HAWAIIANS AT BOTTOM OF BARREL
Census Bureau Shows Hawaiians Living In Poverty
Honolulu Star Bulletin - November 15, 2006
A U.S. Census Bureau survey unprecedented in its specificity has confirmed what previously had been deduced - Hawaiians are at the bottom of the state's economic ladder as they struggle in court and Congress to maintain government-funded programs aimed at lifting them from intolerable conditions....
The Hawaiians' per capita income is $16,932, far less than the statewide average of $25,326.
While the poverty rate for all families in the islands is less than 8 percent, the rate for Hawaiians is nearly 15 percent, according to the survey. All other ethnic groups' poverty rates are in single digits.
"While there certainly are success stories, the vast majority of native Hawaiians still find challenges on a daily basis, some even in putting food on the table," Shawn Kana`iaupuni, director of strategic planning and implementation at Kamehameha Schools, told the Star- Bulletin's Christine Donnelly.
