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title: "Latinos in the 2014 Election: Hawaii"
description: "This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters […]"
date: "2014-10-02"
authors:
  - name: "Anna Brown"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/fact-sheet/latinos-in-the-2014-election-hawaii/"
---

# Latinos in the 2014 Election: Hawaii

This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters in Hawaii.[2. The terms “Hispanic” and “Latino” are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau's 2012 [American Community Survey](http://www.census.gov/acs/www) (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2012 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series ([IPUMS](http://usa.ipums.org/usa/)), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on [ACS sampling strategy](http://usa.ipums.org/usa/design.shtml) and [associated error](http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation/pums/Accuracy/2012AccuracyPUMS.pdf).]

### Hispanics in Hawaii’s Eligible Voter Population

[![Population and Electorate in the United States and Hawaii, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-HI-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-hawaii/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-hi-01/)

- The Hispanic population in Hawaii is the 39th largest in the nation. About 131,000 Hispanics reside in Hawaii, 0.2% of all Hispanics in the United States.
- Hawaii’s population is 9% Hispanic, the 21st largest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.
- There are 78,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii—the 32nd largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.4 million.
- Some 8% of Hawaii eligible voters are Hispanic, the 12th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.
- Some 60% of Hispanics in Hawaii are eligible to vote, ranking Hawaii third nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 84% of the state’s white population and 73% of the state’s Asian population is eligible to vote.

### Characteristics of Eligible Voters

[![Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Hawaii and the United States, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-HI-02.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-hawaii/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-hi-02/)

- **Age. **About one-third of Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii (35%) are ages 18 to 29, roughly the same as the share of all Latino eligible voters nationwide (33%) in that age range. By contrast, only 22% of all Hawaii eligible voters and all U.S. eligible voters are ages 18 to 29.
- **Citizenship and Nativity.** Among Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii, 11% are naturalized U.S. citizens. This is a smaller share than the 25% of Hispanic eligible voters in the U.S. who are naturalized U.S. citizens, slightly lower than the 13% of all eligible voters in Hawaii and greater than 8% of eligible voters in the U.S. overall.
- **Hispanic Origin.** Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii have a different Hispanic origin profile from Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Only about three-in-ten (31%) Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii are of Mexican origin, 33% are of Puerto Rican origin, and 35% claim other Hispanic origin. Among all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide, 59% are Mexican, 14% are Puerto Rican, and 27% are of some other Hispanic origin.
- **Educational Attainment.** Some one-in-ten Latino eligible voters in Hawaii have not completed high school, about the same as the 8% of all Hawaii eligible voters who have not completed high school and lower than the 23% of Hispanics nationwide who have not completed high school. Some 20% of Hispanic eligible voters have a bachelor’s degree or more—higher than the 15% of Hispanics nationwide, but lower than the 28% of all Hawaiian eligible voters who have at least a bachelor’s degree.
- **Homeownership.** About four-in-ten Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii (42%) live in owner-occupied homes, compared with 56% of all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Greater shares of all eligible voters in Hawaii (62%) and all eligible voters nationwide (67%) live in owner-occupied homes.

### Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Hawaii, by Race and Ethnicity

[![Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Hawaii and the United States, by Race and Ethnicity, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-HI-03.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-hawaii/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-hi-03/)

- **Number of Eligible Voters.** Asian eligible voters outnumber Hispanic eligible voters in Hawaii by about 5 to 1 and white eligible voters outnumber Hispanics by more than 3 to 1.
- **Age.** Latino eligible voters are younger than Asian and white eligible voters in Hawaii. Some 35% of Latinos are ages 18 to 29, compared with 14% of Asian eligible voters and 22% of white eligible voters.
- **Educational Attainment.** Hispanic eligible voters have lower levels of education than do white eligible voters in Hawaii. Some 10% of Hispanic eligible voters have not obtained a high school diploma, compared with 4% of white eligible voters. A similar share of Asian eligible voters (11%) has not completed high school. But both Asians (30%) and whites (38%) are more likely to have obtained at least a bachelor’s degree than Hispanics (20%).
- **Homeownership.** Hispanic eligible voters (42%) are less likely to live in owner-occupied homes than white (53%) or Asian (76%) eligible voters in Hawaii.