$30.6million
Statewide public and private property damage caused by the March 11 tsunami, according to civil defense estimates; Maui County suffered $3.3 million in damage
45percent
Portion by which the Hawaii Tourism Authority expects visitor arrivals from Japan to decrease in April; this week Japan Airlines announced plans to reduce flights to Honolulu
1.35
Amount, in picocuries per cubic meter, of radioactive iodine-131 measured on Oahu on March 21, believed to be from Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant
385,000
Amount, in picocuries per cubic meter, that people would have to be exposed to for five days to trigger emergency measures, according to federal officials
156,355
Number of Hawaii residents enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) in December, a 17 percent increase compared to the previous year
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