Hawaii

Abstract

With a population of 1.3 million people, Hawaii was the ninth least populous state in the United States in 2006. From 2000 to 2006 the state’s population increased by 73,961 people, and is projected to increase to 1.4 million by 2025. This 0.6% projected annual growth rate compares to the projected national average of 0.8%. The state’s 2006 per capita personal income of $36,826 was higher compared to $34,818 in 2005 and eighteenth highest in the United States, some $197 above the national average. Per capita income in Hawaii grew at an average annual rate of 4.4% from 2000 to 2006, compared to 3.5% nationally.