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Honolulu Statistics & General Information

Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Research and Economic Analysis Division (DBEDT) Population Projections for Hawaii State up to the year 2020.

	2005	2010	2015	2020
Resident Population	1,304.0	1,366.8	1,430.5	1,494.1
Ave. annual growth rate	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9
Civilian Jobs	656.8	692.3	728.8	767.3
Ave. annual growth rate	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.0
Gross State Product ($mil. 1987)	28,547.7	31,052.3	33,588.9	36,388.5
Ave. annual growth rate	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.6
Visitor Arrivals	9,127.4	10,326.9	11,401.7	12,588.4
Ave. annual growth rate	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0

Honolulu Transportation

Below are recent statistics that give you on idea of how long it takes on average to get to work in Honolulu (by various means). Just to provide some perspective, there are about 1,933 miles of streets and roads in Honolulu, and about 525 buses travel these streets on a day-to-day basis.

Means of Transportation to Work ~ Stats from 2000
Bicycle	1.12%
Bus or trolley bus	9.8%
Carpooled	19.0%
Drove alone	59.5%
Ferryboat	0.0%
Motorcycle	0.8%
Other means	0.8%
Railroad	0.0%
Streetcar or trolley car	0.0%
Subway or elevated	0.0%
Taxicab	0.2%
Walked	6.0%
Worked at home	2.8%
Workers Age 16+	258,003

Travel Time to Work in Minutes ~ as of 2000
Median Travel Time To Work	21.9
0 to 5	1.6%
5 to 9	8.0%
10 to 14	14.4%
15 to 19	17.8%
20 to 24	16.1%
25 to 29	5.2%
30 to 34	16.3%
35 to 39	1.8%
40 to 44	3.1%
45 to 59	6.9%
60 to 89	4.5%
90 or more	1.6%
Worked at home	2.8%

Education Statistics for Honolulu, Hawaii

Educational Attainment ~ As of the Year 2000
College: Associates Degree	7.57%
College: Bachelor's Degree	19.48%
College: Graduate Degree	9.42%
College: Some College, No Degree	20.38%
School: High School Graduate	26.84%
School: 9th to 11th grade no diploma	7.92%
School: Grade K - 9	6.48%

Honolulu Culture & Facts

Hawaii's state motto is Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono, which means "The Life of the Land Is Perpetuated in Righteousness." Hawaii is also commonly referred to as the "Aloha State." Other fun facts about Hawaii include: the state bird is the Hawaiian Goose, the state flower is the Hibiscus, and state tree is the Candlenut. Honolulu itself also has its own state flower, the Ilima.

Honolulu Recreation & Climate

Some of the most popular activities in Honolulu include: surfing, scuba diving, spear fishing, deep see fishing, shark diving, kayaking, snorkeling, hiking, parasailing, kite surfing, body surfing, body boarding, and luau. You name it, we've got it.

Because Hawaii is located in the tropics, the temperature and length of daylight stay about the same throughout the year. There are 112 miles of coastline along the island of Oahu that maintains an average temperature of 77 degrees.

Honolulu History

Before Hawaii became a U.S. state in 1959, Hawaii had a rich history of its own. The islands were previously ruled by King Kamehameha I, who conquered Oahu around 1804 and moved into the area now known as Honolulu in 1809.

Hawaiian Real Estate History

Hundreds of years ago, all the land in Hawaii was owned by the king and controlled by the ali'i nui, the high chiefs of the feudal system. Commoners, "the kanaka," couldn't own land, but they were given a parcel of land known as an "ahupua'a" by the king, that they were able to farm. An ahupua'a was a pie shaped wedge of land that went from the top of a mountain all the way to the ocean. In theory, each ahupua'a had every type of land in it and provided everything the people needed. In the mountains there were trees and olona for fishing line, pigs and other animals for eating, fruit and vegetables, taro plants for food and other things in the valleys, plus coconuts on the plains. Finally, and perhaps most importantly to the Hawaiians, the fish and everything that is in the sea.

A Land Commission was created in 1846 by King Kamehameha III, and in 1848, the Great Mahele, began to divide the land among the people. The King gave land to the "chiefs and the people for the use and benefit of the Hawaiian Government." Chiefs were given lands they had previously been retainers of. Even commoners purchased the land they had been farming. The King kept some of the land as property for himself and his heirs. These were known as the Crown Lands, but were sold by the King to raise money. All the title to land in Hawaii is traced back to the Great Mahele. It's only been since 1850 that non-Hawaiians have been able to own any land in Hawaii.

Today the State Land Use Commission divides land into four types: Agricultural (47%), Conservation (48%), Urban (4.7%), and Rural (0.2%). It's hard to believe when looking around Honolulu that only about 5% of the land is taken up by buildings.

The island of Hawaii is the largest island, and is about 7 times the size of Oahu. Maui is second largest. Kauai County is the third largest and least populous county, and consists of the islands of Kauai and Niihau. The island of Oahu is the smallest in size, but houses about 3/4 of the state population.

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