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Kern County, CA

900,202 Population
8,132.3 square miles 110.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,524 ±$987 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$53,067 ±$2,168 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

19.1% ±1.8% (166,768  ±15,709) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24.2 minutes ±0.9 (8,135,780  ±356,470) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

272,888 ±3,419 Number of households
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
3.2 ±0 (873,334  ±1,790) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

6.6% ±1.1% (14,123  ±2,376) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

302,927 ±559 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$235,800 ±$5,388 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.4% ±1.5% (118,986  ±13,423.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

76.3% ±2.1% (421,376  ±11,731.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
17.1% ±1% (94,296  ±5,646.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

19.8% ±1% (178,403  ±8,921) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

5.3% ±0.5% (33,687  ±3,096) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
33,687 Total veterans ±3,096 31,203 Male ±2,887 2,484 Female ±764

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