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This is an annotated list of databases produced by Hawaii State Agencies. Please contact the listed librarian with suggestions or corrections.

This page was last updated/checked for broken links 03/24/2020

About Hawai‘i

Hawaii.gov - Official Web Site of the Aloha State
Hawai‘i Parks and Recreation
Links to national, state, and county parks in Hawai‘i.
Hawai‘i State Data Center Census Reports
View population, housing, and economic Census data compiled by the State Data Center.

Agriculture & Food Sources

Farmer's Markets
Searchable database of farmer’s markets throughout the state.
Hawai‘i Agriculture & Food Products Database
Find a specific producer or product (i.e. Dole), or just browse the listings by category to view the large variety of products Hawai‘i has to offer. You can search by business type, specific services, by a specific island, and more. Each result gives you the company’s details, including contact information, a website, types of services, markets, and products.
Seals of Quality
Dataset of Hawaiʻi-grown or made products that have received the Seal of Quality certification.

Business, Finance & Economy

Business (Insurance) License Name Search
Search by Name of individual, company name, or trade name.
Business Entity & Documents Database
Search for a business by name. You can obtain business information and then proceed to purchase a certificate of good standing or other documents.
CE Approved (Insurance) Courses Search -
This search is designed to help insurance licensees obtain information on continuing education providers and courses. Search by provider or course.
Check Out a Business Online
Resources to check companies, individuals or licensed professionals. Includes searches for: Consumer Complaint History, Business Name, Professional & Vocational License, RICO Complaint History, and General Excise Tax License.
Consumer Price Index, Honolulu and US
Download CPI data for Honolulu or the U.S. from 1940-present.
Professional and Vocational Licensing Search
This search is designed to help the public obtain basic information about businesses and individuals that hold professional and vocational licenses issued by the State of Hawaii. Search by License Type, License Number, Business Name or Individual, or by Trade or DBA Name.
Public Utilities Commission Document Management System
Access all the tools for researching dockets and/or monitoring activities at the Public Utilities Commission. Search by year, status, industry, docket number, or by an advanced search via keyword and/or document title.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Awards in Hawai‘i
Phase 1 SBIR Awards in State of Hawai‘i from 2000 to 2013
Tax Licenses Database
Search by Taxpayer Former ID, Taxpayer ID, and/or Taxpayer Name, and/or Doing Business As (DBA) Name of the Business.
Unclaimed Property Search
The information in this database is provided as a method for citizens to locate unclaimed property for themselves or their family members. Search with a last name and first name or a business name.

Crime, Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement

eCourt Kōkua
eCourt Kōkua provides access to documents from traffic cases; District Court, Circuit Court, Family (Adult) Court criminal and civil cases; Land Court and Tax Appeal Court cases; and appellate cases. There is a fee to purchase copies of documents.
Hawai‘i Statewide Automated Victim Information & Notification (SAVIN)
Search and Register for Offenders - Hawai‘i SAVIN offers victims and concerned citizens free, anonymous, and confidential access to timely information and notification 24-hours a day, 365 days a year on the custody and parole status of offenders under the jurisdiction of the State Of Hawaii's Department of Public Safety. Search by Offender ID or Offender's First and Last Name and enter the Date of Birth and age range if known.
Online Sex Offender and Other Offender Search
Search by Offender Type, Sex Offender Status, First Name, Last Name, Street Name, Zip Code, Radius, and City.
eCrim Hawaii's Adult Criminal Information System
"This online service allows you to view an individual's conviction information based on the search criteria that you provide. The search criteria may include name, social security number, date of birth, and/or gender." Registration is required, and there is a fee for searching and downloads

Earth & the Environment

Currently Licensed Pesticides
List of pesticide products currently licensed for distribution and sale in the state of Hawai‘i.
EA and EIS Library
Searchable database of Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements.
Groundwater Contamination Maps
Searchable database and map of contaminated groundwater sources.
Hawai‘i Agricultural Good Neighbor Program RUP Use Reporting
Aggregate usage of Restricted Use Pesticides as reported through the Hawaii Agricultural Good Neighbor Program.
Rainfall Atlas of Hawaiʻi
"The Rainfall Atlas of Hawaiʻi is a set of maps of the spatial patterns of rainfall for the major Hawaiian Islands. Maps are available for mean monthly and annual rainfall."
Water Quality Data
Database of sampling results from microbe testing at Hawai‘i beaches.
Hawai‘i Climate Data Portal
This site, hosted by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, "provides streamlined access to high-quality reliable climate data and information for the State of Hawai‘i. This includes the production of both near-real-time monthly rainfall and daily temperature maps and a user-friendly tool to visualize and download them."

Education

Charter School Directory
Search for charter schools by name, island, or grades served.
Report Finder
"Use this tool to search among the Department's various reports, covering performance, improvement, financial, special education, legislative, audit and enrollment reports spanning the last several years, as well as current Academic Plans and Financial Plans for schools."
School Site Locator
Use this tool to identify the schools that serve a particular area.

