Honolulu Record, August 19, 1948, vol. 1 no. 2, p. 1
Hawaii's population today is approximately 544,000, or a 29 per cent increase over 423,330 reported by the census bureau in 1940.
The census bureau report which gave the figures of July 1, 1947, stated that the population of the Territory increased 121,000 between April 1, 1940 and July 1, 1947. April 1, 1940 is the date of the last national census.
During the war the total population here reached a peak of more than 800,000. Demobilization of the service personnel soon brought a substantial fall in total population in the islands, the report said.
The census bureau also estimated that the national population now totals about 143,414,000. This is about nine per cent increase between 1940 and 1947. During this time the population on the Pacific Coast jumped 41 per cent.