The full religious affiliation breakdown in the state includes a significant Buddhist population (8%), reflecting the island state’s link to Asian culture. Other major religious groups include Catholic (20%); Evangelical Protestant (25%); mainline Protestant (11%); historically Black Protestant (...
David E. Stannard,Before the Horror: The Population of Hawai‘i on the Eve of Western Contact(1989), argues that estimates of Hawaii’s population before European contact are too low. The prehistory of Hawaii in the larger context of the Pacific Islands is presented inPatrick Vinton Kirch,On...
Population: 1.4 million Legal age for sports betting: TBD Online sports betting: No Retail sportsbooks: No Sports betting revenue: N/AHawaii sports betting updates Despite recent attempts to legalize sports betting and other forms of gambling in Hawaii, no proposal has made a significant push tow...
Like many parts of western United States, the Hawaiian islands in the Pacific have also been struggling with wildfires for almost a month, with the Big Island fighting the largest wildfire it’s ever seen. Climate change has turned the islands’ typically wet, tropical ...
Population trends of native and non-native forest birds on the island of Molokai, Hawaiidoi:10.1080/15594491.2024.2444022Hawaii's avifauna has undergone profound changes over the past 1,000 years, with many endemic bird species driven to extinction and non-native intr...
Best States A federal judge has awarded a total of more than $680,000 to 17 families who say they were sickened by 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaii Associated PressMay 8, 2025 Adults Can Still Marry Teens at 15 After Death of Proposed Ban in Hawaii...
Smoke billows near boats docked at Lahaina as wildfires driven by high winds destroy a large part of the historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui, August 9, 2023. Dustin Johnson/Handout via Reuters Fire was widespread in Lahaina, a tourist town with a population of 12,000 on the...
Although Kauai is a small island with a population of approximately 65,000 it has a varying topography with many micro-climates. The North and West sides of the island offer a stark contrast in vegetation, rainfall and amenities. The first step in finding your Kauai home, land or condo is...
By CALEB JONES, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Cruising along the west side of Hawaii's Big Island, the landscape is dominated by ancient volcanic flows and jagged shorelines. Then you get to Hapuna Beach. There, the contrast of black lava rock, white sand and blue water means you ...
For many Americans, perhaps the entire human population, this picture has sparked a collective shift about our planet. For the first time in history, we saw that we are all on a canoe—one race of islanders afloat in a sea of space. ...