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State Fact Sheets: Hawaii

Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
Federal Funds
Organic Agriculture
Farm Characteristics
Farm Financial Indicators
Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated May 2, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, 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
    2010 407,094 953,207 1,360,301
    2011 411,203 963,607 1,374,810

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 (2010 dollars)
    2009 32,681 44,899 41,237
    2010 32,955 45,216 41,550
    Percent change 0.8 0.7 0.8
 
Earnings per job (2010 dollars)
    2009 38,383 53,209 49,107
    2010 38,636 54,054 49,802
    Percent change 0.7 1.6 1.4
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979 11.1 9.6 9.9
    1989 10.6 7.5 8.3
    1999 12.8 9.9 10.7
    2010 (latest model-based estimates) 14.8 9.5 11.1

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 Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
  2002-04 Avg. 2005-07 Avg. 2008-10 Avg.
Percent of households
    Food insecure 8.5 8.4 13.1
    Very low food security 2.6 2.9 5.0

More information on Food Insecurity
Food Security in the United States Briefing Room
Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
• Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report.
• Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

Education (Persons 25 and older)
  Rural * Urban * Total
Percent not completing high school
    1980 (Census) 32.5 24.4 26.2
    1990 (Census) 23.4 18.8 19.9
    2000 (Census) 16.1 15.2 15.4
    2006-2010 (ACS) 10.5 10.1 10.2
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 (Census) 33.0 35.5 35.1
    1990 (Census) 29.6 28.4 28.7
    2000 (Census) 30.3 27.8 28.5
    2006-2010 (ACS) 31.2 28.0 29.0
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 (Census) 18.8 18.3 18.4
    1990 (Census) 29.2 28.2 28.5
    2000 (Census) 31.8 29.2 29.9
    2006-2010 (ACS) 32.7 30.8 31.4
 
Percent completing college
    1980 (Census) 15.3 21.7 20.3
    1990 (Census) 17.8 24.6 22.9
    2000 (Census) 21.8 27.9 26.2
    2006-2010 (ACS) 25.6 31.1 29.4

More information on Hawaii education
County-level Education Data
Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

Employment
  Rural * Urban * Total
Total number of jobs
    2009 231,192 604,375 835,567
    2010 229,661 603,060 832,721
 
Percent employment change
    2008-2009 -6.1 -2.9 -3.9
    2009-2010 1.5 1.9 1.8
    2010-2011 2.3 1.8 2.0
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2010 9.3 5.8 6.9
    2011 8.9 5.7 6.7

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

Federal Funds, FY 2010
  Rural * Urban * Total
Federal funding, dollars per person
   All Federal funds 7,357 18,442 15,126
 
Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
      Agriculture and natural resources 62 23 34
      Community resources 1,247 1,152 1,181
      Defense and space 529 9,792 7,022
      Human resources 95 170 147
      Income security 4,791 5,735 5,453
      National functions 635 1,569 1,290
 
Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
      Grants 970 1,708 1,487
      Direct loans 187 127 145
      Guaranteed/insured loans 1,047 946 976
      Retirement/disability payments 2,805 3,367 3,199
      Other direct payments to
      individuals
1,336 1,461 1,424
      Direct payments, not to
      individuals
42 114 92
      Procurement contracts 433 2,687 2,013
      Salaries and wages 536 8,032 5,790

Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level.

More information on Federal Funds
Program Function and Object Code Definitions
Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room
Federal Funds Data
• Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360


* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.
 
More information on socioeconomic conditions
Rural Emphasis Page
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.


Organic Agriculture

  2006 2007 2008
Number of certified operations 165 114 152
Crops (acres) 4,052 6,620 7,335
Pasture & rangeland (acres) 2,060 4,210 4,710
Total acres 6,112 10,830 12,045

More information on organic agriculture
Organic Production Data
Organic Agriculture Briefing Room
• Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.


