Urban Honolulu, Hawaii demographics

Urban Honolulu, HI demographics: median age 43.0; 41.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii · Census-designated place · GEOID 1571550. The survey estimates a population of 345,482 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Urban Honolulu is 43.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.4 years. There are 136,902 households (±1,760). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	43.0 ±0.4	40.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 345,482
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
Under 18	56,878 ±1,611	16.5% ±0.5 pp	20.7%	22.0%
18–34	77,782 ±1,801	22.5% ±0.5 pp	21.3%	22.8%
35–64	134,857 ±2,308	39.0% ±0.7 pp	37.6%	38.0%
65 and older	75,965 ±1,753	22.0% ±0.5 pp	20.5%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 345,482
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
Male	172,380 ±1,343	49.9% ±0.4 pp	50.2%	49.5%
Female	173,102 ±1,346	50.1% ±0.4 pp	49.8%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 345,482
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
White alone	59,130 ±1,893	17.1% ±0.5 pp	22.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	5,547 ±689	1.6% ±0.2 pp	1.9%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	548 ±256	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	180,664 ±2,678	52.3% ±0.8 pp	36.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	28,389 ±2,244	8.2% ±0.6 pp	10.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	4,435 ±586	1.3% ±0.2 pp	1.7%	7.1%
Two or more races	66,769 ±2,308	19.3% ±0.7 pp	27.0%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 345,482
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	321,529 ±1,435	93.1% ±0.4 pp	90.1%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23,953 ±1,420	6.9% ±0.4 pp	9.9%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 136,902
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
Married-couple family	54,067 ±1,103	39.5% ±0.6 pp	49.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	7,008 ±763	5.1% ±0.6 pp	5.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	15,874 ±858	11.6% ±0.6 pp	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	48,295 ±1,719	35.3% ±1.2 pp	25.0%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	11,658 ±696	8.5% ±0.5 pp	7.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 136,902
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
Households with people under 18	30,934 ±938	22.6% ±0.6 pp	30.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	105,968 ±2,045	77.4% ±1.1 pp	69.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 136,902
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	48,295 ±1,719	35.3% ±1.2 pp	25.0%	28.7%
Two-person households	42,785 ±1,347	31.3% ±0.9 pp	32.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	19,146 ±971	14.0% ±0.7 pp	16.0%	15.3%
Four-person households	13,169 ±735	9.6% ±0.5 pp	12.8%	12.6%
Five-person households	6,106 ±443	4.5% ±0.3 pp	6.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	3,177 ±349	2.3% ±0.3 pp	3.4%	2.2%
Seven or more people	4,224 ±473	3.1% ±0.3 pp	4.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 345,482
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
Native	249,967 ±2,722	72.4% ±0.8 pp	82.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	95,515 ±2,718	27.6% ±0.8 pp	17.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 330,053
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
English only	214,605 ±3,302	65.0% ±1.0 pp	75.3%	77.7%
Spanish	5,863 ±809	1.8% ±0.2 pp	2.0%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,107 ±307	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	996 ±251	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	964 ±296	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,953 ±403	0.6% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	2.0%
Korean	8,930 ±992	2.7% ±0.3 pp	1.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	24,627 ±1,821	7.5% ±0.6 pp	2.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	5,994 ±1,228	1.8% ±0.4 pp	0.7%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	15,622 ±1,465	4.7% ±0.4 pp	4.4%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	47,836 ±2,290	14.5% ±0.7 pp	11.6%	1.1%
Arabic	216 ±151 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,340 ±396	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.9%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 261,373
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	23,098 ±1,223	8.8% ±0.5 pp	6.8%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	59,582 ±1,658	22.8% ±0.6 pp	26.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	44,888 ±1,530	17.2% ±0.6 pp	19.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	25,345 ±1,171	9.7% ±0.4 pp	10.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	67,758 ±1,803	25.9% ±0.7 pp	22.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	40,702 ±1,542	15.6% ±0.6 pp	13.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 342,547
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Hawaii	U.S.
Same house	292,457 ±2,220	85.4% ±0.6 pp	87.5%	87.7%
Moved within same county	28,639 ±1,916	8.4% ±0.6 pp	7.0%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,449 ±471	0.7% ±0.1 pp	0.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	14,464 ±1,139	4.2% ±0.3 pp	4.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	4,538 ±717	1.3% ±0.2 pp	0.9%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

3.6% of Urban Honolulu residents (±0.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 3.6% in Hawaii and 8.4% nationally. 89.2% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Urban Honolulu	Hawaii	U.S.	Compared with Hawaii
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.6% ±0.3 pp	3.6%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	89.2% ±0.6 pp	92.0%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.4% ±0.3 pp	8.0%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Urban Honolulu . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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