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March 16, 2017. DBEDT has released the report “Native Hawaiian-Owned Firms in Hawaii’s Tourism Sector”. To obtain the report, click here. The executive summary begins with “According to the U.S. Census Bureau data, Native Hawaiians owned a total of 13,147 firms in Hawaii in 2012. 3,972 or 30.2 percent of these firms were in the ...
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December 20, 2016.  Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2016 state population estimates. Hawaii’s latest population estimates data is now available on our DBEDT website. Daily Estimated Population Averages for the State of Hawaii: 2015 to 2016 On July 1, 2015, the resident population for the State of Hawaii was 1,425,157. On July 1, ...
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December 9, 2016. The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on December 8, 2016. The estimates are based on the annual American Community Survey conducted by the Census Bureau which include social, economic, demographic and housing characteristics of Hawaii’s population. The Census Bureau releases 5-year data for all census ...
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September 27, 2016.  Free Workshop on Census Business Data The public is invited to a free workshop being held on October 18th  in downtown Honolulu. This interactive workshop, Understanding Hawaii’s Economy Using Census Business Data, will be taught by Mr. Jerry Wong of the U.S. Census Bureau.  Recently, several census products have been released which would ...
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September 15, 2016. The U.S. Census Bureau released income, poverty, health insurance, housing and other data from its American Community Survey (ACS) for 2015 today. The Census Bureau releases 1-year data for areas with a population size of 65,000 and above. About 1.8% of Hawaii’s population were surveyed during 2015.  Click here for Hawaii data. ...
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HONOLULU — The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released the “2015 State of Hawaii Data Book” today. The resource is available on the DBEDT website at dbedt.hawaii.gov/economic/databook/ and may be downloaded in whole or in part as either PDF or Excel files. The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book ...
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March 24, 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2015 county and MSA population estimates. The release contained population data from 2010 to 2015.  The data included total population and the components of population changes, but no details by age, sex, and race are available at this time. Hawaii’s latest county and MSA population estimate data are ...
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December 22, 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2015 state population estimates. Hawaii latest population estimates data is now available on our DBEDT website. Daily Estimated Population Averages for the State of Hawaii: 2014 to 2015 On July 1, 2014, the resident population for the State of Hawaii was 1,420,257. On July 1, 2015, ...
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December 14th, 2015, The U.S. Census Bureau released Hawaii 2012 Economic Census data for the “Management of Companies and Enterprises” industry on Dec. 8, 2015.  Data may be found using the Census Bureau’s data.census.gov.  Information relating to Hawaii are on the DBEDT 2012 Economic Census website.   Why is it important? Data from the Economic Census ...
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December 3, 2015. The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on December 3, 2015.  The estimates are based on the annual American Community Survey conducted by the Census Bureau which include social, economic, and detailed housing characteristics of Hawaii’s population.  The Census Bureau releases 5-year data for all census ...
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