Two-thirds of Hawaiians live on O'ahu, home to the state's capital and largest city, Honolulu. states, Hawaii is the eighth-smallest in land area and the 11th-least populous but with 1.4 million residents, it ranks 13th in population density. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the largest protected area in the U.S. The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and Hawaiʻi, after which the state is named the latter is often called the 'Big Island' or 'Hawaii Island' to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. Hawaii's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in the U.S., at about 750 miles (1,210 km). Spanning 1,500 miles (2,400 km), the state is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. Hawaii consists of 137 volcanic islands that comprise almost the entire Hawaiian archipelago (the exception, which is outside the state, is Midway Atoll). state outside North America, the only one that is an archipelago, and the only one in the tropics. Hawaii ( / h ə ˈ w aɪ i/ ⓘ hə- WY-ee Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi ) is an island state in the Western United States, about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the U.S.
