Honolulu, HI


The Honolulu metro area is a single county metropolitan area that encompasses the entire island of Oahu. The anchoring city Honolulu, locally referred to as just Town, is the state capital well as the largest city in the state of Hawaii. Oahu island is one of the largest tourist destinations in the world.

Total Population: 998,714

(An increase of 4.77 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

  • Foreign Born - 185,172
  • Language Spoken at Home - 248,789

Quick Facts

  • Honolulu metro is also the largest metropolitan statistical area in the state of Hawaii, and Honolulu itself is the largest city.

  • The Hawaii Islands have the highest population density out of any state in the country.

  • Asians are the largest ethnic group in the city, comprising approximately 50% of the total population.

  • Honolulu has the second largest Japanese population, and the largest Japanese population density in the nation, right at about twenty percent.

  • Honolulu has one of the largest concentrations of Buddhist temples in the Western world, with over 30 spread through the city.

Profile

The Island of Oahu has the densest population in the United States, and the majority of that population are of Asian descent. Over eighty percent of the foreign-born population are from Asian countries. The Japanese and the Filipinos are the largest people groups in the area, combining to make up approximately thirty percent of the total population, and the immigrants from those two countries make up around half of the foreign-born population.

There is also a significant Chinese presence on the Island with a thriving Chinatown located on the southeastern part of the island, which is one of the oldest Chinatowns in the country. Honolulu is one of the only cities in America where the white population is in the Minority, and this trend will most likely continue into the future as the immigrant population grows at a greater rate than the white population.

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People Group Profiles

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PG Name Country Of Birth Affinity Bloc Primary Religion Baseline Population Total
Cambodian, KhmerCambodiaSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism532
Chinese, MandarinChinaEast Asian PeoplesBuddhism16,182
LaoLaosSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism1,996
OkinawanJapanEast Asian PeoplesBuddhism14,000
VietnameseVietnamSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism - Mahayana7,735
ThaiThailandSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism - Theravada1,659
MarshalleseMarshall IslandsPacific IslandersChristianity600
JamaicanJamaicaNorth American PeoplesChristianity463
Hawaiian Creole-speakersUnited StatesPacific IslandersChristianity1,600
Midway IslandersUnited StatesPacific IslandersChristianity2,600
GermanGermanyEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox1,892
RussianRussiaEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox576
Hawaiian, HawaiiUnited StatesPacific IslandersChristianity - Other / Marginal110,000
BrazilianBrazilLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Other / Marginal747
KoreanSouth KoreaEast Asian PeoplesChristianity - Protestant17,122
French PolynesianFrench PolynesiaPacific IslandersChristianity - Protestant1,300
GilberteseSolomon IslandsPacific IslandersChristianity - Protestant200
KusaieanNauruPacific IslandersChristianity - Protestant700
NiueanNiuePacific IslandersChristianity - Protestant70
ItalianItalyEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic514
PolePolandEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic331
PeruvianPeruLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic564
FrenchFranceEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic2,972
Filipino, TagalogPhilippinesMalay PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic44,483
CarolinianMicronesiaPacific IslandersChristianity - Roman Catholic200

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