State and Contemporary Population Forecasts

For many programs serving the Native Hawaiian community, assessing accurate population estimates for targeted age groups can be elusive: while specific population data for Native Hawaiians are uncommon, those that do exist are often reported within larger race/ethnic groups (e.g., “Asian and Pacific Islander”) and are typically unavailable for intercensal years.

To address the absence of centralized Native Hawaiian population baselines, the Policy Analysis & System Evaluation (PASE) department of Kamehameha Schools has developed data tables that may be useful for program planning and needs assessments. A “baseline” table contains a set of contemporary population estimates for the Native Hawaiian population in the state of Hawai‘i, providing detailed population counts (2000) and estimates (2005, 2010 and 2015) for key age groups and constituencies. The “state” table presented detailed Native Hawaiian population forecasts for five-year age groups, spanning 2005 to 2050 (in five-year increments), for the state of Hawai‘i.