Hawai‘i’s gross domestic product was $58 billion in 2006, compared to $41 billion in 2001. There are about 643,000 persons in the Hawai‘i workforce.
Federal spending in 2004 was about $12.2 billion, which exceeded total tourism spending of $10.9 billion.

In October 2007, Hawai‘i’s unemployment rate was 2.6%, the lowest in the U.S.

In 1956, 133,000 visitors traveled to Hawai‘i. Fifty years later, in 2006, 7.4 million visitors traveled to Hawai‘i. The statewide occupancy rate in 2006 was 79.7%, with the average room rate of $186.

Since the 1950s, tourism rose from 2% of the economy to currently 20% of the economy.

In 2005, high technology jobs comprised 2.8% of the workforce. The technology sector employed 13,813 workers at an average salary of $57,458, 66% higher than the average wage earner.

Innovation-based sectors, including high technology, diversified agriculture, digital media, diversified agriculture, healthcare, biosciences and dual use, comprise of about 5% of the workforce.

Between 1985 and 2005, Hawai‘i had 1.5 patents per 1,000 people, compared to a national average of 5.5.

From 1990 to 2001, Hawai‘i’s standard of living declined by 0.2% per year, and from 2002-2006, it increased by 2.1% per year.

Total agricultural revenue has gone up from $522 million to $576 million from 2000 to 2005.

In 2006, revenues from the University of Hawai‘i system were $1.2 billion.

Sources: Department of Business & Economic Development; Hawai‘i 2050 Issue Book (2007); Enterprise Honolulu; University of Hawai‘i; and University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization

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