Hawaii’s Hispanic population is the 38th largest in the nation. Approximately 100,000 Hispanics reside in Hawaii, less than 1% of all Hispanics in the United States. There are 60,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Hawaii, less than 1% of all U.S. Hispanic eligible voters.¹ This fact sheet provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters.² It also contains data on other major groups of eligible voters in Hawaii, with comparative data for the U.S. All data are from the Census Bureau’s 2006 American Community Survey.³

Hispanics in Hawaii’s Eligible Voter Population

• Hawaii’s population is 8% Hispanic, ranking its Hispanic share of the population 20th nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 45%.
• Almost 7% of eligible voters in Hawaii are Latinos, the 12th largest Hispanic eligible voter population share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 38%.
• Almost 60% of Latinos in Hawaii are eligible to vote, ranking third nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote.

  

Characteristics of Eligible Voters

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  Hawaii’s Hispanic eligible voters are younger than all eligible voters in Hawaii—35% of Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii are ages 18 to 29 versus 22% of all Hawaii eligible voters.

• Latino eligible voters in Hawaii are less likely to be naturalized citizens than are all Hawaii eligible voters—6% versus 13%.
• The proportion of Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii who have attended college or earned at least a bachelor’s degree is lower than the proportion of all Hawaii eligible voters who have this level of education—44% of Hispanics versus 59% of all eligible voters in Hawaii.
• Latino eligible voters in Hawaii are less likely to live in an owner-occupied home than all eligible voters in Hawaii—48% versus 64%.

Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Hawaii, by Race and Ethnicity

• Asian eligible voters outnumber Latino eligible voters in Hawaii by a margin of nearly 6 to 1—60,000 Latinos compared with 364,000 Asian eligible voters.
• Hispanic eligible voters are younger than all other groups of eligible voters in Hawaii—35% of Hispanic eligible voters are ages 18 to 29 compared with 22% of white, 14% of Asian, 24% of Native Hawaiian and 30% of multiracial eligible voters.
• Hispanic eligible voters are less likely than all other groups of eligible voters in Hawaii to live in owner-occupied homes—48% versus 54% of white, 77% of Asian, 63% of Native Hawaiian and 61% of multiracial eligible voters.