Poverty Facts in Hawaiʻi: Hawaiʻi has 132,549 people living in poverty The poverty line is $30,970, and 11% of people in Hawaiʻi live below that line Just in Oahu, there are 6,530 people that are homeless 11% of children live in a home that is below the poverty line Statewide, 12-15,000 people are homeless at some point of the year. At least 6,300 are homeless at any given day. Islandwide, 33% of those living without housing are children. 33% of the homeless are of Native Hawaiian ethnicity. Hawaii County had the highest proportion of first-time homeless clients at 51% The number of homeless has increased 68% since 2013, from 557 to 1,394 33% of homeless in Hawai’i are mentally i'll. 42% of homeless in Hawai’i are families. Hawaii government is trying to get the homeless out from “state” owned land They offer them plane tickets to go back to the mainland Most of them choose to stay due to good weather conditions here The government is planning to ship all the homeless to Sand Island The have already set up a large tent with shipping containers stacked around it
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