Hawaii’s population grows by a little less than 1 percent
CRAIG GIMA / CGIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
The Kakaako skyline is changing as Hawaii’s population increases at a rate of about 1 percent per year.
Hawaii’s population grew by about 11,000 people in 2015 to more than 1.43 million, an increase of a little less than 1 percent.
The U.S. Census Bureau said the number of island residents rose to 1,431,603 as of July 1, up from 1,420,257 last year.
On average, Hawaii’s population increased by about 30 people a day, according to the census estimate released Tuesday.
Births and people moving to the islands from other countries accounted for most of the population growth.
There were 53 births per day compared with 32 deaths, and an average of 28 more people moved here per day from foreign countries (which includes U.S. military). On average, 19 more people left Hawaii for the mainland than arrived here.
Hawaii is the 40th most populous state, according to the data. The state ranks above New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Montana, Delaware, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Vermont and Wyoming.
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Hawaii’s rate has been steady over the past five years, and is comparable to the national growth rate. Since 2010, Hawaii has grown 5 percent.
11 responses to “Hawaii’s population grows by a little less than 1 percent”
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Someone needs to go back and proofread this article. There are numerous, many actually, misspellings. Plus there are also many grammatical errors.
Right, IxChel, like using “plus” and “also” in the same sentence.
Added population is from the homeless. Other taxpaying good citizens moved to the mainland so the net amount of homeless people added is even larger.
Is this a newspaper or some high school kid’s blog?
“High school” is giving SA too much credit.
he posted his article through text messages
We need about a third of Oahu population to move to the outer islands or the mainland. Too many people on Oahu already, nothing but traffic jams and people everywhere you look.
You go first.
Instead of trying to estimate how many more people there are I wish they would just tell us how many cars are registered in Honolulu. I won’t believe the above numbers until they do. Traffic has increased by WAY more than 1%!
I would think that as the population ages there would be fewer small children and more drivers.
“Births and people moving to the islands from other countries accounted for most of the population growth.” Interpretation: People who caused the increase do not pay taxes and are on welfare.