Hawaii Statistics

...life amid the palm trees can cost, especially at quality nursing facilities and hospitals. Special needs transport is adequate, but work commutes are time-consuming....

...the number of states sharing teacher performance information with educator preparation programs has more than tripled....

...the state may one day be forced to break the promise it made to its employees regarding their pensions and benefits....

...adults 20 and older represented 84 percent of bicyclist fatalities in 2012, compared to only 21 percent in 1975....

The homeless are everywhere but a national report shows Hawaii is 6th lowest for child homelessness....

“Hawaii’s driving never really went down – it just flattened out and then started going up again as opposed to the mainland, which made a U-turn....”

...four categories: attorney access for low-income litigants; support for self-represented litigants; support for litigants with limited language proficiency; and support for people with disabilities....

New report shows student loan debt still rising for bachelor’s degree recipients; includes state-by-state and college-by-college debt levels....

Hawaii has one of the most onerous business tax situations. Another drawback: the highest cost of living....

WalletHub ranked the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia based on 11 key metrics....

When businesses suffer losses in a calendar year, well-structured corporate tax codes allow them to deduct those losses against previous or future tax returns....

In Hawaii 12.5% of births are premature....

...by calculating the number of elected officials in the federal government per adult population in each state for the most recent election years....

...businesses and workers with specialized skills congregate together....

But combined enrollment for grades 1-12 continues to grow, with 823 more students in 2014-15....

...gains/losses on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) fourth and eighth-grade reading and mathematics exams from 2003 to 2013....

Nationally, the combined net income of sole proprietors, LLCs, Partnerships, and S corporations has increased fivefold and now accounts for more than 50 percent of all business income....

We score all 50 states on 56 measures of competitiveness, developed using input from business groups, economic development experts, companies and the states themselves.....

...the State Business Tax Climate Index, released this morning by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation....

... but 13th in Total Political Contributions per Adult Population ....

Weak tourism and federal downsizing are holding down growth.  Construction has disappointed this year....

...the magnitude of these payments exceeds the average salary of an American teacher, as well as a soldier deployed in Afghanistan, by at least $10,000 per year....

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA' rating to the following State of Hawaii general obligation (GO) bonds....

A new data map courtesy of Fitch Ratings shows which states have the highest college tuition growth....

...the Law School on the UH Mānoa campus was named fourth in the country for “Most Diverse Faculty,” and seventh in the nation as the law school “Most Chosen by Older Students.”....

Hawaii salaries are 16th highest in USA.  When adjusted for cost of living, Hawaii salaries drop to 50th....

...Honolulu’s airport is hardly the welcome to Hawaii that you might expect.....

“Winning Strategies provides a glimpse into the minds of corporate executives and site selection consultants and their perceptions of locations across the United States and the world.”

Tracks of all tropical cyclones (tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes) to pass within 100 miles of the Hawaiian Islands, 1949 - 2014....

Hawaii ranks worst in three major categories in the seventh annual “Rich States, Poor States” report....

Rich States, Poor States also indicates there is cumulative domestic migration loss of 26,409 people from 2003 to 2012, with a net domestic migration loss of 2.4%....

Hawaii is ranked the worst state in three categories....

...Hawaii is number 1 at $55,560, Alaska is #2 at $53,822....

...six states received D+ or D grades: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island....

...Hawaii Ranks 11th overall: 4th on Income, 20th on GDP, and 44th on Federal Taxes....

A study of labor force participation in all 50 states ranks Hawaii at 42 in the nation....

The federal government adds 18.40 cents per gallon in each state....

The answer to the problem is multi-faceted and extremely complex....

"Instead of addressing the soaring cost of living facing Hawaii's middle-class families, Senator Ige and Governor Abercrombie piled on even more taxes...."

State suffered the fourth worst economic drop from 1992-2001 of any US State going back to the Great Depression....

...Hawaii disposable income = $34,683 rank 47th of 51....

Public-sector unions can impose agency fees in 23 states....

Only Vermont is worse....

Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index is an annual economic competitiveness study....

This is the second consecutive year, and third time overall, that Hawaii has been recognized for its program improvements....

Honolulu ranks 107th overall, 124th for "Health Care Accessibility & Quality"....

A 1.3 percent decline in total arrivals and a shorter average length of stay led to a 3 percent decrease in visitor days....

WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 18 key metrics....

...the study ranked Hawaii’s tax system 49th out of 50, in the order of fairness....