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Monday, March 20, 2023
Counties where the most people work from home in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 3265 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19

... Hawaii County -- 13.0% of workers work from home ....

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Friday, March 17, 2023
Hawaii most expensive state to live in--86% Higher than US Average
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 AM :: 2260 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... State cost of living index: 186 ....

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Hawaii has the most expensive gas, nationwide
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 AM :: 1572 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... over the past year gas prices in Hawaii jumped from $4.57 to $4.88, a 6.8% increase ....

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Sunday, March 12, 2023
Building Vs. Buying: Which Is Cheaper in The Aloha State?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 2595 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii shines as #1 out of only 18 states where it’s more cost-effective to build rather than buy ....

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Friday, March 10, 2023
Hawaii Unemployment Claims Jump 26.59%
By Wallet Hub @ 5:38 PM :: 1730 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... 210 Initial Claims per 100,000 People in Labor Force ....

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Monday, March 6, 2023
How Police Department Spending in Hawaii Compares to Other States
By Selected News Articles @ 10:27 PM :: 1990 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Police

... In light of rising violent crime, grassroots support for the defund the police movement also appears to be slipping ....

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Friday, March 3, 2023
DBEDT: Hawaii Economy Still Recovering from COVID
By News Release @ 11:01 AM :: 1755 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

... DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2023 and 2024 at 1.7 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively ....

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Friday, March 3, 2023
Hawaii's Best & Worst Cities at Personal Money Management
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 AM :: 2023 Views :: Family, Economy, Hawaii Statistics

... It’s clear that some people are better than others at handling their finances ....

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Average of 259,514 visitors in Hawaii every day
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 2086 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

"...full recovery may take a few years...."

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Friday, February 24, 2023
Report: Hawaii's hotel revenue back to pre-pandemic levels
By Selected News Articles @ 11:22 PM :: 2075 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... With the average hotel occupancy projected to be about 63% across the nation this year, Hawaii is projected to have a 78% occupancy rate. Its rate in 2019 was 80%, the report showed ....

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Hawaii Household Bills Among Highest in USA
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 1731 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 2023 U.S. Bill Pay Category Breakout Report ....

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Saturday, February 18, 2023
Debt: Honolulu 3rd-Worst Sinkhole City
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 2182 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics

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

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
Hawaii ACT Scores 10th-Worst in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:17 PM :: 1632 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

... tied with Arkansas ....

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
Hawaii Ranks 39th for Innovation
By Selected News Articles @ 11:01 AM :: 1393 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...Hawaii STEM jobs account for 5.1% of all employment in the state, the 15th lowest share among states....

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
DoH: Hawaii among highest hepatitis B death rates nationwide
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 1578 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... In 2019, the rate for Hawaiʻi (1.17 per 100,000) was almost three times the national rate (0.42 per 100,000) ....

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
Hawaii Families Spend 62.3% of Income on Mortgage--Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 AM :: 1845 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Median Monthly Mortgage Payment: $4,403 ....

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Hawaii GET Taxes 119% of Personal Income
By Tax Foundation @ 12:39 AM :: 2290 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, it taxes many products multiple times ....

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Sunday, February 12, 2023
How Living Off the Grid in Hawaii Compares to Other States
By Selected News Articles @ 12:40 AM :: 1880 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use

... five categories: feasibility, infrastructure, affordability, climate, and safety ....

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Saturday, February 11, 2023
How Fast is Hawaii’s Economy Growing?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:52 PM :: 1419 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

... The 3.3% annualized expansion rate was the 17th largest ....

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Friday, February 10, 2023
Hawaii: Third Highest Proportion of Unsheltered Homeless
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 2735 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness

... 62.7% of Hawaii homeless are unsheltered .... 

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
Families in Hawaii spend 20.8% of their income on child care
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 1533 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... This is the 5th-highest percentage, nationwide .... 

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
Who is having abortions in Hawaii?
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 1852 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life

... there were 1,809 abortions reported in Hawaii in 2020, a decrease of 9.7 percent from 2019 ....

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Sunday, January 29, 2023
High cost of living drives family, friends out of Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:20 PM :: 1729 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... More than 15,000 people left Hawaii for the mainland last year ....

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
December Unemployment 3.2%
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 1345 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 36,200, or -5.5 percent ....

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Saturday, January 21, 2023
Hawaii #1 for multigenerational households
By Selected News Articles @ 6:57 PM :: 1946 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Areas with high living costs, large immigrant populations, and housing shortages are abundant with multigenerational homes ....

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Saturday, January 21, 2023
Counties with the most emergency shelters in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 1270 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest number of emergency shelters per capita in Hawaii using data from the National Shelter System Facilities database .... 

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Saturday, January 21, 2023
Hawaii has the most honest guns in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:53 PM :: 1746 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment

... the Average ‘Time-to-Crime’ for Firearms in Hawaii is 3x other states ....

