Back قائمة مقاطعات هاواي Arabic Countys in Hawaii BAR Llista de comtats de Hawaii Catalan Rhestr o Siroedd Hawaii Welsh Liste der Countys in Hawaii German Anexo:Condados de Hawái Spanish Zerrenda:Hawaiiko konderriak Basque Luettelo Havaijin piirikunnista Finnish Comtés de l'État d'Hawaï French Contaetha in Haváí Irish
| Counties of Hawaii | |
|---|---|
| Location | State of Hawaii |
| Number | 5 |
| Populations | 81 (Kalawao) – 989,408 (Honolulu) |
| Areas | 5.2 square miles (13 km2) (Kalawao) – 4,028 square miles (10,430 km2) (Hawaii) |
| Government | |
| Subdivisions | |
The five counties of Hawaii on the Hawaiian Islands enjoy somewhat greater status than many counties on the United States mainland. Counties in Hawaii are the only legally constituted government bodies below that of the state. No formal level of government (such as city governments) exists below that of the county in Hawaii.
Unlike the other 49 states, Hawaii does not delegate educational responsibility to local school boards; public education is carried out by the Hawaii State Department of Education.[1] Hawaiian counties collect property taxes and user fees in order to support road maintenance, community activities, parks (including life guards at beach parks), garbage collection, police (the state police force, called the Hawaii Department of Public Safety, is limited in scope), ambulance, and fire suppression services.[2]
All the counties were created in 1905 from unorganized territory, seven years after the Territory of Hawaii was created.[2][3] The county of Kalawao was historically exclusively used as a leper colony, and does not have many of the elected officials the other counties do.[4] Many services for Kalawao County are provided by Maui County. For example, the web site for the office of the Maui County Clerk says "The office is also responsible for the elections in the County of Maui and the County of Kalawao".[5]
- ^ Hawaii State Department of Education. "Hawai'i DOE, About". Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ a b "Hawaii State: Facts & Figures – Des Osman Realty". Archived from the original on December 18, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ Office of the County Clerk. "Foreword" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 3, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ "Hawaii's 4 (or 5) Counties". September 1, 1999. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
- ^ "Office of the County Clerk". Retrieved July 24, 2018.
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