Hawaii State Facts

Capital City: Honolulu

Admission to Statehood: August 20th, 1959,
Area: 10,931 sq.mi,
Land 6,423 sq. mi.,
Water 4,508 sq.mi.,

Hawaii Bird: Nene (Hawaiian Goose)

Population: 1,275,194 GDP per capita:
$39,314.80 per capita

Largest city with population:
Honolulu - 377,260

Hawaii Area Code: 808

ISLAND OF KAUAI The fourth largest of the Hawaiian Islands. Averages 488 inches of rain per year and is considered the wettest spot on earth.

ISLAND OF NIIHAUA : Privately owned island. The island has a population of 230, and is 69 square miles.

ISLAND OF OAHU: Honolulu is the largest city in the world --More than 100 world-renowned beaches ring Honolulu.

ISLAND OF MAUI: The island is home to many famous attractions including Haleakala Crater, the old whaling town of Lahaina, the road to Hana, and Kaanapali Beach. Haleakala Crater (Ha-lay-ah-ja-lah), is the world's largest dormant volcano.

ISLAND OF MOLOKAI: Molokai's east end is a tropical rain forest and part of the island receives 240 inches of rainfall a year. The island contains the world's highest sea cliffs, Hawaii's longest waterfall, and the largest white sand beach in the state.

ISLAND OF LANAI: Hawaii's most secluded. The island was once the home of the world's largest pineapple plantations. Hulope Bay is a marine preserve and considered one of the best diving spots in the world.

ISLAND OF KAHOOLAWE: Once used as a target by the U.S. Navy and Air Force the services are cleaning up unexploded shells. No one is allowed to go ashore without permission. The island consists of an uninhabited area of 45 square miles.

THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII: The Big Island is Hawaii's largest at 4,038 square miles. It is twice the size of all other Hawaiian Islands combined. At 800,000 years the Big Island is the youngest of the island chain. However, it was the first island discovered by voyaging Polynesians. Kilauea volcano is the world's most active. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world (measured from its base at the ocean floor).