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Hawaii population 2026

Q: What is the population of Hawaii in 2026?

The latest official figure is 1,432,820, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Hawaii would have about 1.4 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Hawaii has 1,432,820 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 2,132 fewer than a year earlier (−0.15%). It is 40th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 0.4% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 1.4 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Hawaii in numbers

Population: 1.4 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: −0.15% −2,132 people
Change since 2020: −1.26% from 1.5 million
Share of the US: 0.4% 40th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 86per km² 16,634 km²
Births in the year: 15 thousand deaths: 13 thousand
International migration: +5 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: −9 thousand more people left than moved in

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 2,024, 4,768 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 8,876 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

That is about as many people as Timor Leste (1.4 million).

Population of Hawaii by year

1.4M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	1,364,004
2011	1,379,562
2012	1,395,199
2013	1,408,822
2014	1,415,335
2015	1,422,999
2016	1,428,885
2017	1,425,763
2018	1,423,102
2019	1,415,615
2020	1,451,130
2021	1,446,909
2022	1,437,812
2023	1,434,950
2024	1,434,952
2025	1,432,820

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	1,432,820	−2,132	−0.15%
2024	1,434,952	+2	+0.00%
2023	1,434,950	−2,862	−0.20%
2022	1,437,812	−9,097	−0.63%
2021	1,446,909	−4,221	−0.29%
2020	1,451,130	+35,515	+2.51%
2019	1,415,615	−7,487	−0.53%
2018	1,423,102	−2,661	−0.19%
2017	1,425,763	−3,122	−0.22%
2016	1,428,885	+5,886	+0.41%
2015	1,422,999	+7,664	+0.54%
2014	1,415,335	+6,513	+0.46%
2013	1,408,822	+13,623	+0.98%
2012	1,395,199	+15,637	+1.13%
2011	1,379,562	+15,558	+1.14%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Hawaii among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Hawaii

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Honolulu350,964
East Honolulu49,914
Pearl City47,698
Makakilo / Kapolei / Honokai Hale46,389
Hilo43,263
Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam42,184

Questions

What is the population of Hawaii in 2026?

The latest official figure is 1,432,820, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Hawaii would have about 1.4 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Hawaii’s population growing or shrinking?

It shrank by 2,132 people (−0.15%) in the latest year, and has changed −1.26% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 2,024, 4,768 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 8,876 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

How does Hawaii rank in the US?

Hawaii is 40th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 0.4% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Hawaii?

About 86 people per km², on 16,634 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Hawaii?

Honolulu, with about 351 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Hawaii population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/hawaii/

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