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Hawaii Population News Articles

Population Density

Historic & Projected Growth

Population by County


POPULATION DENSITY

People per square mile, 2010:   211.8

People per square mile, 2020:  226.6


HISTORIC & PROJECTED GROWTH 1790 TO 2040

Year
Population
1790
0
1800
0
1810
0
1820
0
1830
0
1840
0
1850
0
1860
0
1870
0
1880
0
1890
0
1900
769,913
1910
964,691
1920
1,108,229
1930
1,211,537
1940
1,360,301
1950
499,794
1960
632,772
1970
769,913
1980
964,691
1990
1,108,229
2000
1,211,537
2010
1,360,301
2020
1,455,271
2030
1,548,831
2040
1,619,703

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census & Weldon Cooper Center, Demographics Research Group
(The Census Bureau and Weldon Cooper Center have not yet provided updated State projections to reflect 2020 census numbers.)


Population by County

Census 2020 Population
Census 2010 Population
Change from 2010
Percent Change
HAWAII
1,360,301
1,211,537
148,764
12.28%
Hawaii County
200629
185,079
15,550
8.40%
Honolulu County
1016508
953,207
63,301
6.64%
Kalawao County
82
90
-8
-8.89%
Kauai County
73298
67,091
6,207
9.25%
Maui County
164754
154,834
9,920
6.41%

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census


Hawaii Population News Articles

Honolulu Harbor Isn’t Ready for Climate Change – October 13, 2023

Maui wildfire cleanup could become one of America’s most complicated processes due to cultural sites – October 4, 2023

Cesspools Are Killing Hawai‘i’s Coral – But It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way – September 25, 2023

How the Homelessness Problem in Hawaii Compares to Other States – September 25, 2023

Compound Events Contributing To More Extreme Weather – September 20, 2023

Hispanics Are The Fastest Growing Demographic In Hawaii. They Need More Services To Keep Pace – September 18, 2023

Climate change is turning Hawaii into a giant cesspool—literally – July 6, 2023

Incentives offered for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam employees to ride Skyline rail to help ease base traffic congestion – June 30, 2023

Fecal bacteria found at a number of Hawaii beaches – June 23, 2023

It’s the season of cheap flights to Hawaii, but not everyone is rolling out the welcome mat – June 20, 2023

8 Reasons You Don’t Want To Retire in Hawaii – June 19, 2023

Finding safe haven in the climate change future: Alaska and Hawaii – December 10, 2022

Defense bill seeks to protect, restore threatened reefs – December 8, 2022

Drought in Hawaii is fueling rare November wildfire concerns – November 22, 2022

Support for tourism in Hawaii declining. Fear for environment – November 23, 2022

Volcano Watch – Picturing a plume – July 7, 2022

Hawaii sets new emissions target as it pursues goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045 – July 6, 2022

Study: Climate change threatens Hawaiian waters that serve as home to humpback whales – July 4, 2022

Staffing and budget constraints could hinder EMS – June 14, 2022

‘A really bad problem’: Water quality report finds 3 Hawaii beaches with consistently high bacteria levels – June 13, 2022

Defying forecasts for wet season, drought conditions spread statewide – March 11, 2022

Navy Fuel Leak Prompts Honolulu Plea for Water Conservation – March 10, 2022

Plastic Pollution in Hawaii –  March 1, 2022

Maui Is Getting Ready To Move Part Of A Major Highway Due To Climate Change – February 24, 2022

Honolulu shut down its largest water source in Oahu due to reported contamination of Navy well near Pearl Harbor – December 5, 2021

Marine Sanctuary Off of Hawaiian Islands Under Consideration by NOAA – November 22, 2021

Kuhio Highway Paving Project In Kilauea To Be Temporarily Suspended Until January 2022 – November 9, 2021

Endangered Hawaiian bees, snails and birds get $1M for research – November 4, 2021

How We’re Loving Hawaiian Wildlife to Death – August 31, 2021

Hawaii on track to meet zero emissions deadline in effort to fight climate change – August 26, 2021

High-Tech Solutions for Cesspool Pollution in Hawaiʻi – August 17, 2021

Hawaiians Look to Tradition to Cope With Climate Change – August 15, 2021

Hawaii To Add Fee To Tours, Water Activities To Help Protect The Ocean – June 22, 2021

Governor approves nine bills to protect Hawaii’s sharks and other aquatic resources – June 10, 2021

Experts Forecast A Destructive Wildfire Season In Hawaii This Year – June 10, 2021

