Hawaii
Hawaii: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Hawaii at a glance
Rolled up from the 19 regions inside Hawaii on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population1,445,635
census
Places inside18
9 with a full /local page
Businesses on file41,151
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered9
in the company directory
Who represents them4
places with a /politics page
Property & employers1 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Hawaii, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-10 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 1,432,820 persons (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 124,608 USD millions (nominal, annual; preliminary) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 2.8 % (seasonally adjusted, preliminary) (2026-09) ↗
- Inflation
- 4 % y/y, Honolulu CPI-U, first half of 2026 vs first half of 2025 (2026-H1) ↗
- Median household income
- 105,013 USD (2025 ACS 1-year) (2025) ↗
- Average household income
- 139,184 USD, mean household income (2025 ACS 1-year) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 62.7 % of occupied housing units that are owner-occupied (2025 ACS 1-year) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 81,710 USD total consumer debt per capita (U.S. $58,725) (2024) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| City & County of Honolulu (Oahu), single-family ↗ | 1,180,000 USD | median sale (single-family resales, Q2 2026) | 2026-Q2 |
| City & County of Honolulu (Oahu), condo/apt/townhouse ↗ | 518,000 USD | median sale (condo resales, Q2 2026) | 2026-Q2 |
| Hawaii County (Big Island), single-family ↗ | 565,000 USD | median sale (single-family resales, 2026 year to date through Q2) | 2026-Q2 |
| Maui County, single-family ↗ | 1,260,040 USD | median sale (single-family resales, 2026 year to date through Q2) | 2026-Q2 |
| Kauai County, single-family ↗ | 1,325,000 USD | median sale (single-family resales, 2026 year to date through Q2) | 2026-Q2 |
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Wealth and income by group
Grouped exactly as the official survey groups them; the measure is named on each row.
| Group | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian alone ↗ | median household income | 111,604 USD (2025 ACS 1-year, S0201; groups are race alone, by householder) | 2025 |
| White alone ↗ | median household income | 103,356 USD (2025 ACS 1-year, S0201) | 2025 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone ↗ | median household income | 84,783 USD (2025 ACS 1-year, S0201; MOE ±13,930) | 2025 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only ↗ | 74.9% | language spoken at home, population 5+ (2025 ACS 1-year) | 2025 |
| Language other than English ↗ | 25.1% | language spoken at home, population 5+ (2025 ACS 1-year) | 2025 |
| Asian and Pacific Islander languages ↗ | 20.6% | language spoken at home, population 5+ (2025 ACS 1-year) | 2025 |
| Spanish ↗ | 2.1% | language spoken at home, population 5+ (2025 ACS 1-year) | 2025 |
| English and Hawaiian ↗ | official status (state official languages) | 2026 |
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Largest companies in Hawaii
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matson, Inc. (Honolulu) ↗ | revenue | 3.34 USD billions | 2025 |
| Hawaiian Electric Industries (Honolulu) ↗ | revenue | 3.09 USD billions | 2025 |
| First Hawaiian, Inc. (Honolulu) ↗ | revenue | 0.854 USD billions | 2025 |
| Bank of Hawaii Corp. (Honolulu) ↗ | revenue | 0.705 USD billions | 2025 |
| Central Pacific Financial (Honolulu) ↗ | revenue | 0.277 USD billions | 2025 |
| Alexander & Baldwin (Honolulu) ↗ | revenue | 0.207 USD billions | 2025 |
| Maui Land & Pineapple Company (Kapalua) ↗ | revenue | 0.02 USD billions | 2025 |
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Worth knowing
- 2026-11Gov. Josh Green (D) was re-elected on Nov 3, 2026 with 278,652 votes (72.6%) to Republican Gary Cordery's 104,926 (27.4%), with 99% reporting as of Nov 5. Wikipedia calls it the highest vote share of any gubernatorial candidate in Hawaii history. ↗
- 2026-11Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami was Green's running mate and is Lieutenant Governor-elect. Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke withdrew from the Democratic lieutenant governor primary. ↗
- 2024Hawaii's total consumer debt was $81,710 per capita in 2024, against $58,725 for the U.S. It ranked 4th among states for 2020–2024, behind Colorado, California and Washington, and was 2nd in 2016–2019. ↗
- 2026-03From July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 the state population fell by an average of 0.3% a year. Honolulu and Maui counties fell 0.5% a year, while Hawaii County grew 0.9% a year. ↗
- 2026-07The Honolulu CPI-U was 5.6% higher in July 2026 than a year earlier, compared with 3.4% for the U.S. ↗
- 2026-10In 2025, 42,364 Hawaii households owned or leased electric vehicles, which is 8.5% of households. ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$98,317
Median rent$1,938/mo
Immigrants18.1%
Renters37.4%
Aged 65+19.9%
Unemployment4.7%
Low income10%
Speak a language other than English23.7%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages165,521 · 11.4%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)59,329 · 4.1%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)33,757 · 2.3%
- Spanish26,995 · 1.9%
- Korean14,812 · 1%
- Other and unspecified languages14,515 · 1%
- Vietnamese9,923 · 0.7%
- Other Indo-European languages5,867 · 0.4%
- German or other West Germanic languages4,274 · 0.3%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun3,525 · 0.2%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages3,442 · 0.2%
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Largest places in Hawaii
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Oahu, Hawaii1,016,508
- 2.Honolulu, Hawaii full346,323
- 3.Kauai, Hawaii73,298
- 4.Hilo, Hawaii full44,186
- 5.Kahului, Hawaii full28,219
- 6.Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii full12,702
- 7.Lihue, Hawaii full6,455
- 8.Eleele, Hawaii full2,515
- 9.Koloa, Hawaii full2,231
- 10.Maunaloa, Hawaii435
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Inside Hawaii
8 regions have Hawaii as their parent.
- Big Island, Hawaii island
- Eleele, Hawaii
- Kauai, Hawaii island
- Koloa, Hawaii
- Lanai City, Hawaii island
- Maui, Hawaii island
- Molokai, Hawaii island
- Oahu, Hawaii island
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Companies based in Hawaii
1 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 9 across Hawaii and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Mera Pharmaceuticals | Biotech | 1983 |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Hawaii are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.