The data crunchers at the state’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism are at it again.

We all know Hawaii is ethnically diverse. The table below illustrates exactly how diverse. Note that Micronesians are included.

Private schools are not included in the tally; DBEBT reports that there were 11,379 public school graduates in 2012 versus 2,909 private school grads.

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