| Hawaiian statehood in 1959 and the viability of
commercial air travel to the island brought boom times to Honolulu.
Tourism is the city's principal industry, followed by federal
defense expenditures and agricultural exports (chiefly pineapples).
Civilian Labor Force (MSA) March 2005: 439,800;2
Unemployed: 11,400,2
Percent: 2.6;2
Per capita personal income (MSA) 2003: $32,4632
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