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Hawaii
Community
Area, 16,636 square kilometres
Population,
300,000 (1774)*
264,160 (1805)
150,000 (1819)
130,213 (1831)
73,134 (1853)
82,000 (1850)
67,084 (1860)
80,000 (1884)
154,001 (1900)
191,874 (1910)
255,881 (1920)
368,366 (1930)
420,770 (1940)
499,794 (1950)
632,772 (1960)
748,575 (1970)
964,691 (1980)
1,108,229 (1990)
1,211,537 (2000)
1,360,301 (2010)
1,428,557 (2016)
*The indigenous population of Hawaii in 1770, 300,000, was decimated as a result of new infectious diseases brought in by White settlers. By the mid-20th� century the number of indigenous Hawaiians was around 60,000. Meanwhile there was considerable immigration from both the USA and Asia.
Ethnicity, %
|
|
Chinese |
Filipino |
Hawaiian |
Hispanic |
Japanese |
Korean |
Mixed race |
White |
|
1853 |
|
|
97.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1900 |
16.6 |
|
24.4 |
|
39.7 |
3.0 |
|
18.5 |
|
1940 |
6.8 |
12.4 |
15.2 |
|
37.3 |
1.6 |
|
24.5 |
|
1960 |
6.0 |
10.9 |
|
|
32.1 |
|
|
32.0 |
|
1980 |
5.8 |
13.7 |
12.3 |
|
24.9 |
1.8 |
|
34.4 |
|
2000 |
4.6 |
14.1 |
6.6 |
7.9 |
16.7 |
2.1 |
21.4 |
24.3 |
|
2010 |
4.1 |
13.6 |
10.0 |
8.9 |
12.6 |
3.1 |
23.6 |
22.7 |
Religion, %
|
|
Buddhist |
Christian J W |
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
Hindu |
Jewish |
Muslim |
No Religion |
|
2014 |
8.0 |
1.0 |
38.0 |
20.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
26.0 |
Birth and death rates
|
|
Fertility rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Urban |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
25.5 |
|
1910 |
|
|
|
|
30.7 |
|
1920 |
|
|
|
|
36.1 |
|
1930 |
|
|
|
|
53.7 |
|
1940 |
|
|
|
|
62.5 |
|
1950 |
|
|
|
|
69.0 |
|
1960 |
|
28.5 (+23.1) |
|
5.4 |
76.5 |
|
1970 |
|
21.5 (+16.0) |
16.0 |
5.5 |
83.1 |
|
1980 |
|
|
|
|
86.5 |
|
1990 |
|
17.5 (+11.0) |
7.0 |
6.5 |
90.5 |
|
2000 |
|
14.5 (+7.7) |
7.0 |
6.8 |
91.5 |
|
2007 |
2.3 |
14.9 (+7.6) |
|
7.3 |
|
|
2010 |
2.2 |
|
|
|
91.9 |
|
2014 |
|
13.5 (+5.9) |
|
7.6 |
|
|
2015 |
2.0 |
|
5.9 |
|
|
Life Expectancy,
81.3 (2009);
|
|
Aged under 18 % |
Aged over 65 % |
|
2010 |
22.3 |
14.3 |
|
2015 |
|
16.1 |
Population of islands,
|
|
Hawaii 10,451 km2 |
Kauai 1523 km2 |
Lanai 365 km2 |
Maui 1904 km2 |
Molokai 684 km2 |
Niihau 184 km2 |
Oahu 1601 km2 |
|
1900 |
46,843 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1910 |
55,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1920 |
64,895 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1930 |
73,325 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1940 |
73,276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
61,332 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
61,632 |
27,922 |
2,115 |
35,717 |
5,023 |
254 |
500,409 |
|
1970 |
63,468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
92,053 |
38,856 |
2,119 |
62,823 |
6,049 |
226 |
762,534 |
|
1990 |
120,317 |
50,947 |
2,426 |
91,361 |
6,717 |
230 |
836,231 |
|
2000 |
148,677 |
58,303 |
3,193 |
117,644 |
7,404 |
160 |
876,151 |
|
2010 |
185,079 |
67,091 |
3,102 |
144,444 |
7,345 |
170 |
953,207 |
|
2013 |
190,821 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Population of principal cities
Hilo
(Hawaii),
6,745 (1910)
10,431 (1920)
19,468 (1930)
23,353 (1940)
27,198 (1950)
25,966 (1960)
35,269 (1980)
37,808 (1990)
40,759 (2000)
43,263 (2010)
HONOLULU
(Oahu),
10,000 (1850)
22,907 (1989)
39,306 (1900)
52,183 (1910)
83,327 (1920)
137,582 (1930)
179,326 (1940)
248,034 (1950)
294,194 (1960)
324,871 (1970)
365,048 (1980)
365,272 (1990)
371,657 (2000)
390,738 (2010)
Wealth
Gross State Product,
US$ 43,710 million (2001)
US$ 43,998 million (2002)
US$ 50,322 million (2004)
US$ 54,019 million (2005)
US$ 58,307 million (2006)
US$ 61,532 million (2007)
US$ 63,847 million (2008)
US$ 66,431 million (2009)
US$ 84,671 million (2016)
Income per capita,
US$ 8,437 (1978)
US$ 21,218� (1992)
US$ 26,034 (1997)
US$ 29,002 (2001)
US$ 30,040 (2002)
US$ 32,606 (2004)
US$ 34,468 (2005)
US$ 36,826 (2006)
US$ 39,060 (2007)
US$ 42,055 (2008)
US$ 42,075 (2009)
US$ 58,732 (2016)
Communications
Language, % MT���������������������������
|
|
English only |
English plus Asian language |
Spanish |
|
|
73.4 |
21.0 |
2.6 |
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1950 |
3,510 |
|
|
|
|
1951 |
|
155,605 |
|
|
|
1959 |
4,980 |
|
181,903 |
|
|
1979 |
6,200 |
|
610,570 |
|
|
1990 |
6,530 |
785,004 |
|
|
|
1996 |
6,610 |
|
704,693 |
158,457 |
|
2002 |
6,878 |
892,553 |
|
|
|
2005 |
6,935 |
947,548 |
|
|
|
2007 |
6,990 |
993,117 |
|
|
|
2010 |
7,076 |
|
|
|
|
2016 |
7,173 |
|
|
|
Railways; First railway open 1882, to transport sugar cane to the port of Lahaina.� It closed in 1952 (passenger services ran 1883 � 1912).
0 (1980)
Electronic communications
Telephones,
32,205 (1938)
109,329 (1951)
530,022 (1988)
703,879 (1996)
737,653 (2002)
741,843 (2000)
TV began 1954
Tourism
Visitors
to Hawaii,
109,798 (1955)
687,000 (1965)
1,001,810 (1967)
3,960,000 (1979)
6,100,000 (1988)
6,900,000 (1997)
6,700,000 (1999)
6,900,000 (2004)
7,100,000 (2006)*
*20% of these were from Japan