Hawaii County, Hawaii (HI)

Races in Hawaii County, Hawaii:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $409,184

Here:	$409,184
State:	$732,832

Townhouses or other attached units: $725,865

Here:	$725,865
State:	$678,643

In 2-unit structures: $585,406

Here:	$585,406
State:	$684,573

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $369,602

Here:	$369,602
State:	$504,802

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $423,203

Here:	$423,203
State:	$443,885

Mobile homes: $631,965

Here:	$631,965
State:	$622,363

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $19,388

Here:	$19,388
State:	$103,447

Health of residents in Hawaii County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,143 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $616 (0.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Hawaii County is $753 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $845 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1191 a month.

Cities in this county include: Hilo, North Kona, South Kohala, Kailua, Pahoa-Kalapana, South Kona, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea, Kalaoa, Holualoa.

2012 air pollution in Hawaii County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 8.1 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.013 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.

Current college students: 7,220
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 22,220 (55.0% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Hawaii County population

• 3,4202010 or later
• 5,7502000 to 2009
• 4,4691990 to 1999
• 3,5581980 to 1989
• 2,8571970 to 1979
• 3,115Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 68,615
• One, attached: 2,888
• Two: 2,038
• 3 or 4: 2,341
• 5 to 9: 3,954
• 10 to 19: 2,306
• 20 to 49: 2,868
• 50 or more: 1,391
• Mobile homes: 320
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 59

Housing units in Hawaii County with a mortgage: 28,806 (515 second mortgage, 3,005 home equity loan, 142 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18,136

Religion statistics for Hawaii County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Hawaii County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Hawaii PuÊ»u ʻŌʻō Volcanic Eruption and Lava Flow, Incident Period: September 04, 2014 to March 26, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4201: November 03, 2014, FEMA Id: 4201, Natural disaster type: Lava Flow, Volcanic Eruption
• Hawaii Tropical Storm Iselle, Incident Period: August 07, 2014 to August 10, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4194: September 12, 2014, FEMA Id: 4194, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Hawaii Tsunami Waves, Incident Period: March 11, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1967: April 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 1967, Natural disaster type: Tsunami Wave
• Hawaii Severe Storms, High Surf, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 04, 2007 to December 07, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1743: February 06, 2008, FEMA Id: 1743, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood, High Surf
• Hawaii Puako Fire, Incident Period: October 28, 2007 to November 07, 2007, Fire Management Assistance Declared: October 28, 2007, FEMA Id: 2740, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Hawaii Kohala Mountain Road Fire, Incident Period: August 16, 2007 to August 22, 2007, Fire Management Assistance Declared: August 17, 2007, FEMA Id: 2722, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Hawaii Earthquake, Incident Period: October 15, 2006 to January 15, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1664: October 17, 2006, FEMA Id: 1664, Natural disaster type: Earthquake
• Hawaii Akoni Pule Highway Fire, Incident Period: August 02, 2005 to August 06, 2005, Fire Management Assistance Declared: August 04, 2005, FEMA Id: 2574, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Hawaii Lalamilo Fire, Incident Period: August 01, 2005 to August 06, 2005, Fire Management Assistance Declared: August 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 2573, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Hawaii Kawaihae Road Fire, Incident Period: September 12, 2004 to September 16, 2004, Fire Management Assistance Declared: September 14, 2004, FEMA Id: 2556, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.72% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($37,873 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($341 average AGI)

Hawaii County:	0.06%
Hawaii average:	0.31%

1.20% relocated from other counties in Hawaii ($8,898 average AGI)
3.46% relocated from other states ($28,633 average AGI)

Hawaii County:	3.46%
Hawaii average:	4.59%

from Honolulu County, HI	0.93% ($35,267 average AGI)
from Maui County, HI	0.20% ($32,969)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.15% ($39,598)
from Clark County, NV	0.11% ($31,778)
from King County, WA	0.11% ($38,586)
from San Diego County, CA	0.11% ($38,188)
from Multnomah County, OR	0.08% ($22,444)

4.46% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($34,270 average adjusted gross income)

