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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 May 9, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
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.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
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

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
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

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
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	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

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

	2005	2006
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	5,500	5,500

	Thousands $
Final crop output	487,574	467,170
+ Final animal output	93,128	86,482
+ Services and forestry	70,990	71,852
= Final agricultural sector output	651,693	625,504

- Intermediate consumption outlays	245,404	247,526
+ Net government transactions	-3,863	-5,481
= Gross value added	402,426	372,497

- Capital consumption	44,017	45,657

= Net value added	358,409	326,840

- Factor payments	217,726	221,308
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	187,873	189,893
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	11,337	10,402
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	18,516	21,013

= Net farm income	140,683	105,532

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

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2006
1. Greenhouse/nursery	99,949	18.0	0.6
2. Pineapples	75,542	13.6	100.0
3. Cane for sugar	50,200	9.1	6.8
4. Macadamia nuts	38,860	7.0	100.0
5. Coffee	30,295	5.5	100.0

All commodities	554,580		0.2

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

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2006
1. Fruits and preparations	8	49.9
2. Other	32	25.5
3. Wheat and products	41	9.4
4. Tree nuts	9	7.9
5. Live animals and meat	42	1.3

Overall rank	43	96.0

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

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
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

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional Economic Information System, June 2005, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

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

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: May 9, 2008