Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii's population increases by 66.4 percent during high season due to overtourism ....

... Area prices were up 0.7 percent over the past two months, up 5.2 percent from a year ago ....

... The crisis stems principally from land use policies that artificially restrict housing supply ....

... little growth among charter schools and no other choice options ....

... Between January and April 2024, visitor arrivals by air to Maui County fell 24.0 percent and expenditures decreased 22.6 percent compared to the same four months in 2023 ....

... Unsheltered homelessness fell significantly in two of the three rural counties, with Hawaii down 27 percent and Maui 26 percent. Kauai realized an eight percent increase in unsheltered homelessness ....

... Most of the pain can be traced to home purchases, which cost an astounding 313% more than average ....

... Young families are leaving Hawaii.  Rich retirees are moving in.  The result is a sharp increase in per capita GDP ....

... Innovation Potential: 50th ....

... There were 753,551 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2024, down 8.9 percent from the same month last year. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.51 billion, which was a 12.6 percent drop from April 2023 ....

... Hawaii emerges as the state with the highest average price for a medium cheese pizza, reaching $18.99 ....

... In Hawaiʻi, mothers earn 74% of what fathers earn, while women without children make 99% of the income of men without children ....

... What makes some states better than others for renters? ....

... There are still around 27,800 fewer jobs in Hawaii than before the COVID-19 pandemic ....

... Count also finds 700+ empty shelter beds on Oahu ....

... Twenty-eight percent of Hawaii residents spend more than 50% of their income on rent, and only 1-in-5 households can afford a median-priced home mortgage ....

... Hawaii has lost over 41,000 people to domestic migration since 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau ....

... More than four in ten people reported difficulties accessing medical care and medications, compared to about one in ten before the fires ....

... Effective Feb 1, 2017, the Hawaii DHS mandated more square footage per shelter bed, thus reducing the profitibility of homeless shelters and reducing the number of beds available.  The obvious result of this policy change is before us ....

... WalletHub compared 23 major MSAs (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) ....

... the average salary in the Aloha State is $61,420, or $23.35 an hour, putting it behind 16 other states whose average employees earn more ....

... Hawaii has the lowest training requirements in the USA ....

... Hawaii ranks 47th in health care facilities per capita ....

... but Hawaii has the 5th-highest proportion of teenagers offered drugs on school grounds ....

... There were 855,537 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in March 2024, down 5.0 percent from a year ago. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.76 billion, which was a drop of 4.2 percent compared to March 2023 ....

... 2.2% were denied due to one or more disqualifying factors ....

... over one third—or $15.3 million—went unclaimed ....

... From expensive housing to pricey food and utility costs, you should plan on boosting your budget if you intend to retire in Hawaii ....

... but Hawaii gets only 6 of 15 points possible for ‘Include a net position not distorted by misleading and confusing deferred items.’ ....

... the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in extramural funding ....

... Hilo is #1 ....

“...housing is the biggest income-eater....”

... the gold standard measurement of the Main Street economy ....

... 11 homicides in Honolulu as of March 31 ....

“...30% respondents reported that if there was not a home and vacation rental option during their recent stay in Hawaii, they would not have made the trip....”

... inflation 4.8% year over year for urban Honolulu ....

... Groceries, Gas, Electricity, Housing, Taxes, and more ....

... Gov. Josh Green addressed the tax and migration issues in his policy brief issued last month. One of his solutions is indexing the state's income tax for inflation, he said ....

... Overall Tax Burden 11.80% ....

... Total salary needed for two working adults with two children $299,520 ....

... February 2024 average daily census of 236,008 is a decline from 2023 ....

... Hawaii hands out an average of 5,000 jaywalking tickets per year, the highest per capita in the nation, but that has done virtually nothing to promote pedestrian safety ....

... outmigration since 2020 has resulted in the loss of $185 million in general excise taxes and state income taxes, or approximately $61.8 million per year ....

... 36% of Hawaii’s homeowner population has lived in its current residence for at least 24 years ....

... The average mortgage balance in Hawaii was $366,362 in Q4 2023 ....

... Hawaii boasts the lowest percentages and costs in several key metrics ....

... In total, 296 mortgages have been delinquent sometime in the period between August and November 2023; only 17 of which had already been delinquent in July 2023 prior to the fires .....

... states with the Best & Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment in 2024 ....

... from the average annual wage of physicians to the number of hospitals per capita to the quality of the public hospital system ....

... One state made the top five on all lists ....