Capital: Honolulu (on Oahu) State abbreviation/Postal code:
Hawaii/HI Governor: Neil Abercrombie, D (to Dec. 2014) Lieut.
Governor: Shan Tsutsui (to Dec. 2014) Senators: Mazie Hirono (D)
(to Jan. 2019); Brian Schatz, D (to Dec. 2014) U.S.
Representatives: 2 Historical biographies of Congressional
members Atty. General: David M. Louie, D (appt'd. by gov.)
Organized as territory: 1900 Entered Union (rank): Aug. 21, 1959
(50) Motto: Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono (The life of the
land is perpetuated in righteousness) |flower||hibiscus (yellow)
(1988)| |song||“Hawaii Ponoi” (1967)| |bird||nene (Hawaiian
goose) (1957)| |tree||kukui (candlenut) (1959)| Nickname: Aloha
State (1959) Origin of name: Uncertain. The islands may have
been named by Hawaii Loa, their traditional discoverer. Or they
may have been named after Hawaii or Hawaiki, the traditional
home of the Polynesians. 10 largest cities1 (2010): Honolulu,
387,170; Pearl City, 47,698; Hilo, 43,263; Kailua, 38,635;
Waipahu, 38,216; Kaneohe, 34,597; Mililani T