Hawaii - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Honolulu August 21, 1959 the 50th state State nickname Name for residents State motto The Aloha State Hawaiians Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness) Abbreviation HI LAND Total area 28,311 sq km 10,931 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 47th 16,637 sq km 6,423 sq mi Highest point Mauna Kea 4,205 m/13,796 ft Forested land as a share of total area 42.5 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 16.4 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 1,283,388 (2007 estimate) 42nd 9.3 percent (1990-2000) 77 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 200 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population Largest cities (by population) Honolulu 91.5 percent (2000) 377,379 (2005 estimate) Hilo 40,759 (2000) Kailua 36,513 (2000) K aneohe 34,970 (2000) Waipahu 33,108 (2000) Ethnic groups Asians 41.6 percent (2000) Whites 24.3 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 9.4 percent (2000) Blacks 1.8 percent (2000) Native Americans 0.3 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting Hispanics (of any race) 22.7 percent (2000) 7.2 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 78.2 years (1989-1991) 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 321 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 424 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 8.8 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 16.5 (2003) Government spending per student (K-12) $8,745 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 17.3 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 89 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Linda Lingle (term ends December 2010) Legislature Senate, 25 members House of Representatives, 51 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 2 Electoral votes 4 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Industry Construction Manufacturing Mining Transportation and utilities Services Finance, insurance, and real estate $58 billion (2006) $32,606 (2004) 0.6 percent (2004) 5 percent (2004) 1.9 percent (2004) 0 percent (2004) 5.4 percent (2004) 21.4 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology 22.6 percent (2004) 3 percent (2004) Retail trade 7.4 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 3.5 percent (2004) Other services 29.2 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers Unemployment rate Share of workers in unions 643,000 (2006 estimate) 2.4 percent (2006 estimate) 25.8 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind Share from hydroelectric 6 percent (2005 estimate) 0.8 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 0 percent (2004) Share from thermal 93.2 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 207 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 55 percent (2003 estimate) 5.8 books per person (2002) 6,956 km (2005) 4,322 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 89 km (2005) 55 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 0 km (2004) 0 mi (2004) Airports 10 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