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($655 average AGI)

Hawaii County:	0.10%
Hawaii average:	0.28%

1.34% relocated to other counties in Hawaii ($10,841 average AGI)
3.02% relocated to other states ($22,774 average AGI)

Hawaii County:	3.02%
Hawaii average:	4.46%

to Honolulu County, HI	1.04% ($36,222 average AGI)
to Maui County, HI	0.21% ($35,265)
to Clark County, NV	0.14% ($34,656)
to Los Angeles County, CA	0.12% ($30,520)
to King County, WA	0.10% ($26,277)
to San Diego County, CA	0.08% ($43,093)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.07% ($26,977)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 13.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 7.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Hawaii County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 165,367 (21,642 male householders, 25,942 female householders)

  33,811 spouses, 49,533 children (46,956 natural, 904 adopted, 1,673 stepchildren), 11,173 grandchildren, 3,860 brothers or sisters, 4,374 parents, 8,152 other relatives, 6,880 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 29,103 (10,818 male householders (9,169 living alone)), 11,416 female householders (9,235 living alone)), 6,869 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 3,979

Size of family households: 22,525 2-persons, 8,992 3-persons, 8,182 4-persons, 3,777 5-persons, 2,418 6-persons, 1,690 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 18,404 1-person, 3,197 2-persons, 140 3-persons, 403 4-persons, 90 7-or-more-persons.

22,032 married couples with children.
8,269 single-parent households (2,101 men, 6,168 women).

80.5% of residents of Hawaii speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
15.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $896,323,000 ($5,500 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $74,378,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $383,982,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $155,661,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,257,000
Federal grants: $223,319,000
Federal procurement contracts: $69,207,000 ($36,234,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $60,898,000 ($10,735,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,140,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $52,837,000
Federal Government insurance: $527,421,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+68 per 1000 residents
State:	-10 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 33.66 millions of gallons per day (93% from ground, 7% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to Hawaii County population

• 7332014 or later
• 2,0732010 to 2013
• 17,1402000 to 2009
• 20,9011990 to 1999
• 14,5751980 to 1989
• 14,0431970 to 1979
• 6,5421960 to 1969
• 4,7041950 to 1959
• 2,7421940 to 1949
• 3,3271939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Hawaii County, Hawaii

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Hawaii County population

• 5881 room
• 1,0002 rooms
• 3,2963 rooms
• 8,0924 rooms
• 14,9275 rooms
• 9,6446 rooms
• 4,1537 rooms
• 3,1048 rooms
• 2,1389+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Hawaii County population

• 1,5651 room
• 1,8082 rooms
• 4,7693 rooms
• 5,2204 rooms
• 5,0485 rooms
• 2,2006 rooms
• 1,4797 rooms
• 6008 rooms
• 1879+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Hawaii County, Hawaii

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Hawaii County population

• 644no bedroom
• 2,1001 bedroom
• 10,1352 bedrooms
• 25,5203 bedrooms
• 6,6724 bedrooms
• 1,8715+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Hawaii County population

• 1,628no bedroom
• 4,3621 bedroom
• 6,9932 bedrooms
• 7,7753 bedrooms
• 1,3194 bedrooms
• 7995+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Hawaii County, Hawaii in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Hawaii County population

• 1,082no vehicle
• 14,2411 vehicle
• 19,5002 vehicles
• 8,7133 vehicles
• 2,1174 vehicles
• 1,2895+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Hawaii County population

• 2,272no vehicle
• 8,9801 vehicle
• 7,2582 vehicles
• 3,0883 vehicles
• 1,1274 vehicles
• 1515+ vehicles

88.9% of Hawaii County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 11% lived in Hawaii.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 112,798
• Other state: 59,722
• Northeast: 9,056
• Midwest: 12,777
• South: 8,207
• West: 29,682

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,975
• Number of aged recipients: 487
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,488
• Number of recipients under 18: 377
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,844
• Number of recipients older than 64: 754
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,184
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,036

Hawaii County on our top lists:

• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #28 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election"
• #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #65 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents"
• #76 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #86 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"