Analysis: Honolulu County has fastest growing local economy in Hawaii

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Honolulu County was ranked the top-performing local economy in Hawaii in a Wall St. 24/7 analysis of counties’ gross domestic product growth from 2012 to 2015.

Honolulu County recorded $80,078 GDP growth rate over that three-year period, according to the study, which pegged the size of the county’s GDP at $74,923. Its fastest growing industry was 9.1%, the report found.

The GDP doubled in several counties on the Wall St. 24/7 ranking. The only state with no counties that grew faster than the national 7.3 percent GDP increase from 2012 to 2015 was Connecticut.

Most of the fast-growing counties in the analysis also reported median household income growth and unemployment declines.

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Fastest Growing Local Economies by State

State County / JurisdictionCounty Median Household IncomeState Median Household IncomeCounty Poverty RateOctober 2018 Jobless Rate
AlabamaShelby$74,063$46,4728.3%2.8%
AlaskaJuneau City and Borough$90,749$76,1147.4%4.3%
ArizonaMaricopa$58,580$53,51015.7%3.8%
ArkansasBenton$61,271$43,81310.5%2.6%
CaliforniaSanta Clara$106,761$67,1698.6%2.5%
ColoradoDouglas$111,154$65,4583.6%2.8%
ConnecticutFairfield$89,773$73,7818.8%3.7%
DelawareNew Castle$68,336$63,03611.9%3.5%
FloridaSt. Johns$73,640$50,8839.1%2.5%
GeorgiaForsyth$96,445$52,9776.5%3.0%
HawaiiHonolulu$80,078$74,9239.1%2.3%
IdahoAda$60,151$50,98511.8%2.1%
IllinoisKendall$89,860$61,2295.6%3.6%
IndianaHamilton$90,582$52,1825.0%2.9%
IowaDallas$82,719$56,5705.4%1.3%
KansasJohnson$81,121$55,4775.6%2.6%
KentuckyOldham$92,237$46,5355.6%3.3%
LouisianaAscension Parish$74,748$46,71011.7%3.9%
MaineCumberland$65,702$53,02410.7%2.7%
MarylandHoward$115,576$78,9165.2%3.0%
MassachusettsNorfolk$95,668$74,1676.5%2.7%
MichiganLivingston$78,430$52,6685.9%3.3%
MinnesotaScott$93,151$65,6995.6%2.0%
MississippiMadison$68,600$42,00912.0%3.2%
MissouriSt. Charles$78,380$51,5425.7%1.9%
MontanaRichland$66,572$50,8015.9%2.9%
NebraskaSarpy$75,752$56,6755.3%2.5%
NevadaElko$76,178$55,43411.5%3.0%
New HampshireRockingham$85,619$71,3054.8%2.3%
New JerseyHunterdon$110,969$76,4754.5%2.8%
New MexicoLos Alamos$110,190$46,7185.1%3.2%
New YorkNassau$105,744$62,7655.9%3.1%
North CarolinaWake$73,577$50,32010.1%2.9%
North DakotaWilliams$89,874$61,2859.0%1.7%
OhioDelaware$100,229$52,4075.1%3.3%
OklahomaCanadian$69,220$49,7677.9%2.5%
OregonWashington$74,033$56,11910.3%3.5%
PennsylvaniaChester$92,417$56,9516.9%3.0%
Rhode IslandWashington$77,862$61,0439.6%2.5%
South CarolinaBeaufort$60,603$48,78111.9%3.1%
South DakotaLincoln$81,849$54,1263.0%2.1%
TennesseeWilliamson$103,543$48,7084.6%2.7%
TexasFort Bend$93,645$57,0518.1%3.6%
UtahSummit County$94,952$65,3257.5%3.3%
VermontChittenden$66,906$57,80811.3%1.6%
VirginiaLoudoun$129,588$68,7663.7%2.3%
WashingtonKing$83,571$66,17410.2%3.2%
West VirginiaJefferson$72,526$44,0619.9%3.1%
WisconsinWaukesha$81,140$56,7595.0%2.5%
WyomingCampbell$80,178$60,9389.4%3.7%
Source: Wall St. 24/7

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