List of counties in Hawaii

List of counties in Hawaii

The five counties of Hawaii on the Hawaiian Islands enjoy somewhat greater status than many counties on the United States mainland. Counties in Hawaii are the only legally constituted government bodies below that of the state. No formal level of government (such as city governments) exists below that of the county in Hawaii. Rhode Island also has five counties, making Delaware the state with the least counties, at three. Public education is carried out by the Hawaii State Department of Education (Hawaii does not delegate educational responsibility to local school boards like the other 49 states),[1], so Hawaiian counties collect property taxes and user fees in order to support road maintenance, community activities, parks (including life guards at beach parks), garbage collection, police (the state police force, called the Hawaii Department of Public Safety, is limited in scope), ambulance, and fire suppression services.[2] All the counties were created in 1905 from unorganized territory, seven years after the Territory of Hawaii was created.[2][3] The county of Kalawao is used exclusively as a leper colony, and does not have many of the elected officials the other counties do.[4]

County information

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.

County
FIPS code
[5]
County seat
[6]
Established
Etymology
Population
[7]
Area
[7]
Map
Hawaii County 001 Hilo May 10, 1905 Island of Hawai'i, with which the county is coterminous; said to be named for Hawaiʻiloa, a legendary Polynesian navigator &10000000000185079000000185,079 &100000000000040280000004,028 sq mi
(&1000000000001043200000010,432 km2)
State map highlighting Hawaii County
Maui County 009 Wailuku July 1, 1905 Maui Island, the largest of the islands in the county; named for Māui, a demigod from native mythology &10000000000154834000000154,834 &100000000000011200000001,120 sq mi
(&100000000000029010000002,901 km2)
State map highlighting Maui County
Kalawao County 005 Kalaupapa[4] November 10, 1905 The village of Kalawao, which lies within its boundaries. &1000000000000009000000090 &1000000000000005200000052 sq mi
(&10000000000000135000000135 km2)
State map highlighting Kalawao County
Honolulu County 003 Honolulu April 30, 1907 "Sheltered bay" or "place of shelter" in Hawaiian language[8] &10000000000953207000000953,207 &10000000000000597000000597 sq mi
(&100000000000015460000001,546 km2)
State map highlighting Honolulu County
Kauai County 007 Līhu'e July 1, 1905 Kauai Island, the largest of the islands in the county; named possibly derived from Kaua'i, the eldest son of Hawaiʻiloa. &1000000000006709100000067,091 &10000000000000622000000622 sq mi
(&100000000000016110000001,611 km2)
State map highlighting Kauai County

References

  1. ^ Hawaii State Department of Education. "Hawai'i DOE, About". http://doe.k12.hi.us/about/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-26. 
  2. ^ a b "Hawaii State: Facts & Figures - Des Osman Realty". http://osman1.com/hi-facts.html. Retrieved 2007-04-26. 
  3. ^ Office of the County Clerk. "Foreword" (PDF). 2000 County Charter of the County of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20070703012729/http://www.hawaii-county.com/council/charter2000/item+1-Foreword.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-26. 
  4. ^ a b "Hawaii's 4 (or 5) Counties". 1999-09-01. http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/counties.html. Retrieved 2007-07-23. 
  5. ^ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/hi.html. Retrieved 2007-04-09. 
  6. ^ National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=HI. Retrieved 2007-04-26. 
  7. ^ a b "Hawaii QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". State & County QuickFacts. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/maps/hawaii_map.html. Retrieved 2007-04-18. 
  8. ^ "Honolulu Homes Guide". 2005. http://www.honoluluhomesguide.com/. Retrieved 2007-07-23. 

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