Updated at 3:42 p.m., Thursday, December 27, 2007
Census: Hawaii's population up 5.9% since 2000
Advertiser Staff
The Census Bureau data released yesterday estimated Hawai'i's population at 1,283,388, an increase of 5.9 percent since the 2000 Census.
Hawai'i had the nation's 23rd highest percentage increase in population from 2000 to 2007 and ranks as the 42nd most populous state.
The estimates also show a population increase of only 0.4 percent, or 4,753 people, from July 2006 to July 2007.
The nation's population grew 7.2 percent from 2000 to 2007, and 1 percent from 2006 to 2007, the Census Bureau said.
Nevada returned to the top as the fastest-growing state, with a population increase of 2.9 percent between July 2006 and July 2007.
Arizona, fastest-growing between 2005 and 2006, slipped to second place.
Meanwhile, Louisiana began to rebound from its post-Hurricane Katrina population loss, gaining nearly 50,000 people from July 2006 to July 2007, for a total population of 4.3 million, the Census Bureau reported.
The state lost 250,000 residents during the previous one-year period.
Texas gained more people — almost 500,000 — than any other state, while California remained the most populous state with about 37 million people.
