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Hawaii

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State of Hawaii
Mokuāina o Hawaii
Flag of Hawaii State seal of Hawaii
Flag Seal
Ìlàjẹ́: The Aloha State
Motto(s): Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono (Hawaiian)
Map of the United States with Hawaii highlighted
Map of the United States with Hawaii highlighted
Èdè oníibiṣẹ́ English, Hawaiian
Orúkọaráàlú Hawaiian (see notes)[1]
Olúìlú Honolulu
Ìlú atóbijùlọ Honolulu
Àlà  Ipò 43rd ní U.S.
 - Total 10,931 sq mi
(28,311 km2)
 - Width n/a miles (n/a km)
 - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)
 - % water 41.2
 - Latitude 18° 55′ N to 28° 27′ N
 - Longitude 154° 48′ W to 178° 22′ W
Iyeèrò  Ipò 42nd ní U.S.
 - Total 1,288,198 (2008 est.)[2]
1,211,537 (2000)
Density 188.6/sq mi  (72.83/km2)
Ranked 13th in the U.S.
 - Median income  $63,746 (5th)
Elevation  
 - Highest point Mauna Kea[3]
13,796 ft (4,205 m)
 - Mean 3,035 ft  (925 m)
 - Lowest point Pacific Ocean[3]
sea level
Admission to Union  August 21, 1959 (50th)
Gómìnà Linda Lingle (R)
Ìgbákejì Gómìnà James Aiona (R)
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 - Upper house {{{Upperhouse}}}
 - Lower house {{{Lowerhouse}}}
U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye (D)
Daniel Akaka (D)
U.S. House delegation 1: Neil Abercrombie (D)
2: Mazie Hirono (D) (list)
Time zone Hawaii: UTC-10
(no daylight saving time)
Abbreviations HI US-HI
Website hawaii.gov


  1. Local usage generally reserves Hawaiian as an ethnonym referring to Native Hawaiians. Hawaiʻi resident or islander is the preferred form to refer to state residents. The Associated Press Stylebook, 42nd ed. (2007), also prescribes this usage under its entry for Hawaiʻi (p. 112).
  2. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". U.S Geological Survey. April 29, 2005. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2006.  Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)