  We use the latest HII galaxy measurements to determine the value of $H_0$
adopting a combination of model-dependent and model-independent method. By
constraining five cosmological models, we find that the obtained values of
$H_0$ are more consistent with the recent local measurement by Riess et al.
2016 (hereafter R16) at $1\sigma$ confidence level, and that these five models
prefer a higher best-fit value of $H_0$ than R16's result. To check the
correctness of $H_0$ values obtained by model-dependent method, for the first
time, we implement the model-independent Gaussian processes (GP) using the HII
galaxy measurements. We find that the GP reconstructions also prefer a higher
value of $H_0$ than R16's result. Therefore, we conclude that the current HII
galaxy measurements support a higher cosmic expansion rate.
