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:For the 1959 novel and 1966 movie, see Hawaii (novel).

Hawaii
Hawai‘i
( Flag of Hawaii) ( Seal of Hawaii)
State nickname: The Aloha State
Other U.S. States
Capital

Honolulu

Largest City

Honolulu

Governor

Linda Lingle

Official languages

Hawaiian and English

Area

  - Total
  - Land
  - Water
  - % water

Ranked 43rd

28,337 km˛
16,649 km˛
11,672 km˛
41.2 %

Population

  - 2000 Census

Ranked 42nd

1,211,537

Population density

  - 2000 Census

Ranked 13th

42.75 /km˛

Admittance into Union

  - Order
  - Date


50th
August 21, 1959

Time zone UTC-10/ (no daylight saving time)
Latitude18°55'N to 29°N
Longitude154°40'W to 162°W
Width

Length
Elevation
  - Highest
  - Mean
  - Lowest

n/a km

2,450 km
 
4,205 meters
925 meters
0 meters

ISO 3166-2US-HI

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Hawaii ( Hawaiian/ Hawaiian English: Hawai‘i, with the ‘okina) is the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States, and as of the 2000 U.S. CensusThe United States 2000 census conducted by the Census Bureau determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. 2 percent over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 census. resident had a population of 1,211,537 people. Honolulu is the largest city and the state capital.

Hawaii, the state most recently admitted into the Union, has many distinctions. In addition to having the southernmost point in the United States, it is the only state that lies completely in the tropicsThe tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. This area lies approximately between 23. 5° N l. As one of two states outside the contiguous United StatesThe continental United States refers (except sometimes in U. federal law and regulations) to the largest part of the U. that is delimited by a continuous border. Specifically, this includes 48 states and the federal capital of the U. the District of Colum, it is the only one without territory on the mainland of any continent and is the only state that continues to grow due to active lavaLava is molten rock that a volcano expels during an eruption. Due to its high temperature, lava can be quite fluid when first exuded from a volcanic vent, but eventually solidifies into rock. However, the lava may flow many miles before solidification. flows, most notably from Kilauea. Ethnically, it is one of only two states that do not have a Caucasian majority and has the largest percentage of Asians. Ecologically and agriculturally, it is the endangered species capital of the world and is the only industrial producer of coffee in the nation.





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