Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area
The Urban Honolulu, HI metro area is one county in Hawaii: Honolulu County. About 988,703 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.7% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 988,703 2.7% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Honolulu County
- Land area
- 601 sq mi (1,556 km²)
- Time zone
- Hawaii-Aleutian TimeUTC-10:00
- State
- Hawaii
- CBSA code
- 46520
The county in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu County | Central | 988,703 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Urban Honolulu345,482 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
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