Honolulu, Hawaii: Urban anchor market. In 2024, voted D+23%. Democratic peak: D+58 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+23MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Urban anchorAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,445,1682024 5-year
- Median household income
- $100,8082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 22.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Honolulu, HIOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 313,044 | 193,661 | 516,701 | ||
| D | 366,130 | 196,864 | 574,469 | ||
| D | 266,891 | 128,847 | 428,937 | ||
| D | 306,266 | 120,937 | 434,221 | ||
| D | 325,201 | 120,429 | 452,742 | ||
| D | 231,335 | 194,116 | 428,555 | ||
| D | 205,242 | 137,819 | 367,871 | ||
| D | 205,012 | 113,943 | 360,120 | ||
| D | 179,310 | 136,822 | 372,842 | ||
| D | 192,364 | 158,625 | 354,461 | ||
| R | 147,098 | 184,934 | 335,674 | ||
| D | 135,857 | 130,085 | 303,228 | ||
| D | 147,375 | 140,003 | 291,301 | ||
| R | 101,409 | 168,865 | 270,274 | ||
| D | 141,324 | 91,425 | 236,218 | ||
| D | 163,249 | 44,022 | 207,271 | ||
| D | 92,410 | 92,295 | 184,705 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
5.8%
English
5.1%
Irish
4.7%
Italian
2.1%
French
1.2%
American
1.1%
Polish
0.7%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.0 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.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$100,808
Honolulu ranks near the middle of US counties.
Honolulu$100,808
Hawaii$100,389
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.1%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.3%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander20.4%
Spanish2.1%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Honolulu's media market spans Oahu and reaches neighbor islands, serving an electorate where Native Hawaiian and Asian American voters form a majority and Democrats have carried statewide races by double-digit margins for decades.
The Democratic margin in Honolulu has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-eight points in 1964; the 2024 margin was twenty-three points, still in line with the market's long pattern.
Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 22% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $100,808, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.
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Honolulu, Hawaii — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/dma/744/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Honolulu, Hawaii vote in 2024?
In 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii voted Democratic by 23.1 points (D+23), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 516,701 votes cast, 313,044 went Democratic and 193,661 went Republican.
What is Honolulu, Hawaii's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Honolulu, Hawaii as a "Urban anchor" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 2 times, and other 0 times.
When did Honolulu, Hawaii last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Honolulu, Hawaii voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Honolulu, Hawaii?
Honolulu, Hawaii has a population of 1,445,168 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Honolulu, Hawaii?
Median household income in Honolulu, Hawaii is $100,808 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Honolulu, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.