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Kern County, CA

893,119 Population
8,132.2 square miles 109.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,346 ±$645 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $35,046 ±$168
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$49,854 ±$2,063 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $71,805 ±$294
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

21.4% ±1.6% (184,619  ±13,598) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 13.3% 5,160,208 (±0.2% / ±71,947)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

23.7 minutes ±0.9 (7,693,555  ±328,339) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.8 512,692,140 (±0.1 / ±2,043,214)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

269,147 ±3,367 Number of households
  • California: 13,005,097 ±17,539
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
3.2 ±0 (862,998  ±2,156) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 3 38,718,791
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

7% ±1.1% (14,675  ±2,230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.8% 468,957 (±0.1% / ±11,405)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

297,873 ±680 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,177,270 ±934
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$205,700 ±$5,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $509,400 ±$2,199
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

14.8% ±1.2% (130,414  ±10,606.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 13% 5,076,653 (±0.2% / ±65,525)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

73.2% ±2% (397,034  ±10,652.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 83.3% 22,229,971 (±0.3% / ±72,665.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
16% ±0.8% (87,021  ±4,569.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in California: 33.7% 8,976,247 (±0.2% / ±45,115.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

19.6% ±0.8% (175,111  ±7,453) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 27% 10,653,414 (±0.1% / ±47,294)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

5.3% ±0.5% (33,499  ±3,256) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 5.2% 1,564,913 (±0.1% / ±17,321)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
33,499 Total veterans ±3,256 30,519 Male ±3,097 2,980 Female ±946

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