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Hawaii Counties

Complete list of all 5 counties in Hawaii with population, area, median income, and county seats — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties
5
Population
1,445,235
Area
6,423 sq mi
Capital
Honolulu
Time Zone
Hawaii–Aleutian (HAT, no DST)
Labeled map of Hawaii counties

Labeled outline map of Hawaii counties. Download a printable version in SVG, PNG, or PDF.

All 5 Hawaii counties

County County Seat Population ▼Area Median Income Cities
Honolulu—1,001,146601 mi²$109,34927
Hawaii—205,7694,028 mi²$81,69630
Maui—164,5221,162 mi²$98,19916
Kauai—73,731620 mi²$97,94317
Kalawao—6712 mi²$73,7501

How many counties does Hawaii have?

Hawaii has 5 counties covering 6,423 square miles and roughly 1,445,235 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1959 as the 50th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is Hawaii County at 4,028 square miles, home to about 205,769 residents. The most populous is Honolulu County with approximately 1,001,146 residents — a density of about 1,666 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Kalawao County has only about 67 residents.

Honolulu is both the state capital and the largest city in Hawaii.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Hawaii’s county boundaries from our blank map of Hawaii page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Hawaii county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Hawaii address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Hawaii specifically: the 100-mile radius around Honolulu measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Hawaii ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Hawaii’s 5 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Hawaii has 5 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1959 as the 50th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.
Hawaii County is the largest by land area at 4,028 square miles, with about 205,769 residents.
Honolulu County is the most populous, with approximately 1,001,146 residents over 601 square miles.
Kalawao County has the smallest population at about 67 residents.
Honolulu is both the state capital and the largest city in Hawaii.
Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.
Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,143). All sources are public domain.