Aina Haina Has Highest Income, Highest Turnout (Again)
If money talks and voting is your voice in government, then Aina Haina is being heard loud and clear.
For the second time in two elections, state House District 18 — encompassing Aina Haina, Niu Valley and Kahala — led the state in voter turnout. It also had the highest per capita income in the 2000 Census.
In all, about 56 percent of registered Hawaii voters participated in the 2010 general election. Aina Haina, Hawaii Kai and Diamond Head led the way with 66 to 67 percent turnout. The top 13 districts for turnout were all in the City and County of Honolulu. Tourist-heavy West and South Maui were at the bottom, around 40 percent.
The following table is sorted from highest turnout to lowest. The “rank” column compares the per capita income between districts.
Voter Turnout by Hawaii House District
| District | County | Region | Registration | Voters | Turnout | Turnout Rank |
Income | Income Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Honolulu | Niu Valley, Aina Haina, Kahala | 15,067 | 10,065 | 66.8% | 1 | $34,823 | 1 |
| 17 | Honolulu | Kalama Valley, Hawaii Kai | 17,015 | 11,273 | 66.3% | 2 | $33,528 | 3 |
| 19 | Honolulu | Waialae, Diamond Head, Kahala | 15,395 | 10,210 | 66.3% | 2 | $34,612 | 2 |
| 34 | Honolulu | Newtown, Waiau, Pearl City, Waimalu | 12,586 | 8,168 | 64.9% | 4 | $24,846 | 14 |
| 38 | Honolulu | Mililani, Mililani Mauka | 17,943 | 11,535 | 64.3% | 5 | $24,957 | 13 |
| 48 | Honolulu | Heeia, Haiku Valley, Kaneohe | 14,599 | 9,390 | 64.3% | 5 | $22,745 | 23 |
| 37 | Honolulu | Mililani, Waipio Gentry | 14,505 | 9,286 | 64.0% | 7 | $24,640 | 15 |
| 33 | Honolulu | Aiea, Halawa, Aiea Heights | 12,198 | 7,775 | 63.7% | 8 | $23,698 | 19 |
| 24 | Honolulu | Manoa, Manoa Valley, University | 14,624 | 9,297 | 63.6% | 9 | $27,285 | 6 |
| 36 | Honolulu | Pearl City, Momilani, Pacific Palisades | 12,656 | 8,037 | 63.5% | 10 | $22,245 | 25 |
| 26 | Honolulu | Pacific Heights, Pauoa, Punchbowl | 14,186 | 8,902 | 62.8% | 11 | $28,091 | 4 |
| 20 | Honolulu | St. Louis, Palolo, Wilhelmina Rise | 13,409 | 8,406 | 62.7% | 12 | $25,726 | 9 |
| 49 | Honolulu | Maunawili, Enchanted Lake, Kaneohe | 14,628 | 9,167 | 62.7% | 12 | $27,049 | 8 |
| 3 | Hawaii | S. Hilo, Puna, Keaau | 14,223 | 8,786 | 61.8% | 14 | $19,458 | 34 |
| 27 | Honolulu | Nuuanu, Puunui, Liliha, Alewa Heights | 11,535 | 7,104 | 61.6% | 15 | $20,251 | 29 |
| 31 | Honolulu | Moanalua Valley, Moanalua, Salt Lake | 12,395 | 7,529 | 60.7% | 16 | $23,202 | 21 |
| 15 | Kauai | Lihue, Koloa | 13,923 | 8,242 | 59.2% | 17 | $20,863 | 26 |
| 51 | Honolulu | Lanikai, Waimanalo | 13,520 | 7,934 | 58.7% | 18 | $24,254 | 17 |
| 16 | Kauai | Niihau, Lehua, Koloa, Waimea | 12,771 | 7,434 | 58.2% | 19 | $19,507 | 33 |
| 47 | Honolulu | Laie, Kaaawa, Kaneohe | 14,370 | 8,290 | 57.7% | 20 | $22,627 | 24 |
| 50 | Honolulu | Kailua, Kaneohe Bay | 14,699 | 8,373 | 57.0% | 21 | $23,039 | 22 |
| 8 | Maui | Wailuku, Waihee, Waikapu | 13,983 | 7,922 | 56.7% | 22 | $19,013 | 35 |
| 25 | Honolulu | Tantalus, Makiki, McCully | 12,779 | 7,237 | 56.6% | 23 | $27,127 | 7 |
