Hawaii State Senate District 17

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
hi-sd-017
State
Hawaii
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
017
Land Area
51.9 sq mi
Water Area
0.16 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Hawaii State Senate District 17

Boundary as GeoJSON

Source: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line state legislative district boundaries.

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Honolulu County51.89 sq mi99.9%8.6%

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Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Mililani Mauka CDP3.99 sq mi7.7%100.0%
Wahiawa CDP2.19 sq mi4.2%95.6%
Mililani Town CDP1.80 sq mi3.5%44.8%
Whitmore Village CDP0.54 sq mi1.0%59.5%
Waipio Acres CDP0.48 sq mi0.9%49.2%

Showing all 5 places

Overlapping Congressional Districts

Congressional districtPopulation in bothShare of this district's populationShare of the congressional district's populationShare of this district's land
HI District 135,61261.7%4.9%65.1%
HI District 222,08938.3%3.0%34.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 blocks and 2025 block equivalency files (119th Congress, 2024 state legislative plans).

Voters

Registered Voters
33,501
Active Voters
32,143 (95.9%)

Party Registration

This state's voter file does not record party registration.

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2023–202422,310 (66.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 07/18/2025. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Population
56,066 (± 2,163)
Median Age
41.5
Median Household Income
$119,845 (± $5,280)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
94.2%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
36.4%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1812,57022.4%
18 to 6433,03458.9%
65 and over10,46218.7%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)6,59211.8%
White, not Hispanic6,00710.7%
Black, not Hispanic1,0841.9%
Asian, not Hispanic25,58545.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic500.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic3,7316.7%
Some other race, not Hispanic1940.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic12,82322.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates (tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B03002, B15003, B19013) for this state legislative district. Estimates are survey-based; ± figures are 90% margins of error.

Citizen Voting Age Population

Total Citizen Population
53,266
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
40,861

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic46,80387.9%
Hispanic6,46012.1%
White5,93111.1%
Black1,0742.0%
Asian23,65144.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native500.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3,3576.3%
Two or More Races8,70516.3%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic36,96190.5%
Hispanic3,8959.5%
White5,03812.3%
Black1,0002.4%
Asian22,43554.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native1530.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2,4876.1%
Two or More Races5,87914.4%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).