How many people live in Hawaii?
In 1998 the State of Hawaii reported 1,193,001 people live in the state of Hawaii. The city and county of Honolulu is the home to the majority of residents with 872,478 calling it home. Almost 7 million additional people visit the islands each year. In 1998 the state of Hawaii reported the ethnicity breakdown of Hawaii’s residents as: Caucasian 22%; Hawaiian/part Hawaiian 21%; Japanese 18%; Filipino 13%; Chinese 3%; Black 1%; Hispanic origin 7.3%. Less than 1% of Hawaii’s population is pure Hawaiian, meaning they are descendants from peoples who populated the Hawaiian islands prior to 1776, before contact with non-Hawaiians. What is the tallest building in Hawaii? Aloha tower is 10 stories tall (184 feet, 2 inches, topped by a 40-foot flagstaff). For four decades the Aloha Tower was the tallest building in all of Hawaii. The tallest building in the state of Hawaii is now the First Hawaiian Center located within blocks of the Aloha Tower in the Historic Downtown Honolulu/Business distri
