Having been a Hawaii residence for many years (not now of course).... I take particular issue with how they defined “single parent.” Being a single mom is a full time career choice on the islands. And enterprising hussy will get knocked up by a man with a single drop of native blood and will be given free food, housing, education for the kids and medical care. The men are happy to knock up as many local ladies and visiting haoles knowing they will always have a free place to live. They don’t care whose children are whose. And the state considers it a “two parent” household. The will take on a menial part time job but if the fish are biting and the surf is good forget it. They won’t come to work. But there are enough mainlanders who stay for a year or two before burn out who will work the other jobs. One of my client’s daughter had three kids and was pregnant with twins. All bastard children from different men (natives). The equivalent income for what she had was probably close to $150,000 per year, easy. But since one of the mutts who knocked her up would live with her it was considered a “two parent” household. It’s the island culture.
Not all of course, but way more than what that chart is showing.
A sure way to get elected, to their own future hurt.