hawaii 26th-worst
  • 4th-Grade Reading -- Hawaii 10th-worst
  • 8th-Grade Math -- Hawaii 11th-worst
  • 8th-Grade Reading -- Hawaii 12th-worst
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Friday, January 31, 2025
'Severe Housing Problems' Drag Down Hawaii Health Rankings
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 435 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

... crowded housing, dependency, low levels of education, per capita income, poverty and unemployment ....

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Hawaii Worst State for Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 598 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... gas prices, rush-hour traffic, road quality ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Record number of students helped by Hawaiʻi Promise scholarship
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 367 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... 3,446 students across all seven UH community colleges in fiscal year 2024, compared to 1,774 students in 2023 ....

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Monday, January 20, 2025
Hawaii 7th-Worst State to Start New Business
By Selected News Articles @ 10:11 PM :: 469 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... Choosing the right state for a business is crucial to its success ....

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Sunday, January 19, 2025
Military Personnel 14% of Oahu Rental Market -- but nearly 0% of Sister Isle Rental Market
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 734 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military, Cost of Living

... Since DoD personnel occupy almost no rentals on the Sister Isles, DoD impact may be inferred by comparing Sister Isle rental rates to Oahu rental rates ....

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
City partners with UHERO to launch Subsidized Housing Tracker
By UHERO @ 2:09 AM :: 504 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics

... tracker consolidates data on government-subsidized housing units across Honolulu County ....

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
UHERO: Maui wildfires trigger population loss, economic impact
By UHERO @ 2:35 PM :: 662 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics

“These preliminary estimates likely underestimate the magnitude of the effect.”

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Hawaii 2nd Most Racially Integrated State
By Selected News Articles @ 2:16 PM :: 603 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... New Mexico is #1 ....

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Saturday, January 11, 2025
14% of Hawaii Healthcare Jobs Vacant
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 589 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living

... 34,181 healthcare positions in the state and a 14% vacancy rate, a significant decrease from the 17% vacancy rate reported in 2022 ....

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Saturday, January 11, 2025
ALICE REPORT: 37% of Households Consider Leaving Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 1381 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 27% of households statewide fear being forced to move within a year—a figure that jumps to 41% among ALICE households ....

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Friday, January 10, 2025
Hawaii Abortions Down 11% for 2022
By Selected News Articles @ 1:07 AM :: 441 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life

... there were 1,970 abortions reported in Hawaii in 2022, a decrease of 11% from 2021 ....

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Friday, January 10, 2025
21% of Students Short on Vaccinations
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 485 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... a 25% increase from the 2022-23 school year ....

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Honolulu Traffic 19th - Worst in USA
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 491 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics

... Honolulu drivers lose 45 hours in congestion at an annual cost of $806 per driver ....

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Hawaii #1 -- lost greatest share of population to other states
By Tax Foundation @ 3:07 AM :: 1692 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii lost 0.65% of its population to other states in FY2024 ....

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Saturday, January 4, 2025
Not Even Beautiful Hawaii Is Immune to ‘Tax Flight’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:17 PM :: 1052 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... The Aloha State is finally facing the problem ....

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Friday, January 3, 2025
Aging and Hawaii’s Generational Economy
By UHERO @ 11:40 PM :: 816 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...By 2035 one in four people in Hawaii will be 65 or older....

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
November Tourist Count up 5.3%
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 534 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... 770,940 visitors in November 2024, growth of 5.3% compared to the same month last year. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.55 billion, up 2.0% ....

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Sunday, December 29, 2024
Why is inflation higher in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 PM :: 1005 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... It mostly comes down to one thing: housing ....

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Saturday, December 28, 2024
Hawaii worst state to work in 2024
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 1132 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the lowest average disposable income, $5,929 per working resident ....

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Thursday, December 26, 2024
Mayor encourages Oʻahu residents to participate in annual Community Survey
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 902 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics

... Honolulu residents have until January 7, 2025 to participate online ....

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Monday, December 23, 2024
UH: Hawaii 768 Doctors Short
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 836 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... The greatest statewide shortage remains in primary care, with 152 FTEs needed in total across all islands ....

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Thursday, December 19, 2024
Hawaii is the 5th Worst State for New Business Survival
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 AM :: 719 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... not for the faint of heart ....

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Monday, December 16, 2024
Hawaii Airports Busiest Per Capita in USA
By News Release @ 12:34 PM :: 711 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... Hawaii leads the nation with 88,703 passengers per 100,000 residents. This is 11 times the national average of 7,746 ....

