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Also Known As Aloha State • Sandwich Islands • Hawaiian Islands • Hawaii Islands
Capital Honolulu
Population1 (2020) 1,455,271; (2024 est.) 1,446,146
Governor Josh Green (Democrat)
Date Of Admission Aug. 21, 1959
U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (Democrat) • Mazie Hirono (Democrat)
State Nickname Aloha State
State Motto "Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono (The Life of the Land Is Perpetuated in Righteousness)"
State Bird nene (Hawaiian goose)
State Flower yellow hibiscus
State Song “Hawai’i Pono’i”
Seats In U.S. House Of Representatives 2 (of 435)
Time Zone Hawaiian (GMT − 10 hours)
Total Area (Sq Km) 28,412
Total Area (Sq Mi) 10,970
1Excluding military abroad.

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heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne
Liliuokalani
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queen of Hawaii
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king of Hawaii
Father Damien
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Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills.
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Kamehameha IV, c. 1862–63.
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king of Hawaii
Lorrin A. Thurston
American politician
Patsy Mink
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Dole, Sanford Ballard
Sanford Ballard Dole
president of the Republic of Hawaii
Gerrit P. Judd
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Kaahumanu
Kaahumanu
queen of Hawaii
Kalakaua
Kalakaua
king of Hawaii
Francisco de Paula Marín
Spanish horticulturalist
Kamehameha III
king of Hawaii
William Richards
American missionary
Kamehameha V, 1865
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king of Hawaii
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