Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Hawaii instead of United States, you would:

Economy

be 39.4% less likely to be unemployed

In United States, 3.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Hawaii, that number is 2.2% as of 2025.

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make 12.9% less money

United States has a GDP per capita of $73,600 as of 2023, while in Hawaii, the GDP per capita is $64,124 as of 2024.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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