2024 population: 998,747 ( 17,747 from 2020)
Land area: 600.6 square miles
Population density: 1662.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	173,545	17.38%	4.5%
Black:	24,936	2.50%	5.5%
Indian:	1,888	0.19%	6.9%
Asian:	510,022	51.07%	1.7%
2+ races:	191,602	19.18%	1.8%
Hispanic:	96,754	9.69%	4.6%

Total non-White:	825,202	82.62%	1.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	46,457	11.4
Deaths:	36,566	9.0
Net Migration:	-49,860	-12.3
Net Immigration:	22,654	5.6

Change in White population:	-8,272	-0.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	-9,475	-0.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,016,494
181,817	17.89%
26,380	2.60%
1,766	0.17%
518,903	51.05%
195,153	19.20%
92,475	9.10%
834,677	82.11%

2010
953,207
181,684	19.06%
17,929	1.88%
1,699	0.18%
496,254	52.06%
176,921	18.56%
77,433	8.12%
771,523	80.94%

2000
876,156
175,633	20.05%
19,583	2.24%
1,574	0.18%
470,961	53.75%
148,143	16.91%
58,729	6.70%
700,523	79.95%

1990
836,231
249,686	29.86%
24,609	2.94%
3,225	0.39%
504,031	60.27%
n/a
54,680	6.54%
586,545	70.14%

1980
762,565
246,896	32.38%
16,513	2.17%
0	0.00%
463,117	60.73%
n/a
54,619	7.16%
515,669	67.62%

1970
629,176
251,168	39.92%
7,151	1.14%
964	0.15%
333,594	53.02%
n/a
19,714	3.13%
378,008	60.08%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
121,272	12.7
70,561	7.4
-74,896	-7.9
46,111	4.8

133	0.0
63,154	6.6

Number	Rate
2000's
122,222	13.9
59,029	6.7
-54,238	-6.2
27,918	3.2

6,051	0.7
71,000	8.1

Number	Rate
1990's
138,508	16.6
53,357	6.4
-130,486	-15.6
43,354	5.2

-74,053	-8.9
113,978	13.6

Number	Rate
1980's
143,103	18.8
41,689	5.5
0	0.0
n/a

2,790	0.4
70,876	9.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
0	0.0
n/a

-4,272	-0.7
137,661	21.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
39.8
206,028	20.6%
792,719	79.4%
195,878	19.6%

338,868
2.85

231,762	68.4%
170,784	73.7%
14,999	6.5%
107,106	31.6%

2010
Number	Percent
75.6
-532,207	-55.8%
1,485,414	155.8%
276,980	29.1%

622,094
2.95

435,684	70.0%
322,344	74.0%
30,054	6.9%
186,410	30.0%

2000
Number	Percent
35.9
207,442	23.7%
668,714	76.3%
118,339	13.5%

286,731
2.95

207,147	72.2%
158,709	76.6%
14,775	7.1%
79,584	27.8%

1990
Number	Percent
32.3
204,496	24.5%
631,735	75.5%
91,485	10.9%

265,625
3.02

199,597	75.1%
162,688	81.5%
11,513	5.8%
66,028	24.9%

1980
Number	Percent
28.3
214,124	28.1%
548,441	71.9%
55,250	7.2%

230,931
3.14

178,516	77.3%
147,829	82.8%
13,439	7.5%
52,415	22.7%

2024 Housing Data for Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	13,514	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,827	2.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,688	1.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	7,829	2.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,151	1.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,319	2.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,602	2.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	8,529	2.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	9,241	2.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	18,625	5.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	25,970	7.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	41,199	12.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	37,659	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	30,277	8.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	43,591	12.9%
$200,000 or more	67,847	20.0%

Median Household Income	106,195
Per Capita Income	47,516

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	128

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	14,102	4.2%
Public Assistance	13,953	4.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	40,384	11.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	385,311	68.5%
Unemployed	19,234	3.4%
In Armed Forces	39,477	7.0%

Total Labor Force	444,022	79.0%
Not in Labor Force	118,359	21.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	137,358	125,275	52.3%
Non-Profit	16,486	29,273	36.0%
Self-Employed	24,722	18,717	56.9%

Local Government	12,630	9,619	56.8%
State Government	18,646	27,032	40.8%
Federal Government	24,691	16,179	60.4%

Total Private + Self	162,080	143,992	53.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	72,453	82,103	46.9%
Total	234,533	226,095	50.9%

Pct. Govt.	23.6%
Pct. Private + Self	66.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	73,648	16.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	99,048	21.5%
Professional, Technical	118,211	25.6%
Service Occupations	92,344	20.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,223	0.3%
All others	78,219	16.9%

