Data Dive

Hawai‘i Farmers Are Investing In Tech To Protect Property And Livestock Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2025

Hawai‘i Farmers Are Investing In Tech To Protect Property And Livestock

Local farmers and ranchers are eager to invest more in technological solutions to their real world problems, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.

Hawaiʻi DOE Spending More On Buses For Fewer Students Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Hawaiʻi DOE Spending More On Buses For Fewer Students

Schools have fewer bus drivers than before the Covid-19 pandemic, but statewide costs for student transportation have increased.

Data Dive: Neighbor Islands Solve More Burglaries, Car Thefts Than Oʻahu Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Data Dive: Neighbor Islands Solve More Burglaries, Car Thefts Than Oʻahu

A new state database shows crime is down in Honolulu and up on the neighbor islands. But the less populous counties had more success in solving some offenses.

Hawaiʻi Relies On Oil More Than Any Other State Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Hawaiʻi Relies On Oil More Than Any Other State

The state is lagging on renewable energy despite its net-zero goal.

Data Dive: Farmworkers Earn Well Over Minimum Wage But Not Enough For Hawai‘i Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Data Dive: Farmworkers Earn Well Over Minimum Wage But Not Enough For Hawai‘i

Farm and ranch workers made almost $22 an hour on average last year but still fell just below the state’s survival wage.

Here’s Where Hawaiʻi School Enrollment Is Dropping Fastest Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Here’s Where Hawaiʻi School Enrollment Is Dropping Fastest

The state is looking at redistricting schools and closing campuses amid an ongoing decline in enrollment.

Data Dive: Hawai’i Is Near The Top In Homeowners Association Fees Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Data Dive: Hawai’i Is Near The Top In Homeowners Association Fees

More households in the islands are paying fees to condo or HOA associations than previously thought, according to the latest Census Bureau data.

Girls Remain Underrepresented In Hawaiʻi High School Sports Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Girls Remain Underrepresented In Hawaiʻi High School Sports

Public schools introduced flag football as an official sport last year to encourage more girls to participate in athletics.

Data Dive: Only 1 Hawaiʻi Hospital Got The Highest Federal Quality Ranking Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Data Dive: Only 1 Hawaiʻi Hospital Got The Highest Federal Quality Ranking

The federal star rating for hospitals is designed to help patients and families make informed decisions about their health care.

Data Dive: Who Uses The Most Water In Hawaiʻi? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Data Dive: Who Uses The Most Water In Hawaiʻi?

Golf courses, big resorts and the Marine Corps Base on the Windward side of Oʻahu top the list of the state’s biggest water-hungry consumers.