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Hawaii in 2015

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2015 the FHFA house price index for Hawaii changed +5.5%, against +4.4% for the United States and +7.8% in 2014.

5,422 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (2,356 single-family), +76.8% on 2014; the national total was 1,182,582.

+5.5%Hawaii index, 2014–2015US +4.4%
5,422housing units permitted in 20152,356 single-family
4 of 4counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.9%
1,182,582units permitted nationally in 2015
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Counties in 2015

Ranked by the county index change from 2014 to 2015 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2015; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2015Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Hawaii County+7.8%8828374.2
Maui County+7.7%5023323.1
Kauai County+4.9%2052052.8
Honolulu County+4.3%3,8339823.9

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Hawaii by year05,00010,0001995: 6,614 units (3,866 single-family, 2,748 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 3,927 units (2,698 single-family, 1,229 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 3,676 units (2,606 single-family, 1,070 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 3,324 units (2,857 single-family, 467 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 4,211 units (3,361 single-family, 850 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 4,905 units (4,255 single-family, 650 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 4,790 units (4,025 single-family, 765 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 5,902 units (4,562 single-family, 1,340 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 7,284 units (6,213 single-family, 1,071 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 9,034 units (5,603 single-family, 3,431 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 9,828 units (6,641 single-family, 3,187 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 7,530 units (5,597 single-family, 1,933 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 6,972 units (4,482 single-family, 2,490 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 4,115 units (2,510 single-family, 1,605 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 2,617 units (2,002 single-family, 615 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 3,442 units (1,919 single-family, 1,523 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 2,743 units (1,632 single-family, 1,111 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 2,993 units (1,940 single-family, 1,053 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 3,882 units (2,358 single-family, 1,524 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 3,066 units (2,197 single-family, 869 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 5,422 units (2,356 single-family, 3,066 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 3,369 units (2,044 single-family, 1,325 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 4,035 units (2,534 single-family, 1,501 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 4,659 units (2,592 single-family, 2,067 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 4,093 units (2,547 single-family, 1,546 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 3,164 units (2,171 single-family, 993 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 3,459 units (2,445 single-family, 1,014 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 4,303 units (2,033 single-family, 2,270 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 3,791 units (2,360 single-family, 1,431 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 3,879 units (2,444 single-family, 1,435 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 3,708 units (2,420 single-family, 1,288 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Hawaii by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.