County · Hawaii

Hawaii County, Hawaii

Hawaii County, Hawaii has a quality-of-life score of 58 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,310 of 3,143 US counties. Within Hawaii it ranks #4 of 4 counties. It ranks best on firearm deaths (low), adult obesity (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on distance to an Amtrak station (high), natural hazard risk (high) and severe housing problems (high).

58Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,310 of 3,143 counties
Hawaii: #4 of 4 in HI
Population: 210,043 (2025)
Land area: 4,028 mi²
Density: 52.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 15001

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety59#1,276/3,096
Economy49#1,618/3,143
Housing6#2,959/3,140
Health84#495/3,144
Healthcare79#658/3,143
Environment—
Education49#1,589/3,144
Infrastructure64#1,125/3,144
Community35#2,029/3,144
Leisure & amenities81#589/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hawaii County, Hawaii ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Firearm deaths · low4.8 /100k
99/100Hawaii 3.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Adult obesity · low27.5%
97/100Hawaii 26.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · low0.35%
94/100Hawaii 0.29%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Unemployment rate · low2.7%
94/100Hawaii 2.4%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Distance to an airport · low15 mi
93/100Hawaii 10 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.7%
92/100Hawaii 4.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Distance to an Amtrak station · high2,343 mi
0/100Hawaii 2,391 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Natural hazard risk · high98.8
1/100Hawaii 93.22025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Severe housing problems · high24.2%
2/100Hawaii 26.1%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Cost of buying a home today · high52.4%
2/100Hawaii 55.5%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Home price to income ratio · high6.6×
3/100Hawaii 8.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · high51.6%
7/100Hawaii 56.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
36.9% (Dec 2021) → 52.4% (Aug 2026)
+16 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.5% (2015-2019) → 91.1% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
66.4% (2010 & 2021) → 76.7% (2022 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drought exposureWorsening
23% (2021) → 33% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+9.8 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Unemployment rateImproving
12.1% (2020) → 2.7% (2025)
−9.4 pts5 yearsUS 8.1% → 4.3%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
5.0 /10k (2020) → 7.2 /10k (2025)
+44%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hawaii County, Hawaii improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 17 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Unemployment−9.4 points12.1% → 2.7%
Arts & recreation+44%5.0 /10k → 7.2 /10k
Homicides−63%6.5 /100k → 2.4 /100k
Broadband+14 points77.5% → 91.1%
Traffic deaths−21%14.5 /100k → 11.5 /100k

Declined3

Overdose deaths+57%11.0 /100k → 17.3 /100k
Transit use−0.6 points1.3% → 0.7%
Price / income+1.0×5.6× → 6.6×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Hawaii County, Hawaii between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.0 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	+44%	Improved	89%
Average commute time	26.1 min2015-2019	27.4 min2020-2024	+1.3 min	Within the margin of error	31%
Average weekly wage	$9362020	$1,1882025	+27%	Improved	70%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	+2 points	Improved	37%
Broadband subscriptions	77.5%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	74%
Child poverty rate	18.8%2019	19.3%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Distance to an airport	15 mi2020	15 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	11.0 /100k2020	17.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+57%	Declined	5%
Effective property tax rate	0.35%2015-2019	0.35%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Firearm deaths	6.4 /100k2020	4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Within the margin of error	84%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+3.3%	Within the margin of error	67%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+22%	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	92.3%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	5.6×2015-2019	6.6×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	9%
Homicide rate	6.5 /100k2020	2.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−63%	Improved	80%
Income adjusted for local prices	$39,8562019	$54,2362024	+36%	Improved	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4712015-2019	0.4802020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$64,9292019	$74,6022024	+15%	Improved	9%
New business applications	12.0 /1k2020	14.3 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	22%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−21%	Within the margin of error	23%
Poverty rate	13.1%2019	15.7%2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Property crime rate	2,002 /100k2020	1,875 /100k2025	−6.3%	Improved	15%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−3.3%	Within the margin of error	34%
Public transit commuters	1.3%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Declined	27%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Rent-burdened households	49.2%2015-2019	51.6%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Restaurants and bars	10.3 /10k2020	11.2 /10k2025	+9.5%	Within the margin of error	72%
Suicide rate	16.4 /100k2020	15.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−6.1%	Within the margin of error	69%
Traffic deaths	14.5 /100k2015-2019	11.5 /100k2020-2024	−21%	Improved	79%
Unemployment rate	12.1%2020	2.7%2025	−9.4 points	Improved	100%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.6%2019	5.7%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Violent crime rate	305 /100k2020	302 /100k2025	−0.7%	Within the margin of error	33%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Hawaii County, Hawaii five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hawaii County, Hawaii in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hawaii County, Hawaii itself moved +2.2 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

