HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi has seen one of the biggest jumps in homelessness in the entire United States.
Between 2023 and 2024 the state recorded an increase of 5,414 people experiencing homelessness. That was an 87% rise. Only New York had a larger increase in total numbers.
Much of that change came from people counted in shelters. Maui added more than 5,000 people to its shelter count after the wildfires…