Hawaii County, Hawaii

• White (non-Hispanic) 61,616 29.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,003 11.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,590 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 41,595 20.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 51,179 24.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 336 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 24,128 11.7%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,322 0.6%

• Under 18 42,438 20.6%
• 18–24 13,753 6.7%
• 25–44 48,918 23.8%
• 45–64 51,659 25.1%
• 65 and over 49,001 23.8%

Median household income

$74,602

90% interval $68,530–$80,674

−$26,979 vs HI · 4th of 5

Below poverty line

15.7%

90% interval 13.8%–17.6%

+5.7 pp vs HI · 1st of 5

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

+0.52 pp vs. state

County GDP

$12.2B

10.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,757

Establishments

7,454

• Education & health services 18,237 24.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 15,398 20.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 15,255 20.6%
• Professional & business services 6,199 8.4%
• Public administration 800 1.1%
• Financial activities 15 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 75.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.0%

+11.0 pp vs HI · 1st of 5

Median gross rent

$1,510

−$461 vs HI · 4th of 5

Owner-occupied

54,795

Renter-occupied

19,277

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.4× the lowest ($120,805 vs $49,665/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 10.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 52,163 63.0%
• Republican 28,748 34.7%
• Other / third-party 1,912 2.3%

• Spanish 4,504 2.3%
• Tagalog 3,516 1.8%
• Chinese 1,530 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 1,067 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 952 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 604 0.3%
• Vietnamese 479 0.2%
• Korean 381 0.2%
• Arabic 36 0.0%

Households

74,072

Family households

48,237

65.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,893

20.5% of families

Single-mother families

4,892

10.1% of families

Veterans

11,933

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 38,791 19.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 23,643 11.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 17,278 8.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,845 1.9%
• Black Protestant 300 0.1%
• Orthodox 88 0.0%

Health insured

95.5%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

4.5%

±0.5 pp

1st of 5

With a disability

16.0%

±0.7 pp

2nd of 5

Bachelor's or higher

31.4%

±1.1 pp

−4.7 pp vs HI · 2nd of 5

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.7%

90% interval 5.1%–6.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + criminal jurisdiction per HRS § 603-21.5, civil matters above the $40,000 District Court limit and felony criminal cases); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 courts.state.hi.us per-circuit directories. The 1st Circuit (Honolulu) holds the vast majority of the ~33 statewide Circuit Court judgeships; the neighbor-island circuits each carry 2-4 judges. Note: HI's circuit numbering is 1, 2, 3, 5, there is NO 4th Circuit (the historical numbering skipped it).)

Court seats

Hilo

Traffic fatalities

29

17.76 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

26