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Hawaii

State

Hawaii is an island state of the United States in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles southwest of the U.S. mainland, one of two non-contiguous states along with Alaska and the only state that is an archipelago. Admitted to the Union in 1959 as the 50th state, its capital is Honolulu. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Honolulu 1
Population
1,432,820 1
2025 estimate from Hawaii's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Area (sq km)
28,311 1
Admission Year
1959 1
Admitted to the Union August 21, 1959 (50th state), per the infobox.
Latitude
21.5 degrees north 1
Longitude
158 degrees west 1
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Associated With

Honolulu, Cities

Honolulu is in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

Source Honolulu (Wikipedia)
Polynesia, Regions
Source Hawaii (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries

Hawaii is a state of the United States.

Source Hawaii (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Honolulu, Cities

Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii.

Source Honolulu (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Hawaii (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, capital
    Capital Honolulu
  • Infobox, population
    Population (2025) Total 1,432,820
  • Infobox, area
    Area Total 28,311 km2
  • Infobox, admitted to the union
    Admitted to the Union August 21, 1959 (50th)
  • Page header, coordinates
    wgCoordinates lat 21.5, lon -158.0
  • Introduction
    Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago.
  • Associated With: Polynesia, Lead section
    the state is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania
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