Farm Characteristics

1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture
 
  1997 2002 2007
Approximate total land area (acres) 4,102,494 4,110,479 4,110,586
    Total farmland (acres) 1,439,071 1,300,499 1,121,329
        Percent of total land area 35.1 31.6 27.3
 
        Cropland (acres) 292,107 211,120 177,626
            Percent of total farmland 20.3 16.2 15.8
            Percent in pasture 14.3 17.3 13.2
            Percent irrigated 24.1 27.8 26.9
 
            Harvested Cropland (acres) 100,094 109,461 103,120
 
        Woodland (acres) 108,704 117,685 79,041
            Percent of total farmland 7.6 9.0 7.0
            Percent in pasture 29.3 35.2 28.6
 
        Pastureland (acres) 898,737 852,626 738,271
            Percent of total farmland 62.5 65.6 65.8
 
        Land in house lots, ponds,
        roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)
139,523 119,068 126,391
            Percent of total farmland 9.7 9.2 11.3
 
Conservation practices
        Farmland in conservation or
        wetlands reserve programs
        (acres)
- 243  
 
Average farm size (acres) 263 241 149
 
Farms by size (percent)
            1 to 99 acres 92.7 91.9 93.8
            100 to 499 acres 4.7 5.0 4.1
            500 to 999 acres 0.8 1.1 0.6
            1000 to 1,999 acres 0.6 0.8 0.7
            2,000 or more acres 1.2 1.2 0.9
 
Farms by sales (percent)
            Less than $9,999 58.1 56.3 65.7
            $10,000 to $49,999 27.8 28.9 22.6
            $50,000 to $99,999 5.9 5.8 4.7
            $100,000 to $499,999 6.1 6.5 5.1
            More than $500,000 2.1 2.5 2.0
 
Tenure of farmers
        Full owner (farms) 2,980 3,202 5,061
            Percent of total 54.4 59.3 67.3
 
        Part owner (farms) 707 589 775
            Percent of total 12.9 10.9 10.3
 
        Tenant owner (farms) 1,786 1,607 1,685
            Percent of total 32.6 29.8 22.4
 
Farm organization
        Individuals/family, sole
        proprietorship (farms)
4,583 4,629 6,363
            Percent of total 83.7 85.8 84.6
 
        Family-held corporations
        (farms)
384 392 491
            Percent of total 7.0 7.3 6.5
 
        Partnerships (farms) 328 225 437
            Percent of total 6.0 4.2 5.8
 
        Non-family corporations (farms) 113 80 126
            Percent of total 2.1 1.5 1.7
 
        Others - cooperative, estate or
        trust, institutional, etc. (farms)
65 72 104
            Percent of total 1.2 1.3 1.4
 
Characteristics of principal farm operators
        Average operator age (years) 55.0 56.5 58.6
        Percent with farming as their
         primary occupation
55.8 57.9 51.3
        Men 4,551 4,338 5,715
        Women 922 1,060 1,806
 

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


Farm Financial Indicators

Farm income and value added data
  2009 2010
 
Number of farms 7,500 7,500
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output 561,316 558,514
+     Final animal output 71,936 67,997
+     Services and forestry 77,836 84,354
=   Final agricultural sector output 711,088 710,865
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays 248,506 237,610
+     Net government transactions -460 1,835
=   Gross value added 462,122 475,089
 
-      Capital consumption 54,158 55,155
 
=   Net value added 407,964 419,934
 
-    Factor payments 201,318 213,097
         Employee compensation (total hired labor) 174,192 187,020
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 5,531 5,460
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest 21,595 20,617
 
=   Net farm income 206,646 206,838
 

More information on farm income
Farm Income Data
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.


Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
  Value of receipts
thousand $
Percent of state total
farm receipts
Percent of US value
1. Greenhouse/nursery 75,610 12.0 0.5
2. Cane for sugar 41,334 6.6 4.1
3. Cattle and calves 32,986 5.2 0.1
4. Macadamia nuts 30,000 4.8 100.0
5. Coffee 25,675 4.1 100.0
 
All commodities 630,850   0.2
 

More information on Hawaii's top agriculture commodities
Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel.
Other cash receipts data.
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
  Rank among states Value
million $
1. Tree Nuts 2 113.2
2. Fruits and preparations 11 35.1
3. Other 31 23.9
4. Wheat and products 39 14.2
5. Live animals and meat 41 1.7
 
Total export value 40 190.2
 

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

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
  Percent of state total receipts Thousands $
1. Hawaii County 39.4 202,572
2. Maui County 27.1 139,326
3. Honolulu County 24.6 126,577
4. Kauai County 8.8 45,151
5.      
 
State total   513,626
 

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: May 2, 2012