Hawaii Statistics

... must be an undercount ....

... charters gain 311 students, non-charters lose 1296 students ....

... Hawaii economists say Lahaina locals could be priced out of rebuilt town without zoning changes  ....

... US Census shows majority of Native Hawaiians now live outside of Hawaii .... 

... 51st – Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living) ....

... The 7 percentage point decline was the seventh smallest among states ....

... There have been 10,448 new claims for unemployment in Maui County in the four weeks since the fires struck ....

... second highest cost of funerals and end-of-life medical care ....

... Hawaii’s income tax rates are among the highest in the country, and its business climate is consistently ranked poorly. Meanwhile, residents continue to flee the state for less expensive mainland locales ....

... 932,713 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in July 2023, an increase of 1.5 percent from July 2022 ....

... a family of four earning Hawaii’s median income of $88,005 a year would have a state income tax bill of $5,086. At that income level, only Oregon families face a higher tax burden ....

... The Hawai‘i State Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawai‘i ....

... The local Atlas team is part of a national coalition aiming to inform solutions to the housing crisis by cataloging land use policies across the U.S. ....

... 2023’s Best & Worst Community Colleges ....

... DoE reports a significant decrease in the number of teacher vacancies this school year – roughly 340 – compared to more than 1,000 vacancies at the start of last school year ....

... Hawaii residents spend $3,070 each month on the ten most common household bills, which is +50% above the national average ....

... 2023's States with the Most and Least Student Debt ....

... 889,274 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in June 2023, an increase of 5.5 percent from June 2022 ....

... Between 2020 and 2021, the most recent years of available data, carbon emissions in Hawaii increased by 16.2%. Over that period, energy related carbon dioxide pollution went from 14.9 million metric tons to 17.3 million metric tons ....

... the highest per-passenger cost among light-rail systems in the nation — by far ....

... 4,000 is a little short of the number that HART projected it would attract once the system is completed: 84,000 people a day ....

... Based on the high error rates, we concluded that DHR’s data was unreliable and insufficient to conduct further analysis .... 

... 85.1% of residents haven't smoked weed in the last year ....

... “Taxpayers are already paying an enormous amount to build the project, but now are paying even more to run it nearly empty” ....

... in recent decades visitor spending stopped growing while the number of tourists continued to increase ....

... $13B / 3,666 avg daily riders = $3.5M per rider  We could have bought each rider a house near their job and a Cadillac or two to put in the garage -- and still saved billions ....

... One reason is higher rates apply early on the income spectrum, so nearly all taxpayers pay higher rates, says a new analysis ....

...Roughly 10-30% of people who get COVID, suffer persistent symptoms colloquially known as “long COVID”....

... UHERO released the first edition of an annual report on the state of housing called “The Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook” ....

... Green has an approval rating of 62% and a disapproval rating of 22% ....

... but Hawaii is among the worst states in terms of women receiving early prenatal care ....

... 21,881 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2022, marking a 6.1% decrease ....

... in Honolulu a $250K salary is worth $82,672.04 ....

"... living in Hawaii would require an annual income of at least $80,000 to $100,000 for a single person and around $125,000 to $150,000 for a family ....”

... Honolulu average household credit card debt is $14,927, up by $2,498 ....

... #1 Highest Avg Rent in USA: Urban Honolulu, HI $2,514/mo ....

... in comparison with March 2020 (the last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 24,200, or -3.7 percent ....

... Energy-producing and tourism-dependent states took the biggest hits in productivity: Hawaii was down 5.3% to $75.39 ....

... Hawaii ranks 44th in the nation for children’s economic well-being, seventh lowest in the nation, according to a report released Tuesday ....

... Hawaii has the highest debt-to-income ratio of any state at 2.26 ....

... you’ll get a lot more for your money in Mississippi than in Hawaii ....

... some contribute more than others ....

... and State Tax Collections per Capita--Hawaii 4th Highest ....

... Three Lowest States: Arkansas (2.1), Mississippi (2.3), Hawaii (2.5) ....

... projected economic growth rates for Hawai‘i for both years are better than the expected growth rates for the nation ....

... 806,209 people visited Hawaii in April 2023, representing a 97.4% recovery since April 2019 ....

... Hawaii had a reported 254 drug-related deaths recorded in the 12 months before December 2022. That amount could be as high as 298 after death investigations finalize, an increase of 7% from the prior year, according to the CDC ....

... Hawaii property taxes go from 28th worst to 32nd worst in four years ....

... Honolulu ranks 280th of 300 overall and 62nd of 68 among large cities ....

... 30 percent decrease over the past four years in the number of out-of-state permits issued in the City and County of Honolulu, falling to 2,545 in 2022 from 3,655 in 2019 ....