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State
capital
Honolulu
People
32% mixed ethnicity, 22% Caucasian, 22% Japanese, 12% Filipino, 5% Chinese, 1% Hawaiian
Religion
Predominantly Catholic, but also Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Jewish and Muslim
Major industries
Tourism (nearly 7 million visitors per year) accounts for more than one-third of the state's income. The US military pumps $3 billion a year into the economy. Agriculture comes in a distant third.
Language
The state's two official languages are Hawaiian and English. Not many people outside of Hawaii know the existence of the Hawaiian language; even within the state, few can speak it fluently. However, many Hawaiian terms and phrases are kept alive in the way they speak as local people commonly use Hawaiian words in their speech.
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