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By the Numbers
Radioactive Arrivals Up But Japan Visitor Arrivals Down

by Jacob Shafer

March 31, 2011

$30.6million

Statewide public and private property damage caused by the March 11 tsunami, according to civil defense estimates; Maui County suffered $3.3 million in damage

45percent

Portion by which the Hawaii Tourism Authority expects visitor arrivals from Japan to decrease in April; this week Japan Airlines announced plans to reduce flights to Honolulu

1.35

Amount, in picocuries per cubic meter, of radioactive iodine-131 measured on Oahu on March 21, believed to be from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

385,000

Amount, in picocuries per cubic meter, that people would have to be exposed to for five days to trigger emergency measures, according to federal officials

156,355

Number of Hawaii residents enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) in December, a 17 percent increase compared to the previous year