Table 10.1-- PERSONS SERVED AND AVERAGE PAYMENTS, FOR PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, HAWAII COUNTY: 1981 TO 1994, MONTHLY AVERAGES
(Years ended June 30)
Average
money
Major
Medical
payments 3/
programs 1/
payments
2/ (dollars)
Per
Indi-
Service Indi-
Per indi-
Year Cases viduals cases
Cases viduals case vidual
1981 .... 3,878 10,470 2,122 1,715
1,801 350.25 129.96
1982 .... 3,837 10,267 1,027
NA NA 360.00
134.68
1983 .... 3,884 10,300 806
1,780 1,858 367.42 138.70
1984 .... 4,000 10,676 770
1,757 1,822 369.92 138.81
1985 .... 4,039 10,815 929
1,749 1,692 370.08 138.32
1986 .... 4,184 11,233 1,002 1,741
1,693 374.08 139.48
1987 .... 4,107 10,878 1,154 1,875
1,920 374.75 141.68
1988 .... 3,964 10,557 1,140 1,643
1,679 421.00 158.00
1989 .... 4,119 10,946 970
2,093 2,332 476.00 179.00
1990 .... 4,260 11,300 939
2,588 2,640 512.00 193.00
1991 .... 4,430 11,595 NA
3,140 2,731 533.00 204.00
1992 .... 4,981 12,920 NA
3,402 3,115 554.92 213.94
1993 .... 5,669 14,578 NA
NA 3,498 571.56 222.26
1994 .4/. 6,463 16,344 3,021
NA 3,882 582.58 230.37
1/ Old age assistance, aid to disabled, aid to families with
dependent children, AFDC unemployed parents, AFDC foster care, child welfare foster care,
and general assistance.
2/ Ineligible for money assistance, receiving medical payment
only.
3/ Gross obligation basis.
4/ "Service Cases" include individuals receiving
adoption, chore, family adjustment, foster care, individual family adjustment, and social
rehabilitation services.
Source: Hawaii State Department of Business and Economic
Development, State of Hawaii Data Book, 1982-1989 (annual); and Hawaii State Department of
Human Services, records.
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Table 10.2-- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, HAWAII COUNTY:
1990 TO 1994
(Years ended June 30)
Total
payments ($1,000)
Type
1990
1991 1992 1993
1994
TOTAL ........ 27,175
30,245 36,157 40,470 47,249
Aid to family with
dependent children ... 19,542 22,088 26,294
29,515 33,140
General assistance ..... 5,106 5,391
6,721 7,777 9,937
Aid to the aged, blind
and disabled ......... 111
149 153
317 556
Child welfare foster
care ................. 1,062 1,165
1,761 1,541 2,037
SSI state supplement ... 1,015 1,064
826 947
1,166
Low income energy
assistance ........... 339
388 402
373 413
Source: Hawaii State Department of Human Services, Annual Report
(annual); and Hawaii State Department of Human Services, Accounting Services Office,
records.
Table 10.3-- PERCENT OF RESIDENT POPULATION SERVED BY MAJOR PROGRAMS
ADMINISTERED BY THE HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
BY COUNTIES: 1987 TO 1994
(Based on fiscal year program data and
July population estimates)
Year
State
Hawaii Maui Honolulu
Kauai
1987 .............. 4.7 9.5
4.0 4.2
4.2
1988 .............. 4.4 9.0
3.5 3.9
3.4
1989 .............. 4.4 9.0
3.3 4.0
3.2
1990 .............. 4.7 9.4
3.3 4.2
3.5
1991 .............. 4.7 9.2
3.3 4.3
3.6
1992 .............. 5.1 9.9
3.7 4.6
4.2
1993 .............. 6.1 11.7
4.6 5.4
4.7
1994 .............. 6.3 12.1
4.9 5.7
5.2
Source: Hawaii State Department of Human Services, records.
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Table 10.4-- PARTICIPATION IN FOOD STAMP PROGRAM,
HAWAII COUNTY: 1990 TO 1994
(Average monthly served. Years ended June 30)
Subject
1990
1991 1992 1993
1994
Cases ...................... 6,891 7,097 8,012
9,165 10,449
Persons .................... 17,226 17,465 19,482 22,044
24,603
Value of food stamps given
to recipients ($1,000) ... 17,501 20,541 24,839
28,539 32,944
Source: Hawaii State Department of Human Services, Annual Report
(annual); and Hawaii State Department of Human Services, Accounting Services Office,
records.
