Hawaii County, Hawaii (HI)

Races in Hawaii County, Hawaii:

Mean price in 2015:

Detached houses: $385,008

Here:	$385,008
State:	$685,609

Townhouses or other attached units: $768,007

Here:	$768,007
State:	$653,233

In 2-unit structures: $466,288

Here:	$466,288
State:	$554,816

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $320,813

Here:	$320,813
State:	$418,256

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $389,038

Here:	$389,038
State:	$424,757

Mobile homes: $411,396

Here:	$411,396
State:	$556,283

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $56,267

Here:	$56,267
State:	$285,146

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

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2015: $954 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2015: $720 (0.3%)

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: 84.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 15,208 (52% naturalized citizens)

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: 48,231
• One, attached: 2,066
• Two: 1,519
• 3 or 4: 1,666
• 5 to 9: 2,213
• 10 to 19: 2,000
• 20 or more: 4,592
• Mobile homes: 208
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 179

Housing units in Hawaii County with a mortgage: 19,167 (1,918 second mortgage, 2,469 home equity loan, 67 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,747

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

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

Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 31.7. This is more than state average.

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 116.9. This is more than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 150,668 (29,394 male householders, 15,013 female householders)

  31,834 spouses, 47,628 children (44,131 natural, 1,458 adopted, 2,039 stepchildren), 7,323 grandchildren, 2,345 brothers or sisters, 2,379 parents, 4,464 other relatives, 7,676 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 30,767 (11,876 male householders (8,593 living alone)), 10,813 female householders (8,250 living alone)), 8,078 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 3,644 (1,563 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 18,276 2-persons, 9,541 3-persons, 7,574 4-persons, 4,422 5-persons, 2,249 6-persons, 2,345 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 16,843 1-person, 4,561 2-persons, 765 3-persons, 306 4-persons, 123 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons.

21,966 married couples with children.
10,335 single-parent households (2,772 men, 7,563 women).

81.6% of residents of Hawaii County speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
15.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 9% speak English not 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)

59% of Hawaii County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Hawaii.

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

• This state: 94,166
• Northeast: 6,028
• Midwest: 7,924
• South: 4,956
• West: 18,257

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,500

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"