Researchers: Lost Fishing Equipment Threatens Ocean Life – June 2, 2021

Maui Council Measure Would Pause Hotel Building Permits – May 26, 2021

VNR: Sea-level rise drives wastewater leakage to coastal waters in Honolulu – March 14, 2021

Hawaii’s rains, floods cited as examples of climate change – March 13, 2021

How Hawaii’s Light Pollution Affects Wildlife and Humans – March 3, 2021

Meet the blue rice coral – February 21, 2021

Honolulu Bans Single-Use Plastics Starting January 2021 – December 1, 2020

In a bid to help Hawaii feed itself, scientists are using modern technology to revive 2000-year-old fishponds – December 1, 2020

Broken corals found in Makako Bay are reattached – November 30, 2020

An effort to clean up a marine wildlife sanctuary yields 82,000 pounds of trash – November 15, 2020

Don’t flush, burn it! Incineration toilet could solve cesspool problem – November 15, 2020

Hawaii ‘coal ban bill’ becomes law – September 25, 2020

Hawaiian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing – September 21, 2020

Sea-level rise could claim 40% of beaches on Hawaii’s most visited island by 2050 – September 22, 2020

How Efforts To Save Hawaii’s Forests Are Preventing A ‘Freshwater Crisis’ – September 9, 2020

Wildfire and drought awareness campaign kicks off – September 1, 2020

EPA fines Honolulu, Hawaii counties $268k over large-capacity cesspools – July 22, 2020

EPA finds plastic trash contaminates 2 remote Hawaii beaches – July 21, 2020

Hawaii receives more than $4.2M to protect coastal communities – July 13, 2020

Federal, State agencies partner to protect marine life around Hawaii Island – July 1, 2020

Moving towards 100% renewable power in Hawaii (with a little help from sheep) – May 13, 2020

The Impacts of Climate Change and the Trump Administration’s Anti-Environmental Agenda in Hawaii – May 21, 2020

Hawaii’s native forests threatened – May 24, 2020

Amid shutdown, respite for Hawaii’s ecosystem – May 25, 2020

Rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues unabated – June 9, 2020

‘Point in Time’ survey tallies Oahu’s homeless – January 24, 2020

Hawaii health officials applaud state emissions reductions – January 17, 2020

Welcome to Hawaii’s ‘plastic beach’, one of the world’s dirtiest places – January 10, 2020

Hawaii Island Has Decades of Landfill Space But Still Faces Challenges In Dealing With Its Waste – January 9, 2020

County population up slightly, graying – January 6, 2020

Where Do All Of Hawaii’s Recyclables Go? No One Knows For Sure – October 21, 2019

Hawaii’s surf might disappear completely if climate change worsens, experts say – October 18, 2019

In Hawaii, Where Climate Change is a Fact of Life, a Community Foundation Gets Proactive – October 16, 2019

Record Heat Thrusts Hawaii Corals Into ‘New Era’ Of Bleaching – October 2, 2019

ASU working to save Hawaiian coral reefs during onset of new ocean heatwave – August 28, 2019

Hawaii Is Losing As Much Of Its Land To Wildfires As Any Other State – August 26, 2019

As impacts mount, some wonder whether ‘managed tourism’ is possible on Maui – August 25, 2019

Study shows birdsong loses complexity as population numbers decline – August 14, 2019

Climate Change Is Making Hawaii’s Beaches More Dangerous – August 14, 2019

Drenching showers set records ― and there’s more rain in the forecast – June 26, 2019

Visitors To Pay Kauai Park Fees As Concerns Rise About Overcrowding – June 25, 2019

Protecting the reefs – June 22, 2019

Study: All South Maui beaches exceed sediment standards – June 14, 2019

Another month, another worrisome record at Hawaii facility that measures CO2 – June 5, 2019

Tests show high levels of coral-harming chemical in Hawaii – April 28, 2019

City and County of Honolulu release inaugural Annual Sustainability Report – April 26, 2019

Hawaii makes steps toward carbon offset project – April 24, 2019

Hawaii’s islands are under threat from rising sea levels, experts warn – April 23, 2019

Hawaii launches on-bill financing program to expand clean energy access – April 16, 2019

Rare-plant hunters race against time to save at-risk species – February 7, 2019

Big Island residents say no to the idea of a rocket launching facility – February 6, 2019

How Many More Cars Can We Cram On Oahu? – February 1, 2019

Measure would fund additional ambulances for the Big Island – January 30, 2019

Lone Snail Dies, Species Now Extinct – January 14, 2019

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