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Friday, January 20, 2023
BLS: Hawaii Most Unionized State in USA
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 1474 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... Two states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2022: Hawaii (21.9 percent) and New York (20.7 percent) ....

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
Sister Isles Among Worst Doctor Shortage in USA
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:01 PM :: 1597 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes

... a recent national study of 3,000 counties in America found the Big Island has the third-worst shortage of healthcare providers in primary care, Maui has the fifth-worst shortage of healthcare providers in America, and Kauai has the 13th worst shortage ....

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Monday, January 16, 2023
Hawaii Worst State to Drive In
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 1255 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... high gas prices, rush-hour traffic congestion and poor road quality ....

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Sunday, January 15, 2023
​How to avert the looming property tax crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:10 PM :: 1779 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii’s population has been declining for six straight years, and if policymakers don’t do something quickly to avert the looming increase in county property taxes, that is likely to continue ....

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Sunday, January 15, 2023
Hawaii Smoking Costs $3.5M Over Lifetime
By Selected News Articles @ 9:16 PM :: 1580 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

... 6th highest in USA ....

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Sunday, January 15, 2023
Searching for a Side Job? In Hawaii you've got lots of company
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 1865 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living

... According to recent data, searches for side jobs have seen an increase of 49.89%, with Hawaii ranking sixth among the states ....

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Feds Collect $2M in Fines
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 1464 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

... $1,534,259.15 was collected in criminal actions and $554,363.58 was collected in civil actions ....

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
2022: Hawaii Had Largest Increase in Energy Costs
By News Release @ 4:14 AM :: 1884 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii residents paid on average $210.26 a month up by $38.08 ....

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Saturday, January 7, 2023
Hawaii Grade 'C' on Low Income School Funding Fairness
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 1516 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

... Because of persistent funding inadequacies and inequities, many schools, especially those serving low-income communities, were not equipped to educate students ....

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Saturday, January 7, 2023
Most Expensive US Cities -- Honolulu 5th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 1694 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... and that doesn’t account for state tax rates, which are among the highest in the nation ....

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Saturday, January 7, 2023
Hawaii Most Expensive Pizza in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:32 AM :: 2065 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... The Price of Pizza Hut and Domino’s in Every Country and State ....

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
State with worst roads--Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:55 PM :: 1464 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... 16% of Hawaiʻi’s rural roads and 26% of urban roads rated with poor pavement roughness ....

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Taxes, housing drive people from Hawaii, policy group says
By Selected News Articles @ 8:25 PM :: 1982 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... more than 15,000 left the state between July 2021 and July 2022 ....

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023
79% of Hawaii Criminals' Guns Smuggled from Out-of-State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 1642 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment

... According to 2021 data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 78.9% of traced guns in Hawaii were sold by an out-of-state retailer - the third largest share in the country. Firearms traced by the ATF typically have been used, or are suspected to have been used, to commit a crime ....

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Sunday, January 1, 2023
Lives Matter
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1662 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

... the important thing isn’t money for the sake of money, but whether it’s being used wisely to make our lives better ....

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Friday, December 30, 2022
The trend continues: Hawaii's population declines — again
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:14 PM :: 2022 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii’s population dropped by almost 7,000 people, or 0.5%, between July 2021 and July 2022 ....

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Friday, December 30, 2022
November 2022 Tourist Count 90.9% of November 2019
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 1544 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... Inflation is 17% from 2019 to 2022 so a 13.7% 'nominal' increase means 'real dollar' spending is down, not up ....

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Thursday, December 29, 2022
Hawaii:  Long, expensive road for government permission to work
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 2085 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business

... spend nearly three times as long on educational requirements and be faced with shelling out twice as much in associated fees ....

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Thursday, December 22, 2022
American Dream? Hawaii Business Environment Worst in USA
By News Release @ 11:52 AM :: 1840 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

... According to the Index, Hawaii’s areas for improvement include business environment (ranked 51st), economic quality (ranked 51st), infrastructure (ranked 35th) and education (ranked 28th) ....

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Hawaii Gender Gap #2 in USA--Failing Boys Account for All of DoE Shortfall
By Selected News Articles @ 8:47 PM :: 3148 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii English test scores relative to US average: Female: 0.07 grades above US average -- Male: 1.04 grades below US average ....

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Families in Debt: Latest Study Analyzes Hawaii Debt Predicament
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 1800 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics

... From credit card debt and student loans, to mortgages and medical bills ....

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Hawaii November Unemployment 3.3%
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 1935 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business

... Jobs increased by 25,800 over-the-year ....

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Hawaii Worst Roads in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:23 PM :: 1551 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... More than a quarter of Hawaii’s urban roads come in at more than 170 inches per mile on the International Roughness Index (IRI), a measure of how much a vehicle vibrates based on the roughness of the road and how the wheel hits it ....

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