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Radon zones in Hawaii

The EPA assigns every county in Hawaii to one of three radon potential zones. No county in Hawaii is in Zone 1. That is a statement about predicted county averages, not about any individual home - homes above the action level are found in all three zones.

5
Counties
0
Zone 1 counties
Predicted average above 4 pCi/L
0
Zone 2 counties
Predicted average 2-4 pCi/L
5
Zone 3 counties
Predicted average below 2 pCi/L

The map

Radon potential across Hawaii

Every county in Hawaii, filled by the zone the EPA assigns it. Zones follow geology rather than county lines, so the colour usually changes where the bedrock does, not where the border is.

Zone 1 · 0Zone 2 · 0Zone 3 · 5

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County by county

All 5 Hawaii counties

Zone 1 · > 4 pCi/LZone 2 · 2 - 4 pCi/LZone 3 · < 2 pCi/L
CountyZonePopulationCOPDSmokingLung ca. deaths
Hawaii County3208k7.1%14.5%24.1
Honolulu County3989k4.7%9.8%23.2
Kalawao County3819.8%16.6% -
Kauai County374k6.0%12.0%22.1
Maui County3164k5.9%13.2%23.6

Zones from the EPA Map of Radon Zones. COPD and smoking are CDC PLACES model-based estimates of adult prevalence. Lung cancer death rates are age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 per year, 2019-2023, from NCI State Cancer Profiles. A dash means the source does not report a value for that county.

Other states

Radon zones elsewhere