Hawaii Statistics

...in Urban Honolulu it is 48.1% ....

...In Hawaii the preterm birth rate in 2019 was 10.6%, earning the state a "D+" grade. Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant mortality....

...“Hawaii is on track for both the nation’s: 1) largest raw vote increase vs. 2016 (33.8% so far) 2) biggest pro-Trump swing vs. 2016 (-32.2 pts to -29.5 pts)" ....

... groceries +69.3%, transportation +46.6%, utilities +99.4% ....

... Data window shift on Sunday will adjust daily reporting schedule ....

...GET down by 25.1%...TAT down by 92.8%....

...Ranking Individual Income Taxes on the 2021 State Business Tax Climate Index....

... Ranking Corporate Income Taxes on the 2021 State Business Tax Climate Index ....

... $381.2 million in economic output generated, including direct, indirect, and induced effects ....

...Tax Treatment of Groceries, Candy, and Soda Can Get Tricky....

...Five states continue to carry elevated long-term liability burdens above 20% of personal income in fiscal 2019, including Illinois (at 27% of personal income), Connecticut, New Jersey, Hawaii and Alaska. For all of them, pensions remain the driver of elevated liabilities....

...Laffer-ALEC Report on Economic Freedom: Grading America’s 50 Governors....

... how different states' tax codes compare with the 18th edition of our State Business Tax Climate Index ....

... commercial and industrial use down sharply, residential use up ....

... As of the end of data collection for the 2020 Census, 99.9% of housing units and addresses have been accounted for in Hawaii ....

...UH Manoa is ahead of the University of Oklahoma (No. 414), California State University, Fresno (No. 494)....

... A Growing Epidemic: States with the Highest Young Adult Vaping Rates ....

...UH‘s four year universities are up 1.9% and the UH community colleges are down 3.2%....

...Hawaii’s unfunded liabilities for infrastructure and public health benefits have increased so far this year to $97 billion....

... Civic participation is a key ingredient of a well-functioning democracy ....

... UH Manoa’s default rate was 3.3% compared to 9.7% nationally ....

...‘Heavy’ pesticide exposure linked to cardiovascular disease?  Flawed study raises ‘troubling’ questions about public health research....

... Hawaii 2020 unemployment claims surpass 380,000 ....

...Today’s total response rate report on the 2020 Census website shows that 99.9% of Hawaiʻi households have been enumerated, one of the top states in the country.... 

...Alaska has far fewer COVID restrictions, yet a lower death rate....

...Hawaii has recovered just 13% of the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic....

...ACUF reviewed selected pieces of legislation voted on in both the Hawaii Senate and House to produce average scores of each chamber as well as individual scores for each sitting member....

... Prior to COVID-19, our respondents reported a roughly 4% vacancy rate .... In August, however, this number jumped to 9% ....

...Newly released voter assistance tool scores HI politicians’ success at working across the aisle....

...2020’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities....

...In August 2020, a total of 22,344 visitors traveled to Hawaii by air service compared to 926,417 visitors during the same month a year ago....

...Hawaii lost the highest percentage (-3.5 percent, -1,300 jobs) of construction jobs for the month....

...Jobs declined by 105,200 over-the-year....

...Survey in Hawaii Finds: 55% Believe Something Like the Holocaust Could Happen Again; 65% Cannot Identify How Many Jews Were Killed During the Holocaust; 55% Cannot Name a Concentration Camp, Death Camp, or Ghetto....

...Hawaii is the most restrictive state in USA....

...National healthcare scorecard: Where does your state rank?....

...Hawaii was the second-most-dependent state on the additional $600 in unemployment benefits that expired at the end of July.....

...even if we develop an effective vaccine to combat the pandemic, it will have a reduced impact if people don’t choose to get it....

...Hawaii's public and charter schools combined enrollment for school year 2020-21 totals 174,704 students, compared to 179,331 last year, a difference of 2.6 percent....

...in Honolulu, the 2016 Porsche Cayenne S e-Hybrid is only 2mpg better than the vehicular embodiment of excess--the 2010 Hummer H3....

...Sharecare and Boston University School of Public Health launch Community Well-Being Index....

...Hawaii and Washington State have the highest estate tax top rates in the nation at 20 percent....

... according to the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings released on September 2 ....

...Hawaii shows the largest disparity in weekly teacher interactions between more-educated and less-educated households. The gap for the nation is roughly 8%, while the gap for Hawaii is nearly 54%....

...Almost every state spends more on highways than they collect in dedicated revenue from federal, state, and local sources. The only exceptions are Hawaii, Idaho, and Tennessee....

...criminals are being released from jails where there is no COVID....

...How Many Visitors Are Coming to Hawaii During this Pandemic? Making Sense of Hawaii’s Visitor Arrival Data....

“We are still experiencing a significant increase of workers still attached to an employer being fully released from employment."

...In July, a total of 22,562 visitors traveled to Hawaii by air service compared to 995,210 visitors during the same period a year ago.... 

...2020’s Best & Worst Community Colleges....