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DBEDT releases new Hawai‘i  community census data

A new report from DBEDT derived from the U.S. Census 2005 and 2006 American Community Survey data was released yesterday, titled “Income, Employment, Education and Housing Characteristics of Public Use Microdata Areas in Hawai‘i : 2005 and 2006.”  PUMAs are the smallest geographic levels of data are currently released by the ACS. Click here to view the report, which is posted on the DBEDT web site. This report breaks the state down into nine areas, seven on Oahu, one on the Big Island and one that includes Maui, Kauai and Kalawao (Kalaupapa Peninsula) Counties.  

In June, DBEDT also released “Hawai‘i ’s Migrant Population: 2006,” a new report containing data on immigrants to Hawai‘i  mainly on the state level.  Click here to download the report. Some of its findings:

  • Migrants comprised 6 percent of Hawai‘i ’s population – domestic migrants comprised 5 percent and foreign migrants 1 percent.
  • Among the three counties in Hawai‘i  for which ACS data were available (the population of Kauai County is too small to meet the ACS threshold), the City and County of Honolulu, with 7 percent, had the highest proportion of migrants in the population, followed by Hawai‘i  County, with 6 percent, and Maui County, with 4 percent.
  • Among these three counties, the City and County of Honolulu, with 1.6 percent, was first in percentage of foreign migrants, Maui County, with 0.9 percent, was second and Hawai‘i  County, with 0.5 percent, was third.
  • 60,825 people moved into Hawai‘i  while 72,333 people moved out of Hawai‘i . There was a net loss of about 11,500 people due to domestic migration between 2005 and 2006.
  • A majority of Hawai‘i  residents moved to as well as moved from five states – California, Texas, Washington, Florida and Virginia. Most of the top migration states are the sites of large military installations. About 8 percent of Hawai‘i ’s population consisted of the military and their dependents and they were one of the most mobile segments of our state’s population. Major military locations that may play a part in Hawai‘i ’s migration patterns include San Diego and Camp Pendleton California; Norfolk, Virginia; Fort Hood Texas; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Fort Lewis, Washington.