Hawaii Statistics

... 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 ....”

... Honolulu average household credit card debt is $14,927, up by $2,498 ....

... #1 Highest Avg Rent in USA: Urban Honolulu, HI $2,514/mo ....

... in comparison with March 2020 (the last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 24,200, or -3.7 percent ....

... Energy-producing and tourism-dependent states took the biggest hits in productivity: Hawaii was down 5.3% to $75.39 ....

... Hawaii ranks 44th in the nation for children’s economic well-being, seventh lowest in the nation, according to a report released Tuesday ....

... Hawaii has the highest debt-to-income ratio of any state at 2.26 ....

... you’ll get a lot more for your money in Mississippi than in Hawaii ....

... some contribute more than others ....

... and State Tax Collections per Capita--Hawaii 4th Highest ....

... Three Lowest States: Arkansas (2.1), Mississippi (2.3), Hawaii (2.5) ....

... projected economic growth rates for Hawai‘i for both years are better than the expected growth rates for the nation ....

... 806,209 people visited Hawaii in April 2023, representing a 97.4% recovery since April 2019 ....

... Hawaii had a reported 254 drug-related deaths recorded in the 12 months before December 2022. That amount could be as high as 298 after death investigations finalize, an increase of 7% from the prior year, according to the CDC ....

... Hawaii property taxes go from 28th worst to 32nd worst in four years ....

... Honolulu ranks 280th of 300 overall and 62nd of 68 among large cities ....

... 30 percent decrease over the past four years in the number of out-of-state permits issued in the City and County of Honolulu, falling to 2,545 in 2022 from 3,655 in 2019 ....

... Hawaii’s ideal savings benchmark is $1,813,768. But the average retirement fund there contains just $366,776. That’s 80% off the mark ....

... Weather events are relabeled as 'climate disasters' and hyped up to boost global warming hysteria.  Katrina is the model.  Anybody who identifies a specific weather event as evidence of global warming is a fraud. ....

... 2023’s Best & Worst Places to Start a Career ....

... cadets who participated in all four years of the program are more likely to graduate, have higher rates of attendance and lower rates of suspension ....

... We ranked states based on the number of distracted driving car crashes as a percentage of total fatal car crashes ....

... States Where Alzheimer's Is Expected to Soar by 2025 ....

... Hawaii residents can reasonably expect to spend, on average, $1,501,762 over the course of their retirement starting at age 65, the highest amount of all states ....

... Officers are more likely to be attracted to police departments that steer clear of scandal and corruption and that are transparent with their communities ....

... 4,028 people experiencing homelessness on O‘ahu on the night of January 22, 2023 ....

... $104,052 Household Survival Budget drops to $85,812 when CTC (Child Tax Credit) and CDCTC (Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) are applied ....

... Honolulu resident opinions about community and city services in the 2022 National Community Survey (NCS). These results were compared with results from other communities ....

... oxycontin has not hit Hawaii as hard as other states ....

... the Tax Foundation’s 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index ....

... Annual Nursing Salary When Adjusted for Cost of Living ....

... in Honolulu, spending on the basics is $865 higher than the monthly income for a family of three that earns $100,000 annually ....

... The overall tax burden in Hawaii, which is a measure of taxes paid as a share of annual income, was 9.2% of the state's income per capita of $60,947, second only to Vermont ....

... Jobs increased by 22,900 year-over-year ....

... Hawai`i and Kaua`i counties realized 20 and 10 percent increases respectively in total homelessness driven largely by increases in unsheltered homelessness, while Maui declined five percent overall ....

... 300 square feet, smallest in USA ....

... Each of these factors is influenced directly by state lawmakers through the legislative process ....

... Hawaii has the highest electricity price, nearly triple the US average rate, and the state relies on imported petroleum for 60% of its electricity generation ....

... In Honolulu, $100K amounts to just $36,036 when you consider taxes and the cost of living ....

... but you can settle for emotional well-being at $111,600 ....

... In most US metro areas, millennials are buying homes at prices above the general market.  But in Honolulu millennials are buying homes 4.2% below the market average.  This is the biggest downside gap in any of the 56 large metros studied ....

... tourist spending in nominal non-inflating dollars is +18.0% vs February 2019.  Inflation is 16.77% 2019-2023 so we are just treading water ....

... Between July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2022 the state population declined at an average rate of 0.4% per year ....

... Hawaii’s state debt is also among the top five in the nation at $7,992 per capita and $11,879 when local debt is factored in as well ....

... median credit scores of residents in 16 Hawaii towns ....

... only New York is worse ....

... bad roads cost Hawaii motorists $764 per year ....

... Hawaii is exactly average ....

... In Hawaii, 48 police killings were reported from 2013 to 2022, or about 3.3 for every 100,000 residents, the 22nd fewest among states ....