Hawaii Statistics

... A Grassroot Institute of Hawaii analysis finds Hawaii residents paid more than double the national average in state taxes during 2020 ....

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February was 9.2 percent compared to the revised rate of 10.3 percent in January ....

... the average daily census showed that there were 90,776 visitors in Hawaii on any given day in February 2021, compared to 250,052 visitors per day in February 2020 ....

... 50% for the class of 2020 enrolling in college immediately after graduation, as compared to 55% for the class of 2019 ....

... 26,122 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2020, marking a 62.3% increase from 16,098 applications processed in 2019 .... 

... do people in high-tax states receive superior government services ....

... Hawaii: 31.5% “expect someone in their household to have a loss in employment income in the next 4 weeks” ....

... Hawaii has the 5th lowest Avg. Annual Wage for Physicians (adj for cost of living) ....

... There are few things more nonsensical than encouraging doctors to leave a state during a pandemic, but that is exactly what the Hawaii State Legislature is doing .... 

... Hawaii Waiters/Waitresses: average annual wage: $55,200; employment: 19,500 ....

... Federal assistance to states has come into the spotlight recently during the coronavirus pandemic ....

... Hawaii and California had the highest jobless rates in January, at 10.2% and 9.0%, respectively. At the far end of the spectrum, South Dakota and Utah had the lowest rates, each at 3.1% ....

... details the racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infections and deaths in the state of Hawai‘i ....

... Hawaii ranks 47th for 8th Grade Math & Science Performance ....

... Statewide, 588,050 were employed and 67,000 unemployed in January for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 655,050 ....

... In 2019, Hawaii women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $847, or 85.1 percent of the $995 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts ....

... Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth, 81.0 years in 2018, and West Virginia had the lowest, 74.4 years ....

... Hawaii and Nevada (both up 4.1 percentage points) logged the largest annual increase in overall delinquency rates ....

... Only 5 Hawaii Nursing Homes Score Better Than 'D' ....

... only nine states saw a drop in deaths -- Hawaii has the largest drop ....

... Under the American Rescue Plan Act, states would receive $195.3 billion in aid, divided according to each state’s share of national unemployed workers ....

... 2021 Hawaii Towns with the Highest & Lowest Credit Scores ....

... Only two states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2020: Hawaii (23.7 percent) and New York (22.0 percent) ....

... In January, a total of 171,976 visitors traveled to Hawaii by air service, compared to 862,574 ....

... In December, Hawaii had the highest unemployment rate among the states at 9.3%, followed by Nevada at an unemployment rate of 9.2%. Both of these rates are higher than the national unemployment rate of 6.7%....

... Only a little more than half of Honolulu residents surveyed consider the city and county’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic to be effective ....

... monthly demand was 167,500 unit nights ....

... statewide RevPAR decreased to $58 ....

... Where They Moved To: California, Texas and Washington ....

... Waipahu ranks 256th in USA for 'ethnoracial diversity' ....

... Over 12,000 Hawai‘i students in grades 9 through 12 participated in the 2019 survey ....

... flawed government accounting standards allow lawmakers to spend more and sweep debt under the rug ....

... Reality: Hawaii's Fake Green Energy Initiative: After 15 years, Petroleum Dependence Drops only 6% ....

... Car Loan Debt-to-Income Ratios for 16 Hawaii towns .... 

... COVID-19 is affecting the mental health of all Hawai‘i residents, but especially for young adults and those whose household income is less than $50,000 ....

... 23.3% of Hawaii tax collections come from income taxes ....

... According to the survey commissioned by the Hawai‘i Department of Health, 55% plan to get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible and 36% will wait before receiving their vaccinations ....

... General Excise and Use Tax (GET) collections are down by 21.8% from last fiscal year ....

... Hawaii has a fast-food joint for every 1,025 residents ....

... Hawaii Corporate Income tax tops out at 6.4% .... 

...Nineteen states and the District of Columbia are in the highest-rated category, “Working Toward Innovative Equality”....

“...Because of COVID-19, we are all thinking more about lung health. Now is the time for lawmakers to act and take this opportunity to achieve lasting reductions in tobacco-related death and disease....”

... Institutions in Hawaii have only spent 40 percent of total allocated funds ....

... For all of 2020, total visitor arrivals declined 73.8 percent from the previous year .... 

... Research shows that half of Hawaii’s population wants the vaccine and another quarter are still deciding ....

... 36.7% of State revenue comes from GE Tax ....

... "Recent analysis by the Hawai'i Budget & Policy Center finds that this statewide program got out more housing assistance to help renters per capita than any other state effort across the country" ....

... Honolulu ranks 92nd in STEM-friendliness, 97th in Professional Opportunities, and dead last in STEM wages ....

... Nearly 6,000 new systems installed, most with energy storage ....

... Honolulu’s financial problems stem mostly from unfunded retirement obligations that have accumulated over the years ....