| 12 | Maui | Makawao, Olinda, Pulehu, Kula | 15,846 | 8,924 | 56.3% | 24 | $24,540 | 16 |
| 21 | Honolulu | Kaimuki, Waikiki, Diamond Head | 13,483 | 7,500 | 55.6% | 25 | $25,184 | 11 |
| 5 | Hawaii | Puna, Kau, S. Kona, N. Kona | 14,118 | 7,795 | 55.2% | 26 | $17,049 | 40 |
| 9 | Maui | Kahului, Wailuku, Paia | 12,537 | 6,902 | 55.1% | 27 | $19,687 | 31 |
| 41 | Honolulu | Waipahu, Village Park, Waikele | 11,846 | 6,475 | 54.7% | 28 | $20,148 | 30 |
| 14 | Kauai | Hanalei, Kapaa, Waipouli | 13,435 | 7,332 | 54.6% | 29 | $20,533 | 27 |
| 1 | Hawaii | Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo | 13,428 | 7,195 | 53.6% | 30 | $17,974 | 38 |
| 40 | Honolulu | Royal Kunia, Makakilo, Kapolei, Kalaeloa | 17,715 | 9,478 | 53.5% | 31 | $20,389 | 28 |
| 2 | Hawaii | S. Hilo, Kaumana, Keaukaha | 13,458 | 7,180 | 53.4% | 32 | $16,952 | 42 |
| 30 | Honolulu | Kalihi Valley, Fort Shafter | 9,872 | 5,255 | 53.2% | 33 | $15,997 | 46 |
| 22 | Honolulu | Moiliili, McCully, Kaimuki | 10,794 | 5,574 | 51.6% | 34 | $19,647 | 32 |
| 28 | Honolulu | Palama, Downtown, Chinatown | 11,926 | 6,128 | 51.4% | 35 | $18,512 | 37 |
| 39 | Honolulu | Wahiawa, Whitmore Village, Poamoho | 11,774 | 6,031 | 51.2% | 36 | $16,317 | 45 |
| 35 | Honolulu | Pearl City, Waipahu | 11,663 | 5,965 | 51.1% | 37 | $16,802 | 43 |
| 7 | Hawaii | N. Kona, S. Kohala | 14,957 | 7,593 | 50.8% | 38 | $23,542 | 20 |
| 4 | Hawaii | Puna, Pahoa, Kalapana | 16,399 | 8,210 | 50.1% | 39 | $13,698 | 50 |
| 42 | Honolulu | Waipahu, Honouliuli, West Loch, Ewa | 10,309 | 5,140 | 49.9% | 40 | $16,644 | 44 |
| 6 | Hawaii | N. Kona, Keauhou, Kailua-Kona | 14,426 | 7,106 | 49.3% | 41 | $23,699 | 18 |
| 43 | Honolulu | Ewa Beach, Iroquois Point, Puuloa | 17,159 | 8,410 | 49.0% | 42 | $17,177 | 39 |
| 13 | Maui | Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Hana | 14,585 | 7,107 | 48.7% | 43 | $18,739 | 36 |
| 32 | Honolulu | Pearlridge, Aiea, Pearl Harbor | 13,331 | 6,330 | 47.5% | 44 | $17,018 | 41 |
| 23 | Honolulu | Waikiki, Ala Moana | 12,642 | 5,965 | 47.2% | 45 | $27,612 | 5 |
| 45 | Honolulu | Waianae, Makaha, Makua | 10,070 | 4,654 | 46.2% | 46 | $13,269 | 51 |
| 29 | Honolulu | Sand Island, Mokauea, Kapalama | 9,123 | 4,194 | 46.0% | 47 | $14,082 | 48 |
| 44 | Honolulu | Honokai Hale, Nanakuli, Lualualei, Maili | 11,111 | 4,949 | 44.5% | 48 | $13,782 | 49 |
| 46 | Honolulu | North Shore, Schofield, Kunia | 13,460 | 5,734 | 42.6% | 49 | $15,392 | 47 |
| 11 | Maui | Makena, Wailea, Kihei | 14,987 | 6,239 | 41.6% | 50 | $25,394 | 10 |
| 10 | Maui | Lahaina, Kapalua,Kihei | 13,285 | 5,228 | 39.4% | 51 | $25,051 | 12 |
| Total | 690,748 | 384,955 | 55.7 |
Source: Civil Beat analysis of election results and U.S. Census Bureau data
Hawaii House district numbers can be seen on this map. They are the black numbers not inside a box. The numbers inside boxes are Senate districts. The pink numbers are U.S. congressional districts.
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections
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