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State Fact Sheets: Hawaii

Population, Income, Education, and Employment
Farm Characteristics
Farm Financial Indicators
Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated September 15, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

Population
  Rural * Urban * Total
Year
    1980 202,126 762,565 964,691
    1990 271,998 836,231 1,108,229
    2000 335,381 876,156 1,211,537
    2007 (latest estimates) 377,787 905,601 1,283,388

More information on Hawaii population
County-level Population Data
Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

Income
  Rural * Urban * Total
Per-capita income (2006 dollars)
    2005 29,929 38,547 36,062
    2006 30,613 39,653 37,023
    Percent change 2.3 2.9 2.7
 
Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
    2005 35,232 46,912 43,664
    2006 35,262 46,955 43,681
    Percent change 0.1 0.1 0.0
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979 11.1 9.6 9.9
    1989 10.6 7.5 8.3
    1999 12.8 9.9 10.7
    2005 (latest model-based estimates) 11.3 9.3 9.9

More information on Hawaii poverty rates
County-level Poverty Data
Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

Education (Persons 25 and older)
  Rural * Urban * Total
Percent not completing high school
    1980 32.5 24.4 26.2
    1990 23.4 18.8 19.9
    2000 16.1 15.2 15.4
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 33.0 35.5 35.1
    1990 29.6 28.4 28.7
    2000 30.3 27.8 28.5
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 18.8 18.3 18.4
    1990 29.2 28.2 28.5
    2000 31.8 29.2 29.9
 
Percent completing college
    1980 15.3 21.7 20.3
    1990 17.8 24.6 22.9
    2000 21.8 27.9 26.2

More information on Hawaii education
County-level Education Data
Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

Employment
  Rural * Urban * Total
Total number of jobs
    2005 233,180 605,408 838,588
    2006 242,020 622,373 864,393
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2006 2.6 2.4 2.5
    2007 3.0 2.5 2.6

More information on Hawaii unemployment rates
County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429
 
Percent employment change
    2004-2005 2.6 2.6 2.6
    2005-2006 3.5 1.6 2.2
    2006-2007 1.1 -0.4 0.0
 
Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs
Total 20.8 13.1 15.2
    Production 4.4 0.5 1.6
    Farm inputs 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Processing & marketing 1.5 0.9 1.1
    Wholesale & retail trade 14.2 11.4 12.1

More information on farm employment
Farm and Farm-Related Employment data
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.
 
More information on socioeconomic conditions
Rural Emphasis Page
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.


Farm Characteristics

1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture
 
  1992 1997 2002
Total land area (million acres) 4.10 4.10 4.11
    Total farmland (million acres) 1.59 1.44 1.30
        Percent of total land area 38.7 35.1 31.6
 
        Cropland (million acres) 0.29 0.29 0.21
            Percent of total farmland 18.5 20.3 16.2
            Percent in pasture 12.8 14.3 17.3
            Percent irrigated 28.3 24.1 27.8
 
            Harvested Cropland
            (million acres)
0.14 0.10 0.11
 
        Woodland (million acres) 0.11 0.11 0.12
            Percent of total farmland 6.9 7.6 9.0
            Percent in pasture 37.4 29.3 35.2
 
        Pastureland (million acres) 0.94 0.90 0.85
            Percent of total farmland 59.3 62.5 65.6
 
        Land in house lots, ponds,
        roads, wasteland, etc.
        (million acres)
0.24 0.14 0.12
            Percent of total farmland 15.4 9.7 9.2
 
Conservation practices
        Farmland in conservation or
        wetlands reserve programs
        (million acres)
0.00 0.00 0.00
            Percent of total farmland 0.0 0.0 0.0
 
Average farm size (acres) 298 263 241
 
Farms by size (percent)
            1 to 99 acres 92.9 92.7 91.9
            100 to 499 acres 4.5 4.7 5.0
            500 to 999 acres 0.6 0.8 1.1
            1000 to 1,999 acres 0.6 0.6 0.8
            2,000 or more acres 1.4 1.2 1.2
 
Farms by sales (percent)
            Less than $9,999 61.1 58.1 56.3
            $10,000 to $49,999 25.0 28.0 28.9
            $50,000 to $99,999 5.5 5.9 5.8
            $100,000 to $499,999 6.1 6.1 6.5
            More than $500,000 2.1 2.1 2.5
 
Tenure of farmers
        Full owner (farms) 3,001 2,980 3,202
            Percent of total 56.2 54.4 59.3
 
        Part owner (farms) 698 707 589
            Percent of total 13.1 12.9 10.9
 
        Tenant owner (farms) 1,637 1,786 1,607
            Percent of total 30.7 32.6 29.8
 
Farm organization
        Individuals/family, sole
        proprietorship (farms)
4,425 4,583 4,629
            Percent of total 82.9 83.7 85.8
 
        Family-held corporations
        (farms)
341 384 392
            Percent of total 6.4 7.0 7.3
 
        Partnerships (farms) 379 328 225
            Percent of total 7.1 6.0 4.2
 
        Non-family corporations (farms) 115 113 80
            Percent of total 2.2 2.1 1.5
 
        Others - cooperative, estate or
        trust, institutional, etc. (farms)
76 65 72
            Percent of total 1.4 1.2 1.3
 
Characteristics of principal farm operators
        Average operator age (years) 53.8 55.0 56.5
        Percent with farming as their
         primary occupation
54.8 55.8 57.9
        Men (persons) 4,536 4,551 4,338
        Women (persons) 800 922 1,060
 

More information on farm characteristics
Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.


Farm Financial Indicators

Farm income and value added data
  2006 2007
 
Number of farms 5,500 5,500
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output 499,245 458,019
+     Final animal output 77,603 71,757
+     Services and forestry 71,932 75,248
=   Final agricultural sector output 648,780 605,024
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays 249,752 253,098
+     Net government transactions -5,547 -4,050
=   Gross value added 393,481 347,875
 
-      Capital consumption 45,582 46,913
 
=   Net value added 347,899 300,962
 
-    Factor payments 219,350 224,207
         Employee compensation (total hired labor) 189,241 192,748
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 10,287 10,225
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest 19,822 21,234
 
=   Net farm income 128,549 76,755
 

More information on farm income
Farm Income Data
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Farm balance sheet
 
• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
 


Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
  Value of receipts
thousand $
Percent of state total
farm receipts
Percent of US value
1. Greenhouse/nursery 105,917 19.9 0.6
2. Cane for sugar 50,034 9.4 5.5
3. Coffee 37,500 7.0 100.0
4. Cattle and calves 26,196 4.9 0.1
5. Macadamia nuts 20,880 3.9 100.0
 
All commodities 533,150   0.2
 

More information on Hawaii's top agriculture commodities
Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
  Rank among states Value
million $
1. Fruits and preparations 9 38.4
2. Other 31 27.2
3. Wheat and products 41 10.7
4. Tree Nuts 8 7.9
5. Live animals and meat 42 1.5
 
Overall rank 43 87.6
 

More information on agricultural exports
State Export Data
Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
  Percent of state total receipts Million $
1. Hawaii County 35.2 187.7
2. Honolulu County 33.6 179.3
3. Maui County 23.3 124.5
4. Kauai County 7.8 41.9
5.      
 
State total   533.4
 

More information on agricultural sales
Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.


Data Sources

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker
Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
Updated date: September 15, 2008