Ni'ihau

Population: 160 

Area: 69 sq. miles

Privately owned island, with livestock raising as its principal industry; highly limited access by general public through helicopter landings at uninhabited sites. Legend says it was the original home of the goddess Pele.

Kauaʻi  

Population: 58,303

Area: 552 sq. miles

The "Garden Island" offers magnificent scenery and lush vegetation, beautiful waterfalls, the spectacular Waimea Canyon, the great "hidden" valley of Kalalau, colorful tropical plants and flowers. Landmarks: Hanalei Bay, Wailua River, Nawiliwili Bay, Poʻipū Beach.

O‘ahu

Population: 876,156

Area: 597 sq. miles

The most populated island, where Honolulu is the Capital City, the principal port, the major airport, and business and financial center, and the educational heart of the State. O‘ahu is the military command center of the Pacific. Waikīkī is the visitor center. Landmarks: Nuʻuanu Pali, Diamond Head, Pearl Harbor.

Maui 

Population: 117,644

Area: 727 sq. miles

The "Valley Isle" produces sugar, pineapple, cattle, horses. The 10,023-foot Haleakalā is the largest dormant volcano crater in the world. Lāhainā was Hawaiʻi''s capital before 1845, and still has some of the atmosphere of an old whaling town. Nearby are the Kāʻanapali and Wailea resort areas and golf courses. Hana and ʻĪao Valley draw many visitors.

Molokaʻi 

Population: 7,404

Area: 260 sq. miles

The "Friendly Isle" has diversified agriculture, ranching, tourism and the world's highest sea cliffs along its northern coast. On a 13-square-mile peninsula below high cliffs is Kalaupapa, the Hansen's Disease settlement, officially called Kalawao County, a National Historical Park.

Lānaʻi 

Population: 3,193

Area: 140 sq. miles

Hawaiʻi''s "Secluded Island." Formerly known as the "Pineapple Island," Almost the entire island was until recently a Dole Company pineapple plantation but is now phasing in tourism, and is home to two new world-class resorts.

Kaho‘olawe

Uninhabited

Area: 45 sq. miles

Once used as a target by U.S. Navy and Air Force which are cleaning up unexploded shells. No one is allowed to go ashore without permission.

The Big Island of Hawaiʻi 

Population: 201,513

Area: 4,028 sq

An island of spectacular contrasts and diversity. With all but four of the original Koppen Climate subzones, creating an ecosystem unlike any other. From the world’s tallest mountain (when measured from its base on the seafloor) to the world’s most massive mountain. 266 miles of coastline include several marine conservation districts, the 442-ft. sheer drop ʻAkaka Falls, stellar stargazing, five National Parks, botanical gardens, agricultural/aquaculture tours and much more! Landmarks: Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Kealakekua Bay, Kailua-Kona, Pololū Valley, Hilo, ʻAkaka Falls, Hulihe‘e Palace.