ZIP 96701 · Honolulu City and County, HI

Two governments run on your community's money

From the state down to your schools: where each one's money comes from and goes.

Yearly budgets from each government's latest fiscal year on record. Tap one to jump to it.

Your state

State of Hawaii

$18.5 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State taxes53%Federal tax money24%Fines and other11%Fees for services (hospital bills, airport)10%Local tax money2.3%
Full Hawaii breakdown

What stands out

24%

of Hawaii's money comes from sales tax.A typical state government gets 14%.

State taxes53%

Sales tax
24%$4.79 billion
Individual income tax
16%$3.28 billion
Other taxes
9.9%$1.99 billion
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor vehicle licenses and 13 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$922 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$236 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$218 million
  • Public utility taxes$159 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$97.4 million
  • Motor fuel taxes$80.8 million
  • Tobacco taxes$75.6 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$56.8 million
  • Estate and gift taxes$55.8 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$51.6 million
  • Public utility licenses$21.1 million
  • Other licenses$12.5 million
  • Corporation licenses$2.9 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$936 thousand
  • Driver's licenses$296 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
2.6%$515 million

Fees for services10%

Fees for services
10%$2.07 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; airport and 11 more
  • Hospital bills$671 million
  • Airport$574 million
  • College tuition$294 million
  • Ports and waterways$195 million
  • Other service charges$139 million
  • University housing and dining$88.6 million
  • Housing$31.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$28.9 million
  • School lunches$19.9 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$18.8 million
  • Parking$3.2 million
  • Other school charges$2.5 million
  • School tuition and transportation$1.4 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money24%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
24%$4.82 billion

Local tax money2.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
2.3%$468 million

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
11%$2.13 billion
Fines
0.1%$28.2 million
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Where the money goes

Schools and colleges34%Social services23%Running the government and other costs20%Roads, transit and parking8.5%Health and hospitals6.9%All other spending8.4%

What stands out

20%

of Hawaii's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical state government spends 6%.

Full Hawaii breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
34%$6.27 billion
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools; colleges and universities and 3 more
  • Elementary and secondary schools$3.13 billion
  • Colleges and universities$2.82 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$206 million
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$106 million
  • Other education$13.1 million
Social services
23%$4.19 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$4.18 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$7.0 million
  • Veterans' services$916 thousand
  • Welfare institutions$1 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$3.62 billion
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$3.27 billion
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$237 million
  • Government buildings$48.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$44.2 million
  • Other government administration$20.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
8.5%$1.57 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports; roads and highways and 3 more
  • Airports$766 million
  • Roads and highways$718 million
  • Ports and harbors$80.5 million
  • Parking$3.4 million
  • Toll roads and bridges$1.7 million
Health and hospitals
6.9%$1.28 billion
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
  • Public health$709 million
  • Hospitals$575 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.9%$721 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Courts and legal services$301 million
  • Prisons and jails$242 million
  • Police$93.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$80.6 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$4.8 million
Housing and community development
1.2%$227 million
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$196 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$196 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.8%$145 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$102 million
  • Libraries$42.9 million
Interest on debt
0.7%$132 million
Sent to local governments
0.7%$122 million
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out; sent to local governments: public health and 10 more
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$30.3 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$24.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: general support$18.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$13.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$11.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$10.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$5.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$3.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$1.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$1.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$916 thousand
  • Sent to the federal government$402 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$396 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$396 thousand
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Your town

Public schools here are run by State of Hawaii, so school money is part of its budget.

Honolulu County is served by a consolidated city-county government, so there is no separate county section.

Honolulu City and County

$3.92 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

City-county taxes62%Fees for services (sewer, water)26%Federal tax money5.9%State tax money4.3%Fines and other2.2%County and local tax money0.1%
Full Honolulu City and County breakdown

What stands out

39%

of Honolulu City and County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 20%.

City-county taxes62%

Property tax
39%$1.56 billion
Other taxes
14%$557 million
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses; other selective sales taxes and 7 more
  • Motor vehicle licenses$214 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$143 million
  • Public utility taxes$115 million
  • Motor fuel taxes$45.1 million
  • Other licenses$28.2 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$7.5 million
  • Driver's licenses$3.0 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$898 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$108 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
8.6%$340 million

Fees for services26%

Fees for services
26%$1.02 billion
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 7 more
  • Sewer$465 million
  • Water$262 million
  • Garbage collection$131 million
  • Other service charges$47.7 million
  • Transit fares$46.7 million
  • Parks and recreation$38.0 million
  • Housing$15.1 million
  • Parking$8.5 million
  • Road charges$4.7 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.9%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
5.9%$233 million

State tax money4.3%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
4.3%$169 million

County and local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.1%$4.4 million

Fines and other2.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.2%$86.1 million
Fines
<0.1%$1.7 million
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Where the money goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities25%Roads, transit and parking22%Running the government and other costs21%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Interest on debt6.8%All other spending12%

What stands out

22%

of Honolulu City and County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 10%.

Full Honolulu City and County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
25%$986 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$474 million
  • Water supply$289 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$222 million
Roads, transit and parking
22%$875 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit; roads and highways and 1 more
  • Public transit$711 million
  • Roads and highways$164 million
  • Parking$183 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$814 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$559 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$170 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$47.5 million
  • Government buildings$37.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$518 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$321 million
  • Fire protection$155 million
  • Courts and legal services$36.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$5.4 million
Interest on debt
6.8%$266 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt; interest on public transit debt and 1 more
  • Interest on general debt$202 million
  • Interest on public transit debt$49.3 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$14.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.2%$205 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$205 million
Housing and community development
4.8%$188 million
Health and hospitals
1.1%$44.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$44.3 million
Social services
0.4%$15.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$15.2 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$3.4 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$3.3 million
  • Sent to the state government$133 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$3.4 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3.4 million
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Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

State of Hawaii. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Honolulu City and County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

How a ZIP is matched. A ZIP code is not a government boundary, so we match it to the cities, counties and school districts that overlap it, using Census Bureau geography. Where a ZIP crosses several, each one is shown with its share of the ZIP. Each government's money covers its own operations only; the others listed here are separate.

Latest recorded year. The year differs by government: each block shows the newest fiscal year on file. A Census survey year covers fiscal years ending July 1 of the year before through June 30 of that year.