Hawaii Statistics

...Hawaii GET taxes many products multiple times and ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state’s personal income compared to the national median sales tax which applies to 34.46 percent of personal income....

...access to cash, human capital and affordable office space....

...In addition, total visitor arrivals rose 4.5 percent to 751,191....

It really comes down to workers not getting much out of their paychecks because of a high cost of living and high taxes....

...Hawaii also stood out as having one of the lowest average home size of all states.... 

...Hawaii taxes the spirit at $5.98 per gallon....

...2017’s Most & Least Independent States....

Honolulu raked in over $50 million in property taxes last year, from the top 10 taxpaying properties alone....

...economic security of women and men aged 65 and older in Hawaii, including their marital status, poverty, and various sources and amounts of income....

...Check out today’s map below to see where your state lies on the wine tax spectrum....

Honolulu average Internet download speed ranks 99th of 100 US cities....

Clients were 64% less likely to visit the emergency room and 74% less likely to be admitted to a hospital....

...families continue to offer a strong foundation for Hawaiʻi’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book....

The laggards are Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia....

All fifty states and the District of Columbia impose some tax on beer above and beyond the general sales tax....

At $10,670, the average in-state tuition and fees are by no means the highest in the nation. However, the cost of necessities is higher here than in any other state....

...37 key safety indicators grouped into five different categories....

...The number of Hawaii residents commuting 90 minutes or more increased 63 percent from 2010 to 2015, to almost 17,000....

...48th – Percentage of Jobs in High-Tech Industries....

...Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men, a 45-page report on the well-being of Hawaiian kāne....

...Hawaii has he lowest Median Annual Income (adjusted for cost of living) of all 50 states....

...17% of US newlyweds were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity in 2015 -- in Honolulu is was 42%....

...Hawaii continues to support only a few hundred children in public preschool....

...Four Largest Visitor Markets Reported Growth in Spending and Arrivals....

Where you live can have a big impact on your wallet....

Property taxes are assessed as a percentage of home values, so it follows that higher property taxes are paid where housing prices are higher than average....

...comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 15 key metrics, ranging from arrest and overdose rates to opioid prescriptions and meth-lab incidents per capita....

The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii reached almost half a million people in just six days with a video about how locals are fleeing Hawaii’s high taxes and cost of living....

“When the Supreme Court rejected Texas’ abortion safety standards, abortion advocates celebrated, but they ignored the fine print....”

We're the Hawaii expats....

...other kinds of diversity, ranked....

...a breakdown of the most and least expensive states to call home....

Hawai‘i County saw the largest decrease at 32 percent, Maui County saw a 22 percent decline and Kaua‘i County a seven percent drop compared to 2016. O‘ahu saw a half percent increase in homeless ....

For this week’s map, we look at state cigarette tax rates across the country....

... Hawaii ranks 31st at 21.5% of collections ....

Hawaii--Avg Annual Wage for Nurses (adj for cost of living) – 51st

...Construction employment in Urban Honolulu dropped 4% from 28,400 in March, 2016 to 27,200 in March, 2017 for a net loss of 1,200 jobs....

...Japan Market Led the Growth in Spending and Arrivals....

There are two factors contributing to this regional variation. The first is that higher-income taxpayers tend to take larger deductions....The second factor for county-by-county variation is that state and local tax regimes differ substantially....

On average, 23.3% of state and local tax revenues came from sales taxes in fiscal year 2014.  For Hawaii 37.6%....

The most recent version of Rich States, Poor States has been released, and once again, Hawaii ends up on the wrong end of that title....

...the phenomenon of locals leaving Hawaii to live on the mainland has been increasing significantly in recent years....

The experts at Anderson Economic Group have considered 11 taxes that businesses pay in order to produce the most comprehensive business tax burden ranking to date....

There are six silver medal schools and five bronze medal schools from Hawaii included in the 2017 rankings of U.S. News Best High Schools....

Hawaii ranks 8th for problem gambling treatment ....