Hawaii Statistics

Preparedness Index assesses all 50 states & District of Columbia for health security and preparedness....

28 key indicators of cost, quality and access to children’s health care....

....Kahului, Pearl City, Waipahu, Hilo, Kaneohe....

Corporate income taxes are one of the smallest sources of state and local tax revenue....

...after the Legislature finishes raising taxes, Hawaii will be back up to 50th....

Tax Freedom Day is the day when the state as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year....

There have been a raft of studies recently isolating the effect of certain elements of the House GOP tax reform “Blueprint” on various industries and even the 50 states....

This is the first in a four-part map series in which we will examine the primary sources of state and local tax collections....

...Hawaii has 8 ‘A’ Hospitals out of 12 total hospitals....

In 2015, Hawaii had the highest SNAP spending at $222.99, while New Hampshire had the lowest at $103.87—a difference of 115 percent....

In our third year of rating the state, ACU found that the Republican average decreased by 21 points—from 67 out of 100 in 2015, to 46 out of 100 in 2016....

Pension obligations must be fulfilled eventually....

...Total Tax Burden: 11.27% – #2 in USA....

The life expectancy at birth in Hawaii in 2010 was 82.4 years....

Hawaii Ranks #1 for Fewest Hours of Sleep per Night ....

After burning $2B, the state received a pathetic $27.1 million in taxes from 150 companies tied to the High Technology Development Corporation....

Just 20 out of more than 530,000 refugees settled in the United States since 2010 were brought to Hawaii....

Rates of youth disconnection are higher in rural counties than in urban counties....

...contrasting state and local tax collections with the quality of the services residents receive....

...Avg Annual Wage for Physicians (adj for cost of living) – 50th....

“Deaths of despair” in midlife rose most dramatically for white non-Hispanic Americans with a high school degree or less and more on the Sister Isles than on Oahu....

...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report (CCRI) for the Class of 2016....

...the potential rate of return for associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and post-graduate degrees....

...American Telemedicine Association Releases Report Highlighting Critical Gaps in Coverage and Physician Practice Standards....

DBEDT is measuring dollars not taxpayers. One out-of-state owner of a shopping mall, golf course, or hotel equals 1000s of individual local homeowners....

The Hawaiian Electric Companies reached a nearly 26 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard in 2016, up from 23 percent the year before....

...during fiscal year 2015, the state accepted all of seven refugees, according to data from the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Only one jurisdiction, the District of Columbia, accepted fewer....

This report, part of the Gallup-Healthways State of American Well-Being series, examines well-being across the nation, with 189 communities ranked....

County workers throughout the state make higher wages than nearly all of their mainland counterparts adjusted for the cost of living....

Note low scores in all government functions: Education, Crime, Infrastructure and ‘Government’ – High scores in non-government functions: Health Care, Opportunity, Economy....

Only 20.2 percent of younger households own their homes, the lowest among the states....

... Hawaii Corporate Income over $100K is taxed at 6.4% ....

In just this legislative session, we've seen attempts to make the surcharge a permanent part of life.... We've seen proposed income tax increases. There's even an attempt to write a tax...into the state Constitution....

...42 key indicators of affordability, economic strength, quality of education and health, and overall living standards....

...and if you earn $100K, Hawaii is 3rd-highest....

...and Legislators are pushing HB209 to make those rates even higher....

Because the savings rate is calculated from local price comparisons, it will vary by region due to differences in the cost of living, even when commissary prices remain uniform and constant....

7.35% of Hawaii households have $1M or more of investable assets....

An NSC survey released Feb. 15 provides a glimpse at the risky things drivers are doing....

...Highest Percentage of Jobs Generated by Immigrant-Owned Businesses Rank -- 3rd....

This means one or more of the key bridge elements, such as the deck, superstructure or substructure, is considered to be in "poor" or worse condition....

...equity rich — where the combined loan amount secured by the property was 50 percent or less of the property’s estimated market value....

...six components: housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services....

...Honolulu County workers make more than neighbor island workers....

...New data show government outpacing private sector, pointing to an unhealthy economy....

New York continued to have the highest union membership rate (23.6 percent), Hawaii and Alaska are tied for second at 21.7 percent each....

Salaries and benefits of Hawaii government workers have increased by 26 percent in the past decade....

Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, but it taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state’s personal income....