Hawaii Statistics

Ninety-five percent of Hawaii's residents consider the city or area in which they live to be a good place for racial and ethnic minorities, earning the Aloha State the top spot in Gallup's 50-state ranking....

...data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2012-2013 school year....

Excluding Hawaii and the District of Columbia, which were outliers, the state Exchange with the highest cost-per-enrollee was Massachusetts, at $5,681. Hawaii’s cost-per-enrollee was 32 times California’s....

The Hawai‘i Health Connector Hawai‘i concluded its first open enrollment period, which included a grace period that ended on April 30, with 9,785 enrollees....

...and 32,209 more enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP through the end of March 2014, compared to enrollment before the Marketplace opened last October....

The top-performing states—Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Hawaii—lead the nation across most dimensions of care, and have done so over time....

...analysis from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy shows that teen childbearing in Hawaii cost taxpayers at least $32 million in 2010....

This study analyzes the effects of the resulting changes at the individual employee level ....

... Queens, Pali Momi, Straub, and Moanalua all scored 'A' ....

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 38,978 adults aged 18 years or older from 6 states: Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin....

Hawaii has 144 structurally deficient bridges....

...residents in Hawaii took a dim view of their own schools, with only 46% ranking them as excellent or good....

586 sign-ups since March 31, 2014 ....

It includes topics such as physical and emotional health, healthy behaviors, work environment, social and community factors, financial security, and access to necessities such as food, shelter, and healthcare....

Hawaii citizens have earned enough for the year's tax bill - one day later than last year....

New report ranks Hawaii 36th in economic outlook and 17th in economic performance....

Hawaii has much room to improve. It scores poorly on all three dimensions of freedom....

Environment America (who?) released a new report: “Shining Cities: At the Forefront of America’s Solar Energy Revolution”....

The government watchdog group called this a “huge improvement” for Hawaii, because in the past the state received an “F” grade....

Hawaii was again last in voter turnout in 2012, with its rate decreasing 4.6 percentage points from a nation’s worst 2008 rate....

States with the largest percentage increase were North Dakota (27.8 percent), California (15.6 percent), Hawaii (10.5 percent)....

Providers across the country were surveyed to determine the average costs....

Hawaii moved from 14th to 20th....

The Connector's customer support center staff is making more than 1,000 calls per day to reach out to consumers who have started, but have not completed, the enrollment process....

In this policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the intersection of kids, race and opportunity....

Residents identified homeless and/or homelessness as a priority for the City to address....

...350 individuals and 17 businesses last week signed up for the Hawaii Health Connector with one week to go....

...in households spending a high share of their income on medical care....

Out of Reach 2014 reveals the drastic difference between what renters need to earn to afford rent and what the average renter actually earns....

Only 5,394 enrollments in the individual marketplace....

The long-term unemployed have problems finding work wherever they are, even in states with the lowest unemployment – Hawaii....

...34,000 uninsured Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) in Hawai‘i are likely eligible for no cost health care coverage (such as Medicaid or CHIP)....

...rates and rankings of all 50 states on 39 different measures of tax and fiscal policy....

Is it a loss of wealth by the rich or an increase in wealth to the poor? The latter, according to research....

In this policy brief, we identify the existing PURPA-based contracts in Hawai'i ....

For more than a decade, the college has made it into the top 50 to 100 teacher preparation schools....

The Richardson Law School was ranked in 100th place among 146 law schools... Richardson was tied for 80th last year ....

Californians face the highest top marginal personal dividend tax rate in the United States of 33 percent, followed by taxpayers in New York (31.5 percent), and Hawaii (31.6 percent)....

Since October 1, 69,041 people have been found eligible for Medicaid in Hawaii.  3,249 are eligible for CHIP.  Another 24,583 were deemed ineligible....

...the construction industry will lead the economic recovery with the fastest growth rate (16.7 percent), as well as by creating the most jobs (4,960)....

...this data is updated monthly and is calculated from multiple economic and demographic factors related to three primary data categories—employment, income and housing....

Our projections for 2014 growth have been marked down....

Average characteristic of an area over the entire 5-year time period.  Data is based on a survey....

...union membership rate for the state was at the series high of 29.9 percent in 1989, and at the series low of 21.5 percent in 2011....

"Aloha!" highlights the ways in which Obamacare is harming American families....

...DBEDT economists slightly reduced the projected growth rate due to continued modest tourism growth but identified potential in construction....

...residential electricity rates are three times the national average....