Hawaii Statistics

Hillview, Ky. filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in late August, brought the national total of municipal bankruptcies to 14 since 2008....

For adults 18 to 49 years, methamphetamine was the most frequently reported primary substance at the time of admission (42% - 50%)....

...figures here are for bonded debt, and do not include other outstanding obligations—including pensions—which add substantially to governments’ future liabilities and are often considered in broader definitions of governmental debt....

Our data set includes such metrics as delivery costs, average annual infant-care costs, the per-capita number of midwives and OB-GYNs, and the per-capita number of child care centers....

...the percent of single-mother households of all family households with own minor children was 18.9% in Hawai‘i versus 24.1% in the nation....

Only 34% of females and 15% of males in Hawai'i have been fully immunized....

Lighting the Way III: The Top States that Helped Drive America’s Solar Energy Boom in 2014....

Without food processors in the islands, Hawaii agriculture will always be limited....

Hawaii -- 262.4--Car thefts per 100,000 people -- Nat'l Avg 220.7

WalletHub compared 670 community colleges across 17 key metrics....

Hawaii's tax structure is 2nd-worst in the US for labor-intensive manufacturing....

...the combination of one of the country's most expensive housing markets and relatively low employment opportunities....

...and this doesn't include the General Excise Tax....

...ACT score in Hawaii are still the lowest in the USA....

Higher daily spending contributed to increased visitor expenditures on Maui (+7.2% to $2.6 billion) and Kaua‘i (+16.3% to $981 million). Visitor expenditures on O‘ahu ($4.2 billion) and Hawai‘i Island ($1.1 billion) were comparable to a year ago....

...Honolulu came in 18th, with 50 hours of delay per commuter, costing $1,125....

Excepting heavily incentivized research and development (R&D) operations, mature firms generally experience above-average tax costs in Hawaii....

The adjusted cost of living for retired persons in Honolulu is twice as high as it is in Laredo, Texas....

"...we haven’t seen the 5.0 to 6.0 percent economic growth rates experienced during the previous business cycle...."

... Aug. 26 is Women’s Equality Day ....

Our data set ranges from the percentage of adults aged 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher to the attainment gap between women and men....

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28%....

DBEDT today released the 2014 edition of the State of Hawaii Data Book....

...states could easily offer more data to their citizens....

Seattle is the best city in the United States for healthy retirement living, with Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Portland (Oregon) and Hartford rounding out the top five....

August is Child Support Awareness Month ....

...How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality....

In Hawaii, there were 995 drunk driving episodes yearly per 1,000 people....

...The percentage of schools with 8:30 a.m. or later start times varied greatly by state, ranging from 0% in Hawaii....

...but 2nd highest student debt as a percentage of income adjusted by cost of living ....

...attractiveness of the largest U.S. cities in terms of livability, the quality of their health and education systems, economic growth and tax rates....

...visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands rose 4% and visitor spending increased 3.5%....

Because the state government uses outdated accounting methods, a vast majority of liabilities are excluded from its financial reporting....

... 2015's States with the Best & Worst School Systems ....

For singles in Honolulu, the highest lifestyle-related costs are clothing and housing....

...What matters is whether the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is delivering the CO2 reductions which for many justify the increased expense.  The answer is no.....

Hawaii 45.1 cents per gallon, plus federal 18.4 excise tax, plus GE Tax....

10th worst in USA ....

...and Detroit ranks 14th....

“The high cost of living in Hawaii amplifies the hardship that many of our low-income and poor families face...."

Since October, 2014 more than 15,000 applications have been approved to install or interconnect....

The average monthly consumption of electricity per housing unit in Louisiana is triple that in Hawaii....

Hawaii taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....

Only in Washington DC is $100 more worthless....

Today’s map shows how spirit excise taxes in your state compare....

Hawaii ranks 40th among US states for its fiscal health, based on its fiscal solvency in five separate categories....

Across all metro areas, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii has the highest cost of living, while Danville, Illinois is the least expensive place to live in the country....

Why? Cost of living is the main issue....

Fortunately, our lawmakers are allowing the three top rates to die a natural death at the end of this year with our highest marginal rate a more modest 8.25%....