Hawaii Statistics

... over the past year gas prices in Hawaii jumped from $4.57 to $4.88, a 6.8% increase ....

... Hawaii shines as #1 out of only 18 states where it’s more cost-effective to build rather than buy ....

... 210 Initial Claims per 100,000 People in Labor Force ....

... In light of rising violent crime, grassroots support for the defund the police movement also appears to be slipping ....

... DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2023 and 2024 at 1.7 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively ....

... It’s clear that some people are better than others at handling their finances ....

"...full recovery may take a few years...."

... With the average hotel occupancy projected to be about 63% across the nation this year, Hawaii is projected to have a 78% occupancy rate. Its rate in 2019 was 80%, the report showed ....

... 2023 U.S. Bill Pay Category Breakout Report ....

... Honolulu’s financial problems stem mostly from unfunded retirement obligations that have accumulated over the years ....

... tied with Arkansas ....

...Hawaii STEM jobs account for 5.1% of all employment in the state, the 15th lowest share among states....

... In 2019, the rate for Hawaiʻi (1.17 per 100,000) was almost three times the national rate (0.42 per 100,000) ....

... Median Monthly Mortgage Payment: $4,403 ....

... Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, it taxes many products multiple times ....

... five categories: feasibility, infrastructure, affordability, climate, and safety ....

... The 3.3% annualized expansion rate was the 17th largest ....

... 62.7% of Hawaii homeless are unsheltered .... 

... This is the 5th-highest percentage, nationwide .... 

... there were 1,809 abortions reported in Hawaii in 2020, a decrease of 9.7 percent from 2019 ....

... More than 15,000 people left Hawaii for the mainland last year ....

... in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 36,200, or -5.5 percent ....

... Areas with high living costs, large immigrant populations, and housing shortages are abundant with multigenerational homes ....

... Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest number of emergency shelters per capita in Hawaii using data from the National Shelter System Facilities database .... 

... the Average ‘Time-to-Crime’ for Firearms in Hawaii is 3x other states ....

... Two states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2022: Hawaii (21.9 percent) and New York (20.7 percent) ....

... a recent national study of 3,000 counties in America found the Big Island has the third-worst shortage of healthcare providers in primary care, Maui has the fifth-worst shortage of healthcare providers in America, and Kauai has the 13th worst shortage ....

... high gas prices, rush-hour traffic congestion and poor road quality ....

... Hawaii’s population has been declining for six straight years, and if policymakers don’t do something quickly to avert the looming increase in county property taxes, that is likely to continue ....

... 6th highest in USA ....

... According to recent data, searches for side jobs have seen an increase of 49.89%, with Hawaii ranking sixth among the states ....

... $1,534,259.15 was collected in criminal actions and $554,363.58 was collected in civil actions ....

... Hawaii residents paid on average $210.26 a month up by $38.08 ....

... Because of persistent funding inadequacies and inequities, many schools, especially those serving low-income communities, were not equipped to educate students ....

... and that doesn’t account for state tax rates, which are among the highest in the nation ....

... The Price of Pizza Hut and Domino’s in Every Country and State ....

... 16% of Hawaiʻi’s rural roads and 26% of urban roads rated with poor pavement roughness ....

... more than 15,000 left the state between July 2021 and July 2022 ....

... According to 2021 data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 78.9% of traced guns in Hawaii were sold by an out-of-state retailer - the third largest share in the country. Firearms traced by the ATF typically have been used, or are suspected to have been used, to commit a crime ....

... the important thing isn’t money for the sake of money, but whether it’s being used wisely to make our lives better ....

... Hawaii’s population dropped by almost 7,000 people, or 0.5%, between July 2021 and July 2022 ....

... Inflation is 17% from 2019 to 2022 so a 13.7% 'nominal' increase means 'real dollar' spending is down, not up ....

... spend nearly three times as long on educational requirements and be faced with shelling out twice as much in associated fees ....

... According to the Index, Hawaii’s areas for improvement include business environment (ranked 51st), economic quality (ranked 51st), infrastructure (ranked 35th) and education (ranked 28th) ....

... Hawaii English test scores relative to US average: Female: 0.07 grades above US average -- Male: 1.04 grades below US average ....

... From credit card debt and student loans, to mortgages and medical bills ....

... Jobs increased by 25,800 over-the-year ....

... More than a quarter of Hawaii’s urban roads come in at more than 170 inches per mile on the International Roughness Index (IRI), a measure of how much a vehicle vibrates based on the roughness of the road and how the wheel hits it ....

... Since the state Land Use Commission was created in 1976, “there’s just been a massive falloff on development,” Akina said. Indeed, only 2% of Hawaii island’s land is committed to urban housing and development. Statewide, that percentage is 4% for Kauai and Maui and 26% for Oahu. ...

... revenue will continue to fall short of spending absent policy changes ....