205,769 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

74,072 households (±842)

Hawaii County, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under $25k17%12,906
$25k–50k15%11,039
$50k–75k16%11,492

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

74,072 households (±842)

Hawaii County, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Own74%54,795
Rent26%19,277

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.2 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

86,392 workers (±1,555)

Hawaii County, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Drive alone68%58,954
Carpool15%12,816
Public transit0.7%590

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Hilo-Kailua, HI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Hawaii County has 4,400 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Hawaii's), with 54,716 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,490. The Census Bureau also counts 20,503 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,400; 20,503 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Hawaii 229
Paid employees: 54,716
Average annual pay: $51,490; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hawaii County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	407	19.6	1.07×About typical	6,330	$30,446	124
Ambulatory health care services	356	17.2	0.82×About typical	3,456	$57,352	1,144
Specialty trade contractors	275	13.3	0.86×About typical	1,981	$68,732	1,196
Lessors of real estate	224	10.8	0.88×About typical	1,236	$65,887	1,968
Full-service restaurants	177	8.5	1.11×About typical	3,559	$34,477	46
Services to buildings and dwellings	176	8.5	1.26×More than typical	867	$41,915	1,898
Limited-service restaurants	165	8	0.99×About typical	2,068	$25,143	46
Construction of buildings	147	7.1	0.94×About typical	784	$70,531	785
Building equipment contractors	116	5.6	0.93×About typical	822	$66,726	214
Clothing and accessories stores	115	5.5	1.53×More than typical	987	$24,538	289
Offices of physicians	100	4.8	0.74×Fewer than typical	479	$61,495	196
Offices of other health practitioners	98	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	346	$48,396	672

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 207,476 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $13.1M on contracts performed in Hawaii County, Hawaii: $62.59 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $13.1M; −50% vs FY2025
Per resident: $62.59; US $2,007
Sole-source: 12%; US 30%
Single offer: 35%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Park Service$3.6M27%
Federal Highway Administration$2.6M20%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.5M19%
Agricultural Research Service$1.8M13%
Department of the Army$1.2M9.3%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$707.2K5.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$578.8K4.4%
Smithsonian Institution$560.4K4.3%

Top recipients

GOODFELLOW BROS, LLC$2.6M20%
HILO PRODUCTS, INC.$1.2M8.8%
MEADOW GOLD DAIRIES HAWAII LLC$997.2K7.6%
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC$478.7K3.6%
AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$454.4K3.5%

Spending by fiscal year

55.6MFY2017
49.9MFY2018
21.1MFY2019
45.4MFY2020
47.4MFY2021
89.3MFY2022
114.8MFY2023
74.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$2.6M20%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$2.2M16%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1.4M11%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$1.4M11%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.3M9.6%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617

Largest awards

THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF W9124J-17-C-0005, AWARDED ON JAN 23, 2017, DUE TO THE TRANSFER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS OCT 1, 2016 TO FEB 28, 2029 (149 MONTHS).$29.3M
PURAL WATER SPECIALTY CO. , INC.· Hawaii County, HI· Facilities & utilities· Mar 17, 2021 – Jun 2, 2026· SP060021C8345
HI STP SR11(2) NINOLE STREAM BRIDGE AND HI STP SR11(1) HILEA STREAM BRIDGE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION$20.1M
HAWAIIAN DREDGING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC· Hawaii County, HI· Construction & real property· Apr 9, 2018 – Aug 3, 2026· 6982AF18C000020
HAVO 305150 DEMOLISH AND REPLACE VOLCANO DISASTER DAMAGED FACILITIES AT UEKAHUNA BLUFF AND JAGGAR MUSEUM & HAVO 315026 REALIGN CRATER RIM DRIVE AND EXPAND ENTRANCE STATION TO IMPROVE VISITOR SAFETY AT HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, ISLAND OF HAW$18.4M
GOODFELLOW-SUN JV, LLC· Hawaii County, HI· Construction & real property

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hawaii County, Hawaii: $7,176 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.5B; −4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,176; US $12,975
Loan face value: $66M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$983.9M65%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$133.8M8.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$83.2M5.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$65M4.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$39M2.6%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$36.8M2.4%
20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$17.6M1.2%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$16.5M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$69M4.6%
HONOLULU, HI
COUNTY OF HAWAII$40.7M2.7%
HILO, HI
STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6.9M0.5%
HONOLULU, HI
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS$6.7M0.4%
HILO, HI
WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.2B78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$149.7M9.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$72M4.8%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$37.4M2.5%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

1.5BFY2021
1.3BFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.5BFY2024
1.6BFY2025
1.5BFY2026

