People QuickFacts Hawaii USA Population, 2011 estimate 1,374,810 311,591,917 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,360,301 308,745,538 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.1% 0.9% Population, 2010 1,360,301 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.4% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.2% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.7% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.8% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 26.0% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.0% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 38.5% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 10.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 22.9% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 9.2% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 22.9% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 84.6% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 17.7% 12.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 25.5% 20.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 89.8% 85.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 29.4% 27.9% Veterans, 2006-2010 116,610 22,652,496 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 25.9 25.2  Housing units, 2011 522,305 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 59.3% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 39.2% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $537,400 $188,400 Households, 2006-2010 442,267 114,235,996 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.92 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $28,882 $27,334 Median household income 2006-2010 $66,420 $51,914 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 9.6% 13.8%     Business QuickFacts Hawaii USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 31,939 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 478,838 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 10.8 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 92,126 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 120,374 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.3% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 47.2% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.5% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.6% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 31.0% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 8,799,266 5,338,306,501 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,894,672 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 17,611,851 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,793 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,042,210 613,795,732 Building permits, 2011 2,743 624,061     Geography QuickFacts Hawaii USA Land area in square miles, 2010 6,422.63 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 211.8 87.4 FIPS Code 15 (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts