Where Hawaii Ranks 43

Women seem to have it good in Hawaii. We lead in several women’s gender-related comparisons.

Best City: Female Business Entrepreneurship (WalletHub, 2016)

1.       San Antonio-New Braunsfeld, TX

2.       Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

3.       HONOLULU, HI

4.       Albuquerque, NM

5.       Oklahoma City, OK

Highest Business Gender Inequality (WalletHub, 2016)

1.       HONOLULU

2.       Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

3.       Tie: • Syracuse, NY; • Rochester, NY; • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA; and • Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY

Highest Employment of Single Moms with Underaged Children (WalletHub, 2016)

1.      Lubbock, TX

2.      Peoria, AZ

3.      Gilbert, AZ

4.      Chandler, AZ

5.      HONOLULU, HI

Most Parkland as Percentage of City Area (WalletHub, 2016)

1.      (TIE) HONOLULU, HI

2.      (Tie) Anchorage, AK

3.      (Tie) Fremont, CA

4.      Chesapeake, VA

5.      New Orleans, LA

Thinnest U.S. Metropolitan Area (WalletHub, 2015)

1.       HONOLULU (46.16 Indicator Score)

2.       Reno, NV (49.42)

3.       Boise, ID (50.93)

4.       Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV (51.02)

5.       Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA (51.17)

Longest Life Expectancy (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2013) 

1.    HAWAII (81.3 years)
2.    Minnesota (81.1)
3.    (Tie) Connecticut (80.8)
4.    (Tie) California (80.8)
5.    Vermont (80.5)