U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for July 8: Hawaii

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

HAWAII

Profile America — Friday, July 8th. This week in 1898, the U.S. began absorbing an island paradise en route to making it a treasured part of the nation. President William McKinley signed a resolution annexing the Hawaiian islands, then an independent republic. A short time later, Congress made Hawaii an incorporated territory of the U.S., which it remained until achieving statehood in 1959. For most Americans on the mainland, Hawaii is the ultimate vacation, with its lovely scenery and an average annual temperature of around 75 degrees. Tourism, defense, and raising sugar cane and pineapples are the mainstays of the economy. More than 1.4 million Americans call Hawaii home — about half of them Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

Sources: 
Annexation/accessed 5/6/2016:  https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=54 
Temperature/accessed 5/6/2016:  http://coolweather.net/statetemperature/hawaii_temperature.htm 
Hawaiian population and profile:  http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/15000.html

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu). 

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