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Kern County, CA

896,764 Population
8,132.3 square miles 110.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$22,778 ±$776 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $37,124 ±$161
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$51,579 ±$1,968 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $75,277 ±$317
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

20.6% ±1.4% (178,239  ±11,963) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12.8% 4,969,326 (±0.2% / ±62,249)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

23.5 minutes ±0.9 (7,698,940  ±359,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 30.2 525,695,390 (±0.1 / ±2,353,182)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

273,167 ±3,833 Number of households
  • California: 13,072,122 ±21,485
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
3.2 ±0.1 (866,458  ±5,736) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 3 38,731,195
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

6.1% ±1.2% (12,827  ±2,444) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.7% 454,027 (±0.1% / ±11,738)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

300,423 ±1,805 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,277,867 ±1,010
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$226,400 ±$4,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $546,800 ±$2,008
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

12.2% ±1.2% (107,601  ±10,322.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in California: 12.5% 4,882,022 (±0.1% / ±55,698.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

73.8% ±2% (403,856  ±11,117) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 83.8% 22,460,627 (±0.3% / ±72,265.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
16.2% ±0.9% (88,457  ±5,064.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in California: 34.2% 9,171,076 (±0.2% / ±45,281.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

20.1% ±0.8% (179,856  ±7,397) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 26.9% 10,625,980 (±0.1% / ±51,558)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

5.8% ±0.5% (37,056  ±2,925) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 5.1% 1,538,797 (±0.1% / ±17,814)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
37,056 Total veterans ±2,925 32,539 Male ±2,423 4,517 Female ±1,353

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