Government Finances & Contracts

Hawai‘i Awards & Notices Data System (HANDS)
View solicitations, requests for information, and other solicitation notices used to assist in the procurement of goods, services, construction, professional services and health and human services throughout the State and counties.

Health, Medicine & Safety

Hawaii Indicator Based Information System (IBIS)
IBIS allows you to build a query to access data collected through the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS), Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS).
Inspection Health Portal
Searchable inspection results for restaurants, food trucks, and other food establishments.

History, People & Culture

Ability to Speak English by Language
Data provided by the Office of Language Access of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
AVA Konohiki
The AVA Konohiki database provides access to 12,400 land and natural resource related archival records including historical maps, Land Claim Awards, and other land documents from the 19th century.
Hawaiʻi-Pacific Journal Index
"Citation index to nearly 140 journals published in or about Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Covers all subject areas and includes both peer-reviewed academic journals and "popular press" publications, most of which are not indexed anywhere else. Coverage dates back to the 1890s; all titles indexed are held in the print collections of Hamilton Library's Hawaiian and Pacific Collections. A listing of titles indexed in HPJI is available."
Hawai‘i Newspaper Index
Index to the Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser from 1989 to present. The Index is a service of the Hawai‘i State Public Library System (HSPLS). The Hawai‘i Newspaper Index can be searched by subject or by keyword(s).
Hawai‘i State Archives Digital Collections
Access to a number of digitized collections including Japanese and Portuguese passenger manifest lists, the Mahele Book and World War I registration records.
Kīpuka Database
Office of Hawaiian Affair's Kīpuka Database is an oasis of geographically linked ‘ike (knowledge) that utilizes the latest mapping technologies to provide a window into Native Hawaiian land, culture, and history. Kīpuka links historic data sets to geographic locations perpetuating the concept of information embedded in the ‘āina (land) and encoded in wahi inoa (place names).
Native Hawaiian Data Book
Data on indigenous Native Hawaiians and part-Hawaiians compiled by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Papakilo Database
"'Database of Databases' consisting of varied collections of data pertaining to historically and culturally significant places, events and documents in Hawai‘i's history."

Jobs & Unemployment

Hawai‘i Workforce Infonet
Find data on jobs, employment, wages, and other labor force statistics.
HireNet Hawai‘i
Searchable database of job postings.

Laws, Legislative Materials, and Legal Issues

Legislation and Hawai‘i Revised Statutes
Search current bills and Hawai‘i Revised Statutes using the search boxes provided.

Licensing

Professional and Vocational Licensing Search
This search is designed to help the public obtain basic information about businesses and individuals that hold professional and vocational licenses issued by the State of Hawaii. Search by License Type, License Number, Business Name or Individual, or by Trade or DBA Name.

Military & Veterans

Hawai‘i Defense Economy
This site offers several tools for analyzing the economic impact of defense contracting on Hawai‘i’s economy. Lists of top contractors and subcontractors, small businesses, data by county, and other information about defense contractors is available. The data was extracted from the USA Spending database.

Recreation, Travel & Tourism

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Annual Visitor Research
Annual compilations of visitor survey data.

Statistics, Data & Mapping/GIS

De Facto Population by County 1990-2014
* Includes all persons physically present in an area, regardless of military status or usual place of residence.
* Includes visitors present but excludes residents temporarily absent, both calculated as an average daily census.
* Maui County includes Kalawao County. The 2014 de facto population of Kalawao County, which is the Kalaupapa Settlement on Molokai, was 89.
Geospatial Data Portal
The State Office of Planning provides downloadable GIS data.
Honolulu Land Information System (HoLIS)
HoLIS is an enterprise-wide system serving over 15 Honolulu City Departments with land use, permit, tax, infrastructure, and environmental data. Geographically referenced information links existing City records to precise locations on the island of Oahu for spatial query and analysis. Using the interactive map selector, quickly find information on places of interest, properties, parks, refuse collection areas, public safety zones, or get reports using the report generator.
Public Land Trust Information System
The Public Land Trust Information System is an inventory of State-owned lands, County-owned lands, and encumbrances from approximately forty state and county agencies. Use it to find out who leases state or county land, how much is paid for the lease, and other fees paid for use of state or county lands such as for beach weddings or camping permits.

Transportation

Fuel prices
Data from AAA.

Voting & Elections

Campaign Spending App
Resource can be searched by Candidate name. Shows how much candidate received and spent.
Searchable Contribution Datasets
Resource can be searched by contributer name, address, occupation/company/description, candidate and contribution range. Results may be retrieved in spreadsheet format.

Empty Subjects - Can you help?

As of March 2017, we were unable to locate publicly searchable databases produced by a Hawaii State Agency in these areas:

Community & Social Services
Government Agencies & Elected Officials
Science & Technology

If you know of Hawaii produced databases in these or other subjects shown here, please use the "email me" link in the Documents Specialist box above to drop us a line.