Hawaii Statistics

... Hilo has the lowest cost of living, Kailua has the highest ....

... Chronic absenteeism is gradually dropping as COVID failures age out of the DoE system or their families move to the mainland ....

... Hawaiʻi has long seen dismal growth in per capita income, hampering our ability to attract in-migration of new families or to provide opportunities that would prevent out-migration of Hawaiʻi residents ....

... 20,012 students enrolled at UH Mānoa, a 4% increase over 2023 ....

... Hawaii's high cost of living drives down teachers' earnings ....

... Notably, four of the top five states Hawaii residents moved to—Texas, Washington, Nevada, and Florida—forgo individual income taxes on wage income ....

... States With the Best and Worst Budgeters in 2024 ....

... DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2024 unchanged from the previous quarter, at 1.3 percent ....

... Hawaii ranks 45th in Schools that Offer Advanced Placement Courses per Capita ....

... Haleakala Park saw a 27% decrease in visitors in 2023 compared to 2022 ....

... The number of visitors is down 1% from July 2023. But spending by tourists, when adjusted by inflation, is up 2.6% from last year at $207 billion ....

... People with disabilities and people with low incomes in rural areas faced the biggest health differences ....

... Driving under the influence, speeding, texting .... 

... Hawaii top earners still earn considerably less than the top three majors across the US ....

... the 2023 edition of the State of Hawai‘i Data Book is the 56th edition of its series ....

... 62% of Hawaii hospitals are at risk ....

... Hawaii has the 3rd-fewest invasive plants ....

... 4.5% increase vs 1 year ago ....

... Best & Worst Community Colleges in 2024 ....

... based on the ten most common household bill categories ....

... state pre-K program, number of pre-K quality benchmarks met and total reported spending per child enrolled in pre-K ....

... Maui experienced the most significant decline in visitors, falling 21.8% from year to year ....

... Approximately 40% of those killed on our roads were vulnerable road users (i.e., pedestrians and bicyclists) ....

... Hawaiʻi Insurance Division Releases Current Data on Maui Wildfire Claims ....

... your age could be better associated with other factors like health, diet, exercise, occupation and education level ....

“ ... Hawaii goes from being the second worst to one of the best states in terms of taxation .... ”

... how does your hospital rank? ....

... Hawaii has the lowest average monthly consumption of electricity per consumer ....

... prices are up 5.2% year over year ....

... Mental illness is a central driver of the homelessness crisis ....

... tourist count down 4.8%, spending down 4.0% ....

... Hilo vs Haleiwa ... or ... Kapolei vs Makawao ....

... $1 million might not be enough to get you through your retirement ....

... 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 ....