Hawaii Statistics

...2019’s States with the Most At-Risk Youth....

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

...WalletHub compared 300 cities of varying sizes across 27 key indicators of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life....

...Student Debt as % of Income, Adjusted for Cost of Living  (3rd-lowest)....

...To rank CNBC's 2019 America's Top States for Business, we put all 50 states through a rigorous test and graded them based on more than 60 measures of competitiveness in 10 broad categories....

...Hawaii ranks 47th....

...“These constraints, largely imposed at the local level, raise costs and limit the number of homes that can be built in places where demand is highest.”....

...despite the nation's lowest electricity consumption, chart-topping rates give Hawaii the 10th highest electric bills....

...Acreage harvested for all seed crops is expected to total 2,530 acres during the 2018-19 season, down 17 percent from the previous season....

...Hawaii residents have been moving away from the islands in droves in recent years; in fiscal 2017, more than 13,000 people departed — the highest negative net migration ever....

... average daily visitor spending was down 4.2% -- Total visitor arrivals increased 4.6 percent to 841,376 ....

... and the lowest voter turnout for 2016 Presidential election ....

...Out of Reach documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing....

...Honolulu residents spend the 2nd-most for food, 3rd-most as a percentage of income....

... Hawaii taxes distilled spirits at $5.98 per gallon ....

...Between 2008-2017, Hawaii adults over 50 were 2.6 times as likely to be struck and killed while walking compared to people under 50….

...conditions have shown little to no improvements in more recent years, with the state’s rank for this domain slipping from 30 in 2018 to 34 in 2019....

...nineteen Senators and two Representatives – all Democrats – earned membership in the ‘Coalition of the Radical Left’ by scoring 10% or less.... 

...in Hawaii, 29% of federal criminal convictions are for white collar crime, second only to New Jersey....

...and Hawaii has the 4th-lowest home ownership rate in USA....

...Hawaii taxes wine at $1.38/gallon, 14th highest in USA....

...Suicide deaths rose to the second-highest rate in the country at 15.2 per 100,000 in 2017, the latest data available, from 8.2 per 100,000 in 2005, while alcohol deaths climbed to 5.8 from 3.5 and drug poisonings increased to 13.8 from 9.4....

... Hawaii imposes $0.93 tax per gallon of beer ....

...373 people who were considered homeless at the time of their deaths have died on O‘ahu from 2014 through 2018....

...91 percent of Honolulu’s Housing First clients came into the program as chronically homeless, and over 60 percent came directly from living on the streets....

...based on several criteria, including crime rates, air quality, housing affordability, entertainment offerings, cultural diversity, and economic vitality....

... identified as having a “persistent record of poor care” ....

...low tech, low patents, low innovation....

...in Hawaii the dollar has less buying power than in any other state....

...lots of jobs sit unfilled as Hawaii has the 5th-lowest avg starting salaries (adjusted for cost of living) in the USA....

... Hawaii derives 22.9% of tax revenue from individual income taxes .... 

...“It’s not surprising to see a decrease in visitor spending during 2018 since most of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park was closed for 134 days due to unsafe and unpredictable volcanic activity”....

...Oahu population is down 12,612 from its 2016 peak....

... the GE Tax accounts for 37.2% of State revenue, Hawaii ranks 9th most dependent....

...the average officer is only 45 years old — 42 for non-disability enlisted personnel — upon retirement from service....

...Patients at “C” hospitals on average face an 88% greater risk of avoidable death....

...each has seen a falloff in tourism activity and a slowing of employment growth in a number of sectors....

...Low prevalence of obesity....

...Honolulu and Pearl City tie with Juneau, AK as the cities with the lowest average starting salaries when adjusted for cost of living.... 

...Hawaii combined pass-through business income tax rate 43.7%, second only to California....

...Hawaii was third behind Illinois and New Jersey for how much of its total revenue would be required to pay off its unfunded retirement liabilities over the next 30 years....

... their reported average GPA ranks them amongst the top five smartest states in the country ... (BUT) ... Hawaii has the lowest mean ACT score on this list and the fifth lowest in the United States .... 

... Ranking schools based largely on test results perpetuates the failed "test and punish" culture of the past -- HSTA ....

...Hawaii has the 2nd-most treatment centers per drug user....

... Hawaii: Combined State-Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate 26.1% ....

"...Years needed to afford down payment: 25.68...."

...Honolulu is slightly ahead of Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio....

...Alabama and Hawaii raise the smallest portion of their state and local tax revenue through property taxes: 17.1 percent and 17.6 percent, respectively....

...Natural Gas rich Reno, NV is waaaay cleaner than Honolulu....

...Gross Domestic Product by State: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2018....