List of counties in Hawaii

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The five counties of Hawaii on the Hawaiian Islands enjoy somewhat greater status than many counties on the United States mainland. Counties in Hawai'i are the only legally constituted government bodies below that of the state. There are no separate city governments in the Islands below the county level. Because education is a function of the state government, carried out by the Hawai'i State Department of Education—and not a function controlled by local school boards like the other 49 states—property taxes and user fees collected by the counties support mostly road maintenance, community activities, parks (including life guards at beach parks), garbage collection, police (contrary to the television series Hawaii Five-O, there is no state police force), ambulance, and fire suppression services. List of 5 counties in the U.S. state of Hawaii:

State Abbr.	FIPS State Code	State
HI	15	Hawaii
	FIPS County Code	County Name
	001	Hawaii County–all of the Island of Hawai'i
	003	City & County of Honolulu–encompasses the Island of O'ahu, plus the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
	005	Kalawao County–contains the Kalaupapa Peninsula on Moloka'i
	007	Kauai County–Kaua'i and Ni'ihau islands
	009	Maui County–Maui, Kaho'olawe, Lana'i and most of Moloka'i

Lists of Counties in the United States
(Parishes in Louisiana; Boroughs and census areas in Alaska)

Image:Flag of Hawaii.svg	State of Hawaii
Topics	Geography \| Government \| History \| Politics \| People
Capital	Honolulu
Islands	Hawaiʻi \| Kahoʻolawe \| Kauaʻi \| Lānaʻi \| Maui \| Molokaʻi \| Niʻihau \| Northwestern Hawaiʻian Islands \| Oʻahu
Communities	Hilo \| Honolulu \| Kahului \| Waipahu \| Līhuʻe
Counties	Hawaiʻi \| Honolulu \| Kalawao \| Kauaʻi \| Maui