Hawaii Statistics

...and this is before the legislature raised the TAT and increased the Income Tax.... 

...comparing nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 27 key measures....

...Hawaii has the 8th highest amount of taxation per capita in the USA....

...Fiscal Stability#41....

...Hawaii is the most unaffordable housing market in USA....

...Honolulu’s adjusted salaries are the lowest in the country, more than $7,000 below the next lowest, Tucson, AZ....

... Hawaii moved up from 11th to 7th ....

... Shortage of Affordable housing:  Its not the demand, its the supply ....

...According to the Social Security Administration, one in five Americans lives with a disability, and one in 10 has a severe disability....

...Gallup says it's exercise, Bloomberg says it's labor unions....

Total visitor arrivals rose 4.8 percent to 818,581....

...CMS data show that total costs for new Medicaid beneficiaries in Hawaii rose from $249.1 million in 2014 to $437.4 million in 2015-a 76 percent single-year increase. Costs per-enrollee jumped 73 percent in that same period, going from $7,462 in 2014 to $12,910 in 2015....

...2017’s Most & Least Financially Savvy States....

...Working towards achieving a shared goal of functional zero by December 2018, which means that every family in Hawai‘i that becomes homeless can be placed into housing within 30 days....

...but Atty Gen Chin's news release was titled "CRIME IN HAWAI`I AT RECORD LOW LEVEL IN 2016".... 

...The accountability system includes multiple measures of school performance including proficiency in Science, Math and Language Arts/Literacy; chronic absenteeism; school climate; graduation rates; and achievement gaps....

...Excise taxes are particular taxes levied on specific goods or activities....

...The State of Girls 2017: Emerging Truths and Troubling Trends....

...double-digit increases in the number of exam takers, exams taken and scores of 3 or higher....

...adjusted for cost of living....

...Hawaii counties collect an average of $980 in property tax per capita....

...the most received in a quarter century--But Fall 2017 enrollment at UHM still dropped 2.5% from Fall 2016.....

In Hawaii about 79 percent of traditional public school teachers are chronically absent. In Hawaii charter schools it’s 23 percent…..

...$27,100 = Each taxpayer's share of Hawaii's debt....

...up 25% since 2012....

...2017’s Most & Least Diverse States in America....

... Only five states had statistically significant increases in single coverage premiums 2015 to 2016 -- Hawaii is 5th ....

...Change in Uninsured Rate Between 2010 & 2016 -- -4.36%....

The U.S. Census Bureau released income, poverty, health insurance, housing and other data from its American Community Survey (ACS) for 2016 on September 14, 2017....

...Hawaii and North Dakota collect the most in statewide sales tax per capita at $2,090 and $1,835 respectively....

...in FY 2015, the corporate income tax only comprised 5.3 percent of state tax collections....

...Hawaii ACT Composite score beats only Nevada, Mississippi, and South Carolina coming in 4th-worst in the USA....

...University of Hawaii college enrollment has plummeted by 15 percent in just six years, from a high of 60,300 students in 2012 to 51,300 as of 2017....

...Hawaii ranked No. 1 for state with worst infrastructure....

... analysts compared the 150 most populated U.S. cities based on 41 key metrics ....

...The state's economic engine starts on Main Street....

...Medicare patients in Hawaii take fewer opioid painkillers and fewer antibiotics, on average, than those in any other state. Physicians and health policy experts cite demographics and healthier lifestyles as possible reasons why....

...Hawaii's adult obesity rate is currently 23.8 percent, up from 15.7 percent in 2000 and from 8.9 percent in 1990....

...the release of the State of Hawaii’s annual Uniform Crime Report, Crime in Hawaii, 2016....

...Visitor spending statewide increased through the first seven months of 2017 (+8.9% to $9.95 billion)....

...Burned Out: Is Your State Full of Overworked Doctors and Nurses?....

...If you retire with $1 million in Hawaii, you have just shy of a dozen years to ride out your savings....

...how much U.S. taxpayers deduct in home mortgage interest by county....

...According to the Center for American Progress....

...College Choice Releases 2017 Rankings of the Best Colleges in Four Western States....

....2017’s Best & Worst Community Colleges....

... Honolulu is the most expensive city in the USA, but in rural Hawaii $100 is worth $99.90 ....

...the 2016 edition of the “State of Hawaii Data Book.”....

...2017’s States with the Most Underprivileged Children....

...compare drunk driving penalties in all 50 states and D.C.....