White Collar		63.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	61,401	13.3%
Accommodation and food services	50,165	10.9%
Retail trade	48,007	10.4%
Educational services	47,985	10.4%
Public administration	44,931	9.7%
Construction	32,429	7.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	30,439	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	27,462	6.0%
Other services	19,753	4.3%
Finance and insurance	19,303	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	19,019	4.1%
Manufacturing	14,324	3.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	11,434	2.5%
Wholesale trade	10,029	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,799	2.1%
Information	7,558	1.6%
Utilities	4,801	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,350	0.5%
Management	158	0.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	123	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	31,736	3.17%
Puerto Rican	30,837	3.08%
Cuban	1,765	0.18%
Dominican	1,491	0.15%

Total Central American	2,629	0.26%
Costa Rican	173	0.02%
Guatemalan	435	0.04%
Honduran	376	0.04%
Nicaraguan	172	0.02%
Panamanian	239	0.02%
Salvadoran	1,224	0.12%
Other Central American	10	0.00%

Total South American	4,364	0.44%
Argentinean	460	0.05%
Bolivian	41	0.00%
Chilean	348	0.03%
Colombian	1,087	0.11%
Ecuadorian	655	0.07%
Paraguayan	42	0.00%
Peruvian	1,124	0.11%
Uruguayan	60	0.01%
Venezuelan	517	0.05%
Other South American	30	0.00%

Other Hispanic	21,518	2.15%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	147,869	14.77%
Japanese	134,719	13.46%
Chinese	54,263	5.42%
Korean	18,391	1.84%
Vietnamese	10,253	1.02%
Okinawan	4,514	0.45%
Indian	1,989	0.20%
Laotian	1,573	0.16%
Thai	1,548	0.15%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	698,832	74.0%
Other Asian	108,788	11.5%
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%
Other	5,726	0.6%
Other Indo-European	4,182	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	52,562	5.3%
English	43,020	4.3%
Irish	42,306	4.2%
Portuguese	23,263	2.3%
Italian	17,602	1.8%
American	13,265	1.3%
French	10,136	1.0%
Polish	7,856	0.8%
Scottish	7,811	0.8%
European	6,072	0.6%
Norwegian	5,873	0.6%
Swedish	4,818	0.5%
Dutch	3,711	0.4%
Russian	3,423	0.3%
Scotch-Irish	3,162	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	928,783	92.8%
Not a citizen	72,363	7.2%

Native	805,149	80.4%
Foreign-born	195,997	19.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
22,285	3.1%	26,205	3.7%	177,670	25.1%	209,522	29.6%	171,424	24.2%	100,895	14.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	22,285	3.1%
9-12 Years	26,205	3.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	177,670	25.1%
Some College	209,522	29.6%
Bach. Degree	171,424	24.2%
Grad Degree	100,895	14.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	817,436	800,310	17,126	2.1%
1991	826,706	809,708	16,998	2.1%
1992	837,662	814,916	22,746	2.7%
1993	846,964	820,370	26,594	3.1%
1994	846,992	813,402	33,590	4.0%
1995	849,980	813,314	36,666	4.3%
1996	861,322	818,960	42,362	4.9%
1997	867,068	824,508	42,560	4.9%
1998	866,828	823,464	43,364	5.0%
1999	862,230	822,784	39,446	4.6%

2000	861,000	825,560	35,440	4.1%
2001	859,628	823,878	35,750	4.2%
2002	849,556	816,270	33,286	3.9%
2003	850,108	817,960	32,148	3.8%
2004	857,168	829,780	27,388	3.2%
2005	876,588	852,484	24,104	2.7%
2006	885,628	863,868	21,760	2.5%
2007	882,718	859,880	22,838	2.6%
2008	890,706	858,766	31,940	3.6%
2009	880,618	831,040	49,578	5.6%

2010	890,240	837,946	52,294	5.9%
2011	908,498	854,574	53,924	5.9%
2012	895,988	848,214	47,774	5.3%
2013	897,432	858,412	39,020	4.3%
2014	914,140	877,772	36,368	4.0%
2015	921,210	891,358	29,852	3.2%
2016	926,740	901,490	25,250	2.7%
2017	924,096	904,468	19,628	2.1%
2018	916,158	895,352	20,806	2.3%
2019	906,774	885,604	21,170	2.3%

2020	881,830	792,272	89,558	10.2%
2021	905,156	854,620	50,536	5.6%
2022	916,256	884,582	31,674	3.5%
2023	915,080	890,302	24,778	2.7%
2024	941,908	916,328	25,580	2.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	374,304
Median Value	$897,500

Occupied	338,868	90.5%
Vacant	35,436	9.5%

Owned	202,604	59.8%
Rented	136,264	40.2%
Median Rent	$2,083

Single-Family Units	211,089	56.4%
Detached	169,584	45.3%
Attached	41,505	11.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	137,294	36.7%
Mobile Homes	925	0.2%

Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area