County aggregates

88%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Hawaii County, Hawaii compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Hawaii County, Hawaii
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hawaii County, Hawaii and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
FY2017	$278	$1,436
FY2018	$247	$1,552
FY2019	$105	$1,654
FY2020	$226	$1,880
FY2021	$233	$1,810
FY2022	$434	$1,917
FY2023	$553	$2,079
FY2024	$355	$2,047
FY2025	$125	$2,165
FY2026	$62.59 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hawaii County, Hawaii and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
FY2017	$193	$93.28
FY2018	$115	$105
FY2019	$42.95	$128
FY2020	$99.77	$145
FY2021	$41.99	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hawaii County, Hawaii and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
FY2021	$1,751	$5,748
FY2022	$1,117	$5,221
FY2023	$1,242	$5,364
FY2024	$1,382	$5,501
FY2025	$740	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hawaii County, Hawaii and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
FY2021	$215	$298
FY2022	$147	$357
FY2023	$311	$301
FY2024	$656	$319
FY2025	$328	$360
FY2026	$376

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hawaii County, Hawaii and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
FY2021	$719	$239
FY2022	$204	$185
FY2023	$322	$229
FY2024	$232	$229
FY2025	$244	$249
FY2026	$220

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hawaii County, Hawaii and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
FY2021	$142	$2,304
FY2022	$71.16	$2,197
FY2023	$107	$2,274
FY2024	$68.94	$2,267
FY2025	$63.49	$2,397
FY2026	$58.15

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hawaii County, Hawaii and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
FY2021	$955	$1,186
FY2022	$238	$465
FY2023	$0.94	$76.52
FY2024	$62.74	$120
FY2025	$57.90	$148
FY2026	$42.98

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Hawaii County, Hawaii
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hawaii County, Hawaii and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	1.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2024

$656 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $224 (2.9× that).

Compared with 6 similar counties

Hawaii County, Hawaii
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2023points

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/15001

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hawaii County, Hawaii is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jill N. TokudaD-HI-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Hawaii County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Hilo-Kailua, HI62Central county

Cities and towns in Hawaii County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hawaii County, largest first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	−6.0%	−4.2%
2015	−2.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+3.3%
2018	+5.3%	+6.8%
2019	+7.1%	+10.5%
2020	+16.1%	+19.4%
2021	+22.8%	+26.1%
2022	+26.2%	+30.6%
2023	+31.9%	+35.0%
2024	+38.1%	+41.0%
2025	+47.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	−8.2%	−5.5%
2015	−2.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.3%	+4.1%
2018	+8.0%	+8.9%
2019	+14.1%	+13.5%
2020	+20.5%	+20.8%
2021	+33.8%	+32.1%
2022	+35.4%	+35.4%
2023	+45.0%	+42.9%
2024	+52.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	4.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	−5.1%	−6.9%
2015	+0.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+4.7%
2018	+3.1%	+7.5%
2019	+18.7%	+14.0%
2020	+28.6%	+16.9%
2021	+24.2%	+21.0%
2022	+30.1%	+29.7%
2023	+33.7%	+34.9%
2024	+36.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+41.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+66.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+64.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+67.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+63.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	5.3%	6.2%
2015	4.2%	5.3%
2016	3.7%	4.9%
2017	2.7%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	3.4%	3.7%
2020	12.1%	8.1%
2021	6.1%	5.4%
2022	3.6%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	2.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	18.1%	15.5%
2015	18.3%	14.7%
2016	15.4%	14.0%
2017	15.0%	13.4%
2018	15.6%	13.1%
2019	13.1%	12.3%
2020	12.2%	11.9%
2021	14.7%	12.8%
2022	14.6%	12.6%
2023	16.5%	12.5%
2024	15.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	7.3%	13.5%
2015	5.9%	10.9%
2016	5.0%	10.0%
2017	6.4%	10.2%
2018	6.4%	10.4%
2019	5.6%	10.8%
2020	5.5%	10.4%
2021	5.1%	10.2%
2022	5.5%	9.5%
2023	4.6%	9.5%
2024	5.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hawaii County, Hawaii	United States
2014	8.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	12.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	13.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	13.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.3/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Hawaii County, Hawaii	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+3.3 points	+2.4 points	+1.0 points to +3.7 points
Year −2	+1.6 points	+1.6 points	+0.1 points to +3.4 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.4 points	−0.4 points	−2.5 points to +3.0 points
Year +1	−3.2 points	−0.9 points	−3.7 points to +1.0 points

Year	Hawaii County, Hawaii	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.9 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people	−1.2 per 1,000 people to +0.3 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−1.2 per 1,000 people	−0.7 per 1,000 people	−1.7 per 1,000 people to +0.3 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−1.0 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people	−2.2 per 1,000 people to +1.3 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.2 per 1,000 people	−1.0 per 1,000 people	−2.0 per 1,000 people to +0.6 per 1,000 people

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