Hawaii Statistics

...United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities....

“...taxes are the single most expensive ingredient in beer, costing more than labor and raw materials combined....”

The Obama administration had implemented the special enrollment period from March 15 - April 30 to assist individuals who were unaware they would face a tax penalty for not having “qualifying” health insurance....

The 2014 State Preschool Yearbook is the newest edition of our annual report profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States....

Hawaii ranked fourth for senior health this year, according to the third edition of United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Senior Report....

Only 15% of Hawaii rural roads are 'good'....

... the average military retirement age is 44 years old ....

Statewide average wage to afford 2 br rental: $31.61 (Highest in USA)

In 1987, the federal government repealed the CON mandate, and throughout the 1980s, states began retiring their CON programs--but not Hawaii....

The lowest federal share occurred in North Dakota at 19.0 percent, followed by Hawaii (21.5 percent)....

In 2014 Hawaii ranked 40 with 14 dog bite claims. Amount Paid $355,566....

...local authorities share fingerprints from everyone booked into jail with federal authorities, who comb the prints for immigrants, those here legally and illegally, so they can be deported....

Many public two- and four-year colleges and universities avoided significant tuition increases for the second year in a row... but not UH....

...Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its 2015 Congressional Pig Book, the 23rd edition of the group’s exposé on pork-barrel spending....

...economic class diversity, ethno-racial and linguistic diversity, economic diversity and household diversity....

...the League of American Bicyclists has released its 2015 Bicycle Friendly State rankings....

Honolulu Ranks 101st: 95th for 'Professional Opportunities' and 107th for 'Quality of Life'....

...Millennial women experience depression 10.7 more days per year than Millennial men....

...CEOs favor states that foster growth through progressive business development programs, low taxes and a quality living environment....

...Estate and inheritance taxes have large compliance costs, have been shown to suppress entrepreneurship, and are among the most harmful taxes to economic growth....

Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....

...earnings for small business employees adjusted for cost of living are three times higher in the Houston metro area than in the Honolulu metro area....

These states could struggle to secure prosperity in the coming decade....

Outshipments of seed are projected to total 7.97 million pounds during the 2013-14 season, down 3 percent from the revised 8.25 million pounds shipped during the previous season....

Hawaii ranks 50th – Monthly Median Starting Salary for Nurses, Adjusted for Cost of Living....

...The median women’s salary (adjusted for cost of living) is two times higher in Virginia than in Hawaii....

Hawaii averages 6.28 hours of sleep ....

Read detailed Hospital Safety Scores for nine Hawaii Hospitals ...

...the number of self-employed Americans is expected to rise to more than 60 million by 2020....

Having two accidents in the last two years on your record is the most costly traffic violation....

...Exchanges run by the federal government both retained a higher percentage of 2014 enrollees and enrolled a higher percentage of new enrollees in 2015 than states that run their own exchanges....

Since 1990, Roll Call has been tracking the potential influence each state has on national affairs....

Modest Innovators need improvements in several policy and other foundational criteria to better create an environment for innovative companies to thrive....

A new 50-state study, Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions, by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy....

The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults in Hawaii decreased by more than 20% from 2011 to 2013....However, use of e-cigarettes continues to grow at an alarming rate....

The number of commuters driving alone increased 74.2 percent from 253,680 in 1980 to 441,988 in the 2009-2013 period....

This year’s edition of the Index pulls together 23 different tax measures....

Many states have a graduated system — the most complicated one is Hawaii....

The Hawaii GET taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....

...Unlike all other states in the union Hawaii has a go-it-alone policy and lets the attorney general’s office keep a running tally....

“State of American Well-Being: 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings” examines the comparative well-being of the largest 100 communities in the United States....

...statistics on the number of establishments, receipts or revenue, payroll, number of employees and other items by industry....

...this study projects housing demand for the period of 2015 to 2025 using the variables of projected population growth, visitor growth, and vacancy rates....

...cars, trucks and school buses cross Hawaii's 61 structurally compromised bridges 900,643 times every day....

...Delay per year with a 30 min commute -- 88 hours...

Hawaii will be the 25th state to reach Tax Freedom Day, 5 days earlier than national average....

The percentage of people overspending their income is twice as high in Hawaii and Nevada than in Maryland....

...The report uses 12 key metrics – ranging from average annual wages and salary disparities to patient population size and state medical board punitiveness to rank each of the 50 states....