Hawaii Statistics

...and the highest total sales and gross receipts tax as percentage of personal income....

...Grassroot Institute says state tax burden continues to stifle economic growth in Hawaii....

...Americans will collectively spend more on taxes in 2016 than they will on food, clothing, and housing combined....

...contrasting state and local tax rates with the quality of the services provided....

School by school reports...

Total spending by all visitors was $43.3 million per day in February 2016....

...Hawaii Cigarette Taxes are $3.20 per pack....

Startclass examined data from the National Center for Education Statistics to find the public schools with the highest tuition increases over the past 10 years....

... the three-year cost of car ownership in Hawaii is $12,065 ....

... Hawaii beer tax is $0.93 per gallon ....

... Honolulu ranks 10th in US traffic time wasted ....

...Oahu ranks best followed by Kauai, Maui and Hawaii Counties....

... In Hawaii 42.4% of people ages 18-64 with disabilities are employed, 8th highest in USA ....

This base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax applies to 34.46 percent of personal income....

Does the Pro Bowl really brings revenue to the state?

Hawaii's debt levels are high for a U.S. state government, and Fitch expects them to remain so....

• Hawaii Island electricity use almost 49 percent from renewables
• Maui County 35 percent renewables; 
• Oahu 17 percent renewables

And Hawaii legislators are considering a gas tax hike ....

In advance of the Hawaii caucuses on March 8 and March 26, the Census Bureau presents a variety of statistics that give an overall profile of the state’s voting-age population and industries....

...Pew Research Center’s most recent Religious Landscape Study....

...lists and ranks states on 39 different tax and fiscal measures, including: rates, ranks, collections, burdens, and more....

The national average of people with a graduate degree or professional degree was 11.0 percent while Hawaii’s population fell slightly short with 10.3 percent.....

At one end of the spectrum, fully 71% of those who live in the District of Columbia, 70% of those in Vermont and 68% of those in Hawaii said stricter environmental regulations are worth the cost....

...a new digital GIS layer to identify commercial agricultural crops grown in the state....

...The nation’s least expensive markets for gas are Oklahoma ($1.42), Missouri ($1.46) and Kansas ($1.47)....

... Hawaii ranks 48th out of 51 for number of bad bridges ....

...State-based estimates of healthy sleep duration prevalence ranged from 56.1% in Hawaii to 71.6% in South Dakota....

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released its first quarter 2016 Statistical and Economic Report.... 

...three sectors that are key to future sustainability in Hawai‘i - energy, agriculture and natural resource management....

Temporary tax increases expired in Hawaii. The three top rate brackets were eliminated, and the top marginal rate fell from 11 percent to 8.25 percent....

According to Gallup, Hawaii is the 2nd most Democrat state but conservatives outnumber liberals by 1.3% and Hawaii is 3rd in self-described moderates....

22.1 -- 21.8 -- 20.4% ...

Applications Submitted: This includes a consumer who is on a completed and submitted application ....

Though often thought of as a major tax type, corporate income taxes account for just 5.3 percent of state tax collections nationally ....

Hawaii reports nearly 22 scams to BBB per 100,000 people ....

...retirees tend to live in rural or suburban areas with pleasant climates....

For the fourth straight year, Hawai‘i’s tourism industry set new records....

Hawaii residents reach the top spot for the fifth time since Gallup and Healthways began tracking well-being in 2008...

Only 4 days remain before final enrollment deadline for 2016 coverage....

...HTA claimed, up to 47,000 additional tourists visited the Hawaiian islands to watch the game...analysis of flight records at all of Hawaii's airports around game time found that claim to be false....

January 31 is the end of open enrollment....

Of the 31 fatal work injuries reported in Hawaii in 2014, 14 resulted from transportation incidents and 7 from falls, slips, or trips....

...when it comes to median household income, Hawaii fares better than the national average....

'Rich States, Poor States' Report Provides Road Map to Prosperity for Aloha State....