Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii: Urban anchor metro. In 2024, voted D+22%. Democratic peak: D+57 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+22MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Urban anchorAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,001,1462024 5-year
- Median household income
- $106,1952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 18.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+27 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Urban Honolulu, HI, HIOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 204,301 | 130,489 | 340,921 | ||
| D | 238,869 | 136,259 | 382,114 | ||
| D | 175,696 | 90,326 | 285,790 | ||
| D | 204,349 | 88,461 | 296,742 | ||
| D | 214,239 | 88,164 | 306,813 | ||
| D | 152,500 | 144,157 | 298,547 | ||
| D | 139,618 | 101,310 | 255,990 | ||
| D | 143,793 | 85,779 | 255,256 | ||
| D | 123,908 | 103,937 | 265,841 | ||
| D | 138,971 | 120,258 | 261,577 | ||
| R | 107,404 | 140,258 | 250,132 | ||
| R | 96,472 | 99,596 | 224,995 | ||
| D | 111,389 | 108,041 | 222,476 | ||
| R | 76,957 | 132,844 | 209,801 | ||
| D | 108,141 | 71,259 | 182,194 | ||
| D | 121,859 | 33,536 | 155,395 | ||
| D | 68,915 | 65,541 | 134,456 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
5.3%
English
4.3%
Irish
4.2%
Italian
1.8%
American
1.3%
French
1.0%
Polish
0.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$106,195
Urban Honolulu, HI ranks near the middle of US counties.
Urban Honolulu, HI$106,195
Hawaii$100,389
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.3%
Working age (18–64)8.6%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.0%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander22.2%
Spanish2.0%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Urban Honolulu's electorate is shaped by one of the nation's highest concentrations of Asian American residents, producing durable Democratic margins in federal races while local contests occasionally surface competitive intraparty dynamics.
The Democratic margin in Urban Honolulu, HI has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-seven points in 1964; the 2024 margin was twenty-two points, still in line with the metro's long pattern.
Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 18% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $106,195, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii vote in 2024?
In 2024, Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii voted Democratic by 21.7 points (D+22), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 340,921 votes cast, 204,301 went Democratic and 130,489 went Republican.
What is Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii as a "Urban anchor" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 3 times, and other 0 times.
When did Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii?
Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii has a population of 1,001,146 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii?
Median household income in Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii is $106,195 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Urban Honolulu, HI, Hawaii from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.