Hawaii Statistics

...cost after financial aid....

...Hawaii hospital readmissions fell 13.4% in 5 years....

...229,000 people are living below the poverty line in Hawaii.  This is 16.8% of the population....

Hawaii Average Student Debt Per Borrower: $23,574 -- 44th in USA....

WalletHub analysts recently compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 3 key dimension: health care costs, access, and outcomes....

The latest figures are from the Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment, released today....

...we compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 28 key metrics, ranging from emotional health to income levels to sports participation rates....

The 2016 Coldwell Banker Home Listing Report ....

Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party Candidate Gary Johnson both poll 7% in Hawaii....

The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America, a report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation....

This year, Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) schools enrolled 169,268 students (down 719 from last year), and charter schools enrolled 10,634 (up 212 from last year)....

Tourism and Construction....

A total of 835,417 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in July 2016....

Paper Scripts! Hawaii is the lowest ranked state for electronic prescription of controlled substances ....

Our review of states’ fiscal health reveals crippling deficits and pension liabilities that could lead to future tax hikes, service cuts or both....

In Honolulu, Air BnB lists 295 commercial BnB units ....

Just as in 2015, only 15% of the Hawaii 2016 graduating class met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks....

...Hawaii Scores #1 in every category....

Obesity among Hawaii high schoolers declines, bucking national trend....

Percentage of population with a long commute, Hours worked, Percentage of income spent on rent....

Hawaii’s construction industry made the second largest contribution to state GDP at 5.9 percent with an increase of 0.5 percent from 2014, the largest year-over-year improvement of any state....

The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii in a single compilation....

Hawaii does badly in almost every area of regulatory policy, but its two worst categories are land-use and labor-market freedom....

Hawaii’s Legislators are well on their way to depleting the state’s $890 million cash balance....

...nearly 30% of union members would quit if they could....

But in rural Hawaii $100 is worth $101.70....

Hawaii has only 4.9 malpractice lawsuits per 100K residents per year....

...but don't worry, UH Administrators are doing everything they can to change this....

Hawaii has the most burdensome licensing requirements for low to middle income jobs compared to the rest of the nation....

...This increase is the first in the industry since the 2011- 12 crop year....

Federal and state safety net programs lift an estimated 220,000 Hawaii residents above the poverty line each year....

...your purchasing power is among the worst in the country....

...With school resuming session, many parents might be wondering whether they’ve selected the best school to secure their children’s academic success....

...Ratings for 28 Hospitals in Hawaii....

Traffic fatalities, 65 and older: 9.1 per 100,000....

...Feds say in Hawaii the drop was only 3% not the 58% claimed by Caldwell....

One hundred percent of Maryknoll High School seniors have been accepted to colleges....

June 2016 Arrivals Up 4.2 Percent, Expenditures Gained 4.3 Percent....

...the combined federal, state, and local rate paid by the taxpayer on capital gains income....

The most expensive nationwide is Honolulu, where coffee costs an average of $7.56....

There are less police officers on the streets today per person than there were in the 1990’s....

Some of the most common excise taxes include gas taxes, cigarette taxes, and taxes on the purchase of beer, wine, and liquor....

Prices in urban Honolulu are 23.5% higher than average....

...costs are the highest in the nation....

Between low wages and high net prices, no state can claim that the average four-year college is affordable for low-income students....

...2016 VoterVoice Survey Results....

The sales taxes in Hawaii and South Dakota have bases that include many services and so are not strictly comparable to other sales taxes....

... Average daily spending by Japanese tourists is down 10.1% ....

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 percent....

...Homeless growth on Maui and Oahu less than 1%....