Kalawao County, Hawaii: public records at a glance

How Kalawao County compares — against the other counties in Hawaii

• 81 — people: the lowest of 5 Hawaii counties.
• 95.5% — households with broadband internet: the highest of 5 Hawaii counties.
• $1,047 — federal grant dollars per resident: 4th highest of 5 Hawaii counties.
• $260,404 — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: the lowest of 5 Hawaii counties.

“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Kalawao County

No active community water system lists Kalawao County in EPA's records — not gathered, never hidden.

The jail — people held in the county jail

No county jail figure in the national data for Kalawao County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.

Health, money and internet at home — Kalawao County beside Hawaii

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Kalawao County about $260,404 a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.

The costliest hazards here

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

1 bridges in Kalawao County: 0 in good condition, 1 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $85,862 of work in Kalawao County in fiscal 2025, about $1,047 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.

Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.

Voting

General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Mail ballots arrive: 2026-10-16. Voter service centers open: 2026-10-20 to 2026-11-03. Paper registration deadline: 2026-10-26. Last day to ask for your ballot at a different address: 2026-10-27. Election Day: 2026-11-03.

Source: Hawaii Office of Elections, 2026 General Election Voter Guide · Hawaii Office of Elections, Voting in Hawaii · Hawaii Office of Elections, Voter Service Centers and Ballot Drop Boxes

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Kalawao County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Kalawao County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

More of Hawaii: the state government and every county in Hawaii.

Nearby counties: Maui County (35 mi) · Honolulu County (81 mi) · Hawaii County (147 mi) · Kauai County (184 mi) · Aleutians East Borough, AK (2370 mi) · San Francisco County, CA (2463 mi).