Honolulu County, Hawaii: New American county. In 2024, voted D+22%. Democratic peak: D+57 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+22MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,001,1462024 5-year
- Median household income
- $106,1952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 18.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+27 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Franklin city, VA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Honolulu CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Honolulu County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | +2.5% |
| 1964 | +56.8% |
| 1968 | +20.2% |
| 1972 | −26.6% |
| 1976 | +1.5% |
| 1980 | −1.4% |
| 1984 | −13.1% |
| 1988 | +7.2% |
| 1992 | +7.5% |
| 1996 | +22.7% |
| 2000 | +15.0% |
| 2004 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | +41.1% |
| 2012 | +39.1% |
| 2016 | +29.9% |
| 2020 | +26.9% |
| 2024 | +21.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 204,301 | 130,489 | 340,921 | ||
| D | 238,869 | 136,259 | 382,114 | ||
| D | 175,696 | 90,326 | 285,790 | ||
| D | 204,349 | 88,461 | 296,742 | ||
| D | 214,239 | 88,164 | 306,813 | ||
| D | 152,500 | 144,157 | 298,547 | ||
| D | 139,618 | 101,310 | 255,990 | ||
| D | 143,793 | 85,779 | 255,256 | ||
| D | 123,908 | 103,937 | 265,841 | ||
| D | 138,971 | 120,258 | 261,577 | ||
| R | 107,404 | 140,258 | 250,132 | ||
| R | 96,472 | 99,596 | 224,995 | ||
| D | 111,389 | 108,041 | 222,476 | ||
| R | 76,957 | 132,844 | 209,801 | ||
| D | 108,141 | 71,259 | 182,194 | ||
| D | 121,859 | 33,536 | 155,395 | ||
| D | 68,915 | 65,541 | 134,456 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
5.3%
English
4.3%
Irish
4.2%
Italian
1.8%
American
1.3%
French
1.0%
Polish
0.8%
African American
1.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$106,195
Honolulu County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Honolulu County$106,195
Hawaii$100,389
United States$80,734
Honolulu County ranks in the top 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.3%
Working age (18–64)8.6%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.0%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander22.2%
Spanish2.0%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to nearly two-thirds of Hawaii's population, Honolulu County delivered a 21-point Democratic margin in 2024, driven by a multiracial electorate where Asian Americans — particularly Native Hawaiian, Filipino, and Japanese communities — make up a majority of residents.
Honolulu County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-seven points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 18% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $106,195, and a population of 1,001,146. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin city and Kemper County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Honolulu County, Hawaii vote in 2024?
In 2024, Honolulu County, Hawaii voted Democratic by 21.7 points (D+22), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 340,921 votes cast, 204,301 went Democratic and 130,489 went Republican.
What is Honolulu County, Hawaii's political typology?
Akashic places Honolulu County, Hawaii in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 3 times, and other 0 times.
When did Honolulu County, Hawaii last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Honolulu County, Hawaii voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Honolulu County, Hawaii?
Honolulu County, Hawaii has a population of 1,001,146 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Honolulu County, Hawaii?
Median household income in Honolulu County, Hawaii is $106,195 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Honolulu County, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Honolulu County, Hawaii from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.