Table 10.5-- SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARIES AND
PAYMENTS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1988 AND 1990 TO 1992
Number
of Monthly amounts,
beneficiaries,
December
Year
December
($1,000)
1988 .................
19,190
9,107
1990 .................
20,410
10,950
1991 .................
20,865
11,683
1992 .................
21,505
12,469
Source: Hawaii Department of
Business, Economic Develop-
ment, and Tourism, State of Hawaii Data Book (annual).
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Table 10.6-- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INSURED UNEMPLOYED,
HAWAII COUNTY: 1993 AND 1994
(Includes all eligible claimants, intrastate and interstate, who
filed new claims for unemployment insurance benefits during the year.)
1993
1994
Annual
% of Annual % of
Subject
average
total average total
TOTAL ..................... 2,155
100.0 2,718 100.0
Sex:
Male ......................... 1,419 65.8
1,776 65.3
Female ....................... 736
34.2 942
34.7
Age:
Under 22 years ............... 69
3.2 71
2.6
22 to 24 years ............... 130
6.0 153
5.6
25 to 34 years ............... 609
28.3 728
26.8
35 to 44 years ............... 711
33.0 887
32.6
45 to 54 years ............... 404
18.7 562
20.7
55 to 65 years ............... 182
8.4 251
9.2
65 years and over ............ 50
2.3 66
2.4
Industry:
State government ............. 107
5.0 153
5.6
County government ............ 28
1.3 19
0.7
Agriculture .................. 359
16.7 298
11.0
Construction ................. 517
24.0 751
27.6
Manufacturing ................ 85
3.9 155
5.7
Food processing ............ 59
2.7 124
4.6
Transp., comm., utilities .... 94
4.4 108
4.0
Wholesale/retail trades ...... 333
15.5 379
13.9
Finan., insur., real estate .. 76
3.5 105
3.9
Services ..................... 513
23.8 694
25.5
Hotel ...................... 176
8.2 265
9.7
All others or INA ............ 43
2.0 56
2.1
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Table 10.6-- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INSURED UNEMPLOYED,
HAWAII COUNTY: 1993 AND 1994 (contd.)
(Includes all eligible claimants, intrastate and interstate, who
filed new claims for unemployment insurance benefits during the year.)
1993
1994
Annual
% of Annual % of
Subject
average
total average total
Duration of unemployment:
1 to 4 weeks ................. 685
31.8 798
29.4
5 to 14 weeks ................ 854
39.6 1,081
39.8
15 weeks and over ............ 616
28.6 839
30.9
Occupation:
Profes./technical/manage. .... 381
17.7 421
15.5
Clerical/sales ............... 387
18.0 464
17.1
Services ..................... 280
13.0 370
13.6
Farm/fish/forestry ........... 173
8.0 187
6.9
Processing ................... 37
1.7 48
1.8
Machine trades ............... 68
3.2 78
2.9
Bench work ................... 10
0.5 12
0.4
Structural work .............. 622
28.9 882
32.5
Miscellaneous ................ 182
8.4 223
8.2
INA .......................... 15
0.7 33
1.2
Note: Percentages may not add due to rounding.
Source: Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial
Relations, Unemployment Insurance Research Section, Characteristics of the Insured
Unemployed in Hawaii (annual).
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Table 10.7-- ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOMELESS PERSONS,
BY COUNTIES: 1990 AND 1992
Year
State
Hawaii Maui Honolulu
Kauai
1990 1/.......... 8,370
803 1,039
6,362 165
1992 ............ 5,353 1,244
506 3,240
365
1/ The difference between the 1990 and 1992 estimates is
primarily the result of different methods used in the 1992 study. Estimating the 1990
homeless from 1992 data, there would have been about 6,126 homeless persons in Hawaii in
1990.
Source: SMS Research, Homelessness and Hunger in Hawaii (June,
1992), presented to Homeless Aloha.
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