the population has increased by one percent, or around thirteen thousand and seventy people, and as compared to the figures of the year 2000, the population has increased by 5.3 percent. The reason for the increase in population is first of all due to the natural increase, and secondly due to the fact that there has been an increase of people migrating to Hawaii, and this has increased the population of the citizens of Hawaii by around sixteen thousand nine hundred and fifty six people. Of the citizens of Hawaii who were born in the year 2000, the average projected lifespan is 79.8 years.

There are only four states in the United States of America where whites who are not Hispanic do not for a majority, and the state of Hawaii is one of them. Hawaii also has the status of being the state which has the largest percentage of Asian American citizens. The largest percentage of people who are of mixed race also resides in the state of Hawaii. They make up around twenty percent of the total population of Hawaii.

The major religions followed by the citizens of Hawaii, and the number of people who follow them are as follows:

Christianity, three hundred and fifty one thousand

Buddhism, one hundred and ten thousand

Jewish, ten thousand

Other religions, seven hundred and fifty thousand.