Honolulu County, Hawaii

• White (non-Hispanic) 171,807 17.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94,340 9.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 21,973 2.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 416,584 41.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 201,574 20.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 948 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 90,659 9.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,261 0.3%

• Under 18 206,028 20.6%
• 18–24 87,117 8.7%
• 25–44 275,993 27.6%
• 45–64 236,130 23.6%
• 65 and over 195,878 19.6%

Median household income

$104,305

90% interval $101,724–$106,886

+$2,724 vs HI · 1st of 5

Below poverty line

8.8%

90% interval 8.1%–9.5%

−1.2 pp vs HI · 4th of 5

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.4%

+0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$87.1B

74.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$73,144

Establishments

32,300

• Education & health services 105,674 23.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 87,278 19.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 74,505 16.4%
• Professional & business services 57,220 12.6%
• Construction 28,524 6.3%
• Financial activities 19,965 4.4%
• Other services 19,697 4.3%
• Public administration 18,445 4.1%
• Manufacturing 6,681 1.5%
• Information 15 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 91.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

59.8%

−3.2 pp vs HI · 4th of 5

Median gross rent

$2,083

+$112 vs HI · 1st of 5

Owner-occupied

202,604

Renter-occupied

136,264

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $124,079/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $43,524/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 204,301 59.9%
• Republican 130,489 38.3%
• Other / third-party 6,131 1.8%

• Tagalog 46,022 4.9%
• Chinese 32,562 3.4%
• Spanish 18,459 2.0%
• Korean 13,658 1.4%
• Vietnamese 8,773 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,554 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 2,403 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,840 0.2%
• Arabic 566 0.1%

Households

338,868

Family households

231,762

68.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

62,557

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

14,999

6.5% of families

Veterans

64,756

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 182,571 18.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 100,050 9.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 82,769 8.1%
• Mainline Protestant 23,234 2.3%
• Black Protestant 2,280 0.2%
• Orthodox 415 0.0%

Health insured

96.7%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

3.3%

±0.2 pp

5th of 5

With a disability

12.5%

±0.2 pp

3rd of 5

Bachelor's or higher

38.5%

+2.4 pp vs HI · 1st of 5

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

3.6%

90% interval 3.4%–3.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

25 (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

Honolulu

Traffic fatalities

51

6.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

49