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Coordinates : 21°18′41″N 157°47′47″W / 21.31139°N 157.79639°W / 21.31139; -157.79639
Hawaii ( English pronunciation: i / h ə ˈ w aɪ ʲ i / hə- WY -(y)ee ; locally, [həˈwɐ(ɪ)ʔi] ; Hawaiian : Hawai ʻ i [həˈvɐjʔi] ) is the 50th and most recent state of the United States of America , receiving statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia , occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean . Hawaii is the only U.S. state not located in the Americas . The st
The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago , which comprises hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles (2,400 km) . At the southeastern end of the archipelago, the eight main islands are—in order from northwest to southeast: Ni ʻ ihau , Kaua ʻ i , O ʻ ahu , Moloka ʻ i , Lāna ʻ i , Kaho ʻ olawe , Maui and the Island of Hawai ʻ i . The last is the largest island in the group; it is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawai ʻ i Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipe