Hawaii Statistics

"...It’s the only state where a six-figure salary is required to live comfortably...."

... absenteeism drifts from 37% to 30% as some students age out of system ....

... The greatest needs identified by the community included financial recovery (26%), finding permanent residence (24%), and finding employment (9%) ....

... Hawaii is the only state where a six-figure salary is required to live comfortably — and no other state even comes close ....

... spending on Maui down more than 50% in September ....

... Hawaii ranks third-highest with a $223 median student loan payment ....

... the state’s property tax system ranked 31st and its unemployment insurance tax ranked 41st. The state is 42nd overall ....

... fat, dumb, and happy ....

... Maui’s unemployment rate surges for second straight month ....

... destroyed by lightning, vandalism or drunk drivers  ....

“Nobody likes paperwork, especially criminals”

... Hawaii is the most expensive state for realtor fees with a transaction costing $44,576 to the buyer and seller. ...

... The report found that Hawaii's financial condition improved in 2022, but the state still needed $11.4 billion to pay its bills ....

... Data are collected each month from sample establishments for the single pay period that includes the 12th of the month. ...

... customize data reports based on location, with information such as property and rental market, demographics, zoning and housing stock ....

... must be an undercount ....

... charters gain 311 students, non-charters lose 1296 students ....

... Hawaii economists say Lahaina locals could be priced out of rebuilt town without zoning changes  ....

... US Census shows majority of Native Hawaiians now live outside of Hawaii .... 

... 51st – Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living) ....

... The 7 percentage point decline was the seventh smallest among states ....

... There have been 10,448 new claims for unemployment in Maui County in the four weeks since the fires struck ....

... second highest cost of funerals and end-of-life medical care ....

... Hawaii’s income tax rates are among the highest in the country, and its business climate is consistently ranked poorly. Meanwhile, residents continue to flee the state for less expensive mainland locales ....

... 932,713 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in July 2023, an increase of 1.5 percent from July 2022 ....

... a family of four earning Hawaii’s median income of $88,005 a year would have a state income tax bill of $5,086. At that income level, only Oregon families face a higher tax burden ....

... The Hawai‘i State Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawai‘i ....

... The local Atlas team is part of a national coalition aiming to inform solutions to the housing crisis by cataloging land use policies across the U.S. ....

... 2023’s Best & Worst Community Colleges ....

... DoE reports a significant decrease in the number of teacher vacancies this school year – roughly 340 – compared to more than 1,000 vacancies at the start of last school year ....

... Hawaii residents spend $3,070 each month on the ten most common household bills, which is +50% above the national average ....

... 2023's States with the Most and Least Student Debt ....

... 889,274 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in June 2023, an increase of 5.5 percent from June 2022 ....

... Between 2020 and 2021, the most recent years of available data, carbon emissions in Hawaii increased by 16.2%. Over that period, energy related carbon dioxide pollution went from 14.9 million metric tons to 17.3 million metric tons ....

... the highest per-passenger cost among light-rail systems in the nation — by far ....

... 4,000 is a little short of the number that HART projected it would attract once the system is completed: 84,000 people a day ....

... Based on the high error rates, we concluded that DHR’s data was unreliable and insufficient to conduct further analysis .... 

... 85.1% of residents haven't smoked weed in the last year ....

... “Taxpayers are already paying an enormous amount to build the project, but now are paying even more to run it nearly empty” ....

... in recent decades visitor spending stopped growing while the number of tourists continued to increase ....

... $13B / 3,666 avg daily riders = $3.5M per rider  We could have bought each rider a house near their job and a Cadillac or two to put in the garage -- and still saved billions ....

... One reason is higher rates apply early on the income spectrum, so nearly all taxpayers pay higher rates, says a new analysis ....

...Roughly 10-30% of people who get COVID, suffer persistent symptoms colloquially known as “long COVID”....

... UHERO released the first edition of an annual report on the state of housing called “The Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook” ....

... Green has an approval rating of 62% and a disapproval rating of 22% ....

... but Hawaii is among the worst states in terms of women receiving early prenatal care ....

... 21,881 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2022, marking a 6.1% decrease ....

... in Honolulu a $250K salary is worth $82,672.04 ....

"... living in Hawaii would require an annual income of at least $80,000 to $100,000 for a single person and around $125,000 to $150,000 for a family ....”