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POPULATION
<br />The need for housing in Hawaii begins with increases in population. As population grows, due
<br />to natural increase and net in- migration, new households are formed. New units are required to
<br />house the new households. Between 1980 and 1990, Hawaii's population grew from 964,660 to
<br />1,113,491 for an average annual increase of about 1.4 percent per year. Table 1 shows
<br />population increases since 1990.
<br />Table 1. Total Population, 1990 -2006
<br />Sources: 1990 Census, 2000 Census, American Community Survey, 2003, 2004, 2005; 2006 is an SMS estimate.
<br />a. average annual increase for the period noted.
<br />During the nineties, Hawaii's population growth rate was notably lower than in the previous
<br />decade. The average annual rate of growth dropped from 1.4 to 0.8 percent. In the first six
<br />years of the present decade, population growth has been spurred, principally by net in-
<br />migration, to about one percent per year. Population growth patterns were different for each
<br />county. The City and County of Honolulu's population growth was less than half a percent per
<br />year in the last decade. It grew to about 0.6 percent per year between 2000 and 2003, and then
<br />settled back to about 0.4 percent in the last three years. In Maui County the growth rate was
<br />very high during the nineties and through to 2003. Growth rates of nearly 2.4 percent per year
<br />fell sharply to 1.6 percent between 2003 and 2006. In Hawaii and Kauai Counties, growth rates
<br />have been rising steadily during the last 16 years, culminating in a growth of 2.7 percent per
<br />year between 2003 and 2006.
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<br />State of
<br />Hawaii
<br />County
<br />of Honolulu
<br />County
<br />of Hawaii
<br />County
<br />of Maui
<br />County
<br />of Kauai
<br />1990
<br />1,113,491
<br />836,231
<br />120,317
<br />100,504
<br />51,177
<br />1992
<br />1,158,613
<br />863,959
<br />131,630
<br />108,585
<br />54,439
<br />1997
<br />1,211,640
<br />886,711
<br />144,445
<br />122,772
<br />57,712
<br />1999
<br />1,210,300
<br />878,906
<br />146,970
<br />126,160
<br />58,264
<br />2000
<br />1,212,125
<br />875,377
<br />148,677
<br />128,241
<br />58,463
<br />2003
<br />1,248,200
<br />890,818
<br />158,896
<br />137,586
<br />60,900
<br />2004
<br />1,262,124
<br />893,614
<br />166,035
<br />140,644
<br />61,831
<br />2005
<br />1,275,194
<br />899,296
<br />169,356
<br />142,574
<br />63,968
<br />2006
<br />1,287,022
<br />903,028
<br />172,949
<br />144,775
<br />66,271
<br />Percent change 1990 -2000a
<br />0.8%
<br />0.4%
<br />2.0%
<br />2.4%
<br />1.3%
<br />Percent change 2000 -2003a
<br />0.9%
<br />0.6%
<br />2.1%
<br />2.3%
<br />1.3%
<br />Percent change 2003 -2006a
<br />1.1%
<br />0.4%
<br />2.7%
<br />1.6%
<br />2.7%
<br />Sources: 1990 Census, 2000 Census, American Community Survey, 2003, 2004, 2005; 2006 is an SMS estimate.
<br />a. average annual increase for the period noted.
<br />During the nineties, Hawaii's population growth rate was notably lower than in the previous
<br />decade. The average annual rate of growth dropped from 1.4 to 0.8 percent. In the first six
<br />years of the present decade, population growth has been spurred, principally by net in-
<br />migration, to about one percent per year. Population growth patterns were different for each
<br />county. The City and County of Honolulu's population growth was less than half a percent per
<br />year in the last decade. It grew to about 0.6 percent per year between 2000 and 2003, and then
<br />settled back to about 0.4 percent in the last three years. In Maui County the growth rate was
<br />very high during the nineties and through to 2003. Growth rates of nearly 2.4 percent per year
<br />fell sharply to 1.6 percent between 2003 and 2006. In Hawaii and Kauai Counties, growth rates
<br />have been rising steadily during the last 16 years, culminating in a growth of 2.7 percent per
<br />year between 2003 and 2006.
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<br />© SMS, Inc. February, 2007
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