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By Job Gal | August 15, 2008
Hawaii
Hawaii is a state located on an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan and northeast of Australia. Honolulu on the island of Oahu serves as the state’s capital.
The first recorded European contact with Hawaii was by British explorer James Cook in 1778. The area was known as the Republic of Hawaii from 1894 to 1898. It was then annexed to the United States through the Newlands Resolution in 1898. Hawaii was the 50th state admitted into the Union in 1959.
After becoming part of America, Hawaii saw a construction boom and rapidly growing economy. In recent decades, the Hawaiian government has made more of an effort to promote Hawaiian culture.
Hawaii’s Job Market
In 2003 Hawaii had a total gross output of $47 billion. Tourism serves as the most important industry, contributing 24.3 percent of the gross state product. Industrial exports include food processing and apparel. Food exports include: coffee, macadamia nuts, pineapple, livestock and sugarcane.
The state’s fastest growing industries include: sandalwood, whaling, sugarcane, pineapple, military, tourism and education.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes
Hawaii unemployment rate: 3.8 percent
National unemployment rate: 5.7 percent
Hawaii’s Largest Employers
Hawaiian Electric Industries
900 Richards St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Alexander & Baldwin
822 Bishop St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
Jobs Hawaii
HawaiiJobsOnDemand
CareerBuilder
HawaiiJobs
Surrounding Area Job Search
Honolulu, HI.
Kaneohe, HI.
Pearl City, HI.
Mililani, HI.
San Diego, CA.
Sacramento, CA.
Pleasanton, CA.
Continuing Education
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hawaii Pacific University
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Brigham Young University of Hawaii
Discovering Hawaii
Honolulu Zoo
Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
World Invitational Hula Festival
Hawaii Statistics
Population
Total population: 1,285,498
Persons under five-years old: 6.8 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 23.2 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 14 percent
Female: 50 percent
White: 28.6 percent
Black: 2.5 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .5 percent
Asian: 40 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 9.1 percent
Multi-racial: 19.4 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 7.8 percent
Non-Hispanic white: 24.7 percent
Education
High school graduates: 84.6 percent
Bachelor’s degree: 26.2 percent
Housing
Housing units: 500,036
Homeownership rate: 56.5 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 39.4 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $272,700
Households: 403,240
Persons per household: 2.92
Income
Median household income: $51,259
Per capita income: $21,525
Persons below poverty: 9 percent
Transportation
Airports: Hilo International, Honolulu International, Kahului Airport-Maui, Kaunakakai Airport Molokai, Kona International, Lanai, Lihue
Public mass transit: TheBus
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 5.7 inches
Average annual low temp. in January: 75 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 75 degrees
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