Hawaii Fun Facts

• Hawaii is the 50th state!

• Nickname is the ALOHA State

• Hawaii license plates have a Rainbow on them!

• Hawaii has its own time zone HST Hawaii Standard Time

• Also, Hawaii doesn’t change time in the spring and the fall like most of the mainland does!

• Hawaii has one area code for all the islands…808!!

• The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.  A,E,H,I,K,L,M,N,O,P,U and W

• Hawaii state bird is the Nene (similar to a Canadian goose)

• Hawaii state flower is the yellow hibiscus

• Hawaii state fish is humuhumunukuiuapua’a…say that 10 times fast!?!

• All beaches in Hawaii are public- NO private beaches! Also, smoking is illegal on all beaches!  So please don’t light up!

• Hawaii is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean

• Hawaii has 8 major islands but also consists of over 130 different islands in the northern Hawaiian chain

• Hawaii is the only state with two official languages, English and Hawaiian!

• Surfing was invented in Hawaii!  Hang ten!

• In Hawaii, we greet one another with Hugs, not Handshakes! (Except during Covid) 

• We take our slippahs (flip-flops) off before entering someone’s home

• No snakes or poisonous spiders are found in Hawaii!  There also isn’t any poison ivy or poison oak in Hawaii so you can feel at ease out hiking in nature!

• Hawaii is one of two states where gambling is illegal! (Utah is the other)

• Iolani Palace located in Honolulu is the only royal palace in the United States!

• Hawaii produces 2% of the world’s supply of pineapple!

• Hawaii was the 1st state to ban plastic grocery bags!  We were groundbreakers way back in 2015!

• We never say goodbye in Hawaii, instead, we say A Hui Hou…or until we meet again!  

ALOHA!