Hawaii Statistics

...2019’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....

...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for First Quarter 2019....

...2019’s Most Gambling-Addicted States....

...Hawaii Boasts Some of the Best Air Quality in the Nation According to the ‘State of the Air’ 2019 Report....

...Hilo and Kahului are the places to be....

...Steve Frates, a Pepperdine University professor and president of the Center for Government Analysis, discusses how the salaries of Hawaii officials compare with officials across the nation....

...If the average pay hike is $3.50/hr for 208K workers, a $17 minimum would cost $5.6M per 8 hour shift--$28M per 40 hr week--$1.456B per year....

...this is the price Hawaii pays for pandering to anti-fluoridation nuts....

...Try out the “adjust performance” feature.  You can abolish the GE Tax and cut other taxes, eliminate public employees, enact a right to work law, raise or lower the minimum wage, and see how each move affects Hawaii’s economic performance....

...2019’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry....

...Hawaii Tax Freedom Day is 43rd among states....

...Madame Pele shows the way to solve homelessness--APPLY MORE FORCE....

... Hawaii: County by County Overview ....

...American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of the recently-released U.S. Department of Transportation 2018 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database....

...2019’s Most & Least Financially Literate States....

...The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants....

...after dumping as many independent tests as possible, the DoE tries to make it look good.  Here's their report....

"...branded an “F.” How does that make the hardworking kids, educators and families of that school community feel?...."

...'Sin' taxes are levied on a relatively narrow tax base, and many are regressive, with a larger share of the tax burden falling on those with lower incomes....

...Unlike tax rates, which vary widely based on an individual’s circumstances, tax burden measures the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes....

...Hawaii residents get the least amount of sleep per night and have the 3rd-lowest job security in USA....

Editor's Note: The Big Island is different because the subdivisions in Puna and Kau change the supply-demand equation. 

...The committee is charged with increasing awareness about the importance of being counted; organizing state resources effectively and cost-efficiently to promote the count; and improving the response rate for the 2020 Census questionnaire....

...Utility bills have dropped ranging from less than a dollar a month for the average residential customer in Hawaii to about $14 for the same group in Florida....

...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for February 2019....

...Auditors reviewed 25 HDOT projects in progress where little or no activity had occurred in the prior two fiscal years and found that all but five were categorized inappropriately. Twenty of the selected projects “were deemed to either have been placed in service or were canceled....”

...through 2018, the incidence of drug related deaths in the state has surpassed traffic fatalities in Hawaii. Fortunately, death rates have declined since the Initiative was launched, with more than 120 overdose reversal from administration of Naloxone in the last year....

...contrasting state and local tax collections with the quality of the services residents receive in each of the 50 states....

...Hawaii ranks 51st for 'medical environment'....

...Which States have the most Neighborhood Watch Programs per capita?....

..."Federal Funding as a Share of State Revenue"....

...Innovation is a principal driver of U.S. economic growth....

...Terminix Announces Its List of the Top 50 Most Termite-Infested Cities....

...after a decade of hype, Hawaii is still 75% coal and oil....

...The report includes an evaluation of the following categories: aviation (C-), bridges (C+), coastal areas (C-), dams (D), drinking water (D+), energy (C-), roads (D+), schools (D+), solid waste (C), storm water (D-) and wastewater (D+)....

...Hawaii economic growth well below U.S. average over the past 10 years....

...Hawaii GE Tax takes 8.43% of income from low income families but only 3.31% from high income families -- 2nd most regressive in USA....

...Hawaii is the worst state for single women—Wahiawa is best city in Hawaii for single women....

...Hawaii is among states which lost the most residents to outmigration over the last 10 years....

...Tourism challenges were not limited to the aftermath of flood and fire, but also reflected weakening in some key markets and a falloff in spending. At home, population growth has been negative for the past two years, weighing on demand....

...Zumper National Rent Report: March 2019....

...pedestrian fatalities up 1800% in Hawaii....

...Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.62 billion in January 2019, a decrease of 3.8 percent compared to January 2018....

...14 Hawaii communities compared -- Hilo is the most affordable, Kailua the least....

...the number of homeless in shelters is down 19%....

...Hawaii ranks among top half of all states for babies, according to a first-of-its kind report. The State of Babies Yearbook: 2019....

...The 2018 consolidated renewable portfolio standard (RPS) remained the same percentage as it was in 2017, at 27 percent. The consolidated number would have been 29 percent had Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) produced at the same level as 2017....

...Hawaii residents reported the highest wellbeing in the U.S. in 2018, reaching the top spot for the seventh time since Gallup began tracking wellbeing in 2008....

...In order to get to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, Trump would have to win all but one or two of the states in which his 2018 approval rating was between 41% and 49%....

...The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have created a five-star, quality rating system for nursing homes....