COVID-19 & Hawaii’s Economy

    • To monitor Hawaii’s economic conditions during the COVID-19 outbreak, DBEDT put together this dashboard to compile the most recent economic data. Readers can go to each section to see more detailed and historical data.
Daily Summary of Interisland Passengers
Through May 10

Date Hawaii residents Out-of-state visitors TOTAL 
4/1-4/5 avg. 478 55 533
4/6-4/10 avg. 743 70 813
4/11-4/15 avg. 609 55 664
4/16-4/20 avg. 646 71 717
4/21-4/25 avg. 725 77 802
4/26-4/30 avg. 842 91 933
5/1-5/5 avg. 1,056 190 1,246
5/6/2020 1,154 179 1,333
5/7/2020 1,285 139 1,424
5/8/2020 1,815 117 1,932
5/9/2020 812 142 954
5/10/2020 838 142 980
Interisland Passengers
For May 10

Departing airport Arriving airport  TOTAL Departing
HNL KOA ITO OGG LIH MKK LNY MUE
HNL – 58 82 153 48 16 3 0 360
KOA 146 – 0 11 0 0 0 0 157
ITO 137 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 137
OGG 183 20 0 – 0 11 0 1 215
LIH 52 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 52
MKK 28 0 0 17 0 – 0 0 45
LNY 4 0 0 4 0 0 – 0 8
MUE 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 – 6
TOTAL Arriving 550 78 82 191 48 27 3 1 980

HNL = Honolulu; KOA = Kona; ITO = Hilo; OGG = Kahului; LIH = Lihue; MKK = Molokai; LNY = Lanai; JHM = Kapalua; MUE = Waimea

Interisland Passengers – Hawaii residents
For May 10

Departing airport Arriving airport
TOTAL Departing
HNL KOA ITO OGG LIH MKK LNY MUE
HNL – 54 79 152 47 16 1 0 349
KOA 91 – 0 9 0 0 0 0 100
ITO 112 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 112
OGG 137 20 0 – 0 11 0 1 169
LIH 51 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 51
MKK 28 0 0 15 0 – 0 0 43
LNY 4 0 0 4 0 0 – 0 8
MUE 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 – 6
TOTAL Arriving 423 74 79 186 47 27 1 1 838

HNL = Honolulu; KOA = Kona; ITO = Hilo; OGG = Kahului; LIH = Lihue; MKK = Molokai; LNY = Lanai; JHM = Kapalua; MUE = Waimea

Interisland Passengers – Out-of-state visitors
For May 10

Departing airport Arriving airport
TOTAL Departing
HNL KOA ITO OGG LIH LNY
HNL – 4 3 1 1 2 11
KOA 55 – 0 2 0 0 57
ITO 25 0 – 0 0 0 25
OGG 46 0 0 – 0 0 46
LIH 1 0 0 0 – 0 1
MKK 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TOTAL Arriving 127 4 3 5 1 2 142
Domestic Passenger Count Comparison – 2019 vs. 2020
As of May 14
International Passenger Count Comparison – 2019 vs. 2020
As of May 14
Summary of Overseas Passenger Count Growth, Y-T-D 
May – last updated May 14

State/county Total Domestic Int’l Japan Other int’l
State -97.9% -97.6% -99.2% -100.0% -97.9%
Honolulu -96.0%
Hawaii -98.8%
Maui -99.6%
Kauai -99.6%

Int’l = international

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims
Week Ending 5/9/2020

 
State/county		 This week Year-to-date
2020 2019 Percent change 2020 2019 Percent change
State 12,299 1,244 889% 236,210 23,925 887%
Honolulu 7,969 772 923% 142,276 14,862 857%
Hawaii 1,389 244 469% 30,489 4,220 622%
Maui 1,935 132 1,366% 43,622 2,982 1,363%
Kauai 775 70 1,007% 17,977 1,399 1,185%
Agent* 231 26 789% 1,846 462 300%

*Agent claims are filed in Hawaii against another state.

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims – 2019 vs. 2020
Week Ending 5/9/2020
Change in Jobs – March 2019 vs. March 2020
Bankruptcy Filings, All Chapters – 2017 to 2020
General Fund Tax Revenue – 2016 to 2020