[[Image:Hawaii_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Hawaii.]]
[[Image:Hawaii_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Hawaii.]]
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'''Hawaii''' is a part of the [[United States of America]]. It was the fiftieth state to enter into the union. It has a population of 1,275,194. It has 6,422 square miles of land. It is located in the Pacific Ocean west and south of the mainland of the United States.
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'''Hawaii''' is a part of the [[United States of America]]. It was the fiftieth (last) state to enter into the union. In 2005 it had a population of 1,275,194 on 6,423 square miles of land.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108204.html</ref> It is located in the Pacific Ocean west and south of the mainland of the United States.
==History==
==History==
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*[http://www.historyofnations.net/oceania/hawaii.html History of Hawaii]
*[http://www.historyofnations.net/oceania/hawaii.html History of Hawaii]