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Sunday, December 15, 2024
2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index -- Hawaii Ranks 42nd
By Tax Foundation @ 4:41 PM :: 688 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... complex, nonneutral taxes with comparatively high rates ....

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Sunday, December 15, 2024
Honolulu: The Real Value of $100 -- $88.57
By Tax Foundation @ 3:54 PM :: 731 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Bureau of Economic Analysis data details disparities in spending power across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of each state ....

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Survey: 40% consider moving out of state
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 1207 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... The economy (73%), personal finances (73%), and housing costs (64%) rank as the most significant stressors for residents, particularly for households with incomes below $50,000 ....

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Is Hawaii small business economy is finally turning around?
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 477 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes

“...I like to think Hawaii helped kick off this national turnaround with passage of House Bill 2404, a historic tax reduction bill that Gov. Josh Green signed into law June 3....”

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Hawaii’s continuous exodus could get a whole lot worse
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:26 AM :: 1136 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... 70% of 1,500 local workers interviewed are either planning to move away or considering it ....

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Sunday, December 8, 2024
Hawaii 3rd-Highest Pension Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 995 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... Hawaii pension burden: 19.4% of personal income ....

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Thursday, November 28, 2024
October Tourist Count up 5.4%
By News Release @ 2:16 PM :: 818 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... The statewide average daily census was 208,032 visitors in October 2024 ....

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Hawaii Claims the Highest Median Rent in the U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 PM :: 2020 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 12 states now have median market rents exceeding $2,000 per month, an increase from nine states last year. Hawaii leads the list with a median rent of $2,909 ....

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Friday, November 15, 2024
Open Enrollment: Only 20,000 Sign up for Obamacare in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 1165 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Obama

... Over 20,000 Hawaiʻi residents purchased plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace in 2024, and more than 17,000 received subsidies. ....

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Dramatic Decrease in Tourism Spending in Hawaii Affecting Small Businesses
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 1637 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism

... Real visitor spending as of today is actually below where we were in the late 1980s ....

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Saturday, November 9, 2024
Down Again: HIDOE releases 2024-25 enrollment figures for public schools
By News Release @ 2:24 AM :: 1284 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

... Enrollment at Hawaiʻi's public schools is 165,340 at the beginning of School Year 2024-25, a decline of 1.4% from the previous school year ....

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Saturday, November 2, 2024
33% of elections in Hawaii are uncontested
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 1015 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections

... Of 90 regular elections in Hawaii—30 are uncontested ....

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Friday, November 1, 2024
September Tourist Count 96.1% of Pre-Pandemic Numbers
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 801 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... the best recovery rate since the Maui wildfires ....

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Enrollment up at UH’s 10 campuses, surpasses 50K
By News Release @ 5:31 AM :: 730 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... enrollment at the 10 campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi surpassed 50,000 students for the first time since 2018 ....

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Friday, October 25, 2024
Renewable Energy Does Nothing to Reduce Hawaii Electric Rates
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 1223 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii #1 in Nation With Highest Electricity Costs (33.89 Cents per kWh), Despite 2.4x More Renewable Energy Than U.S. Average ....

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Hawaii 2nd Fewest Job Openings in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 PM :: 707 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the rate of job openings for the latest month and the last 12 months ....

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Honolulu 2nd-Lowest Mortgage Delinquency Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 658 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii's high cost of housing looks very different if you already own your own home ....

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
CATO: Josh Green Ranks 7th in Fiscal Policy
By Cato Foundation @ 5:12 PM :: 1037 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Politicians, Taxes

... Green is the highest-scoring Democrat in this study ....

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Meth poisoning leading cause for fatal overdoses in older Hawaiʻi residents
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 829 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Drugs

... Between July 2020 and December 2021, 263 drug-related deaths were recorded across the state. Of these, 58.2% involved individuals aged 50 to 79 ....

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Monday, October 14, 2024
Hawaii household expenses up $1,234 per month since 2021
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 1403 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Cumulatively, the average Hawaii household has spent $33,365 more due to inflation since January 2021 ....

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Hawaii Home Prices up 342% -- over and above the rate of inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 1927 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Hawaii had the number one largest cost increase of any state in the country ....

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Honolulu Is the City with the Highest Inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 1091 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Honolulu 4.2% Consumer Price Index Change year over year ....

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