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Kern County, CA

917,673 Population
8,134.6 square miles 112.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$25,500 ±$900 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$58,217 ±$3,668 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

18.6% ±1.7% (165,182  ±15,468) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23.2 minutes ±0.8 (7,310,505  ±352,438) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 27.6 385,992,600 (±0.1 / ±2,410,052)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

282,963 ±3,285 Number of households
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
3.1 ±0 (887,451  ±2,702) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.7% ±0.9% (10,293  ±1,858) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

303,865 ±860 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$282,100 ±$5,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

8% ±1% (72,122  ±8,695.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

77% ±2.3% (433,224  ±12,725.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
18.6% ±1.2% (104,710  ±6,922.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

19.7% ±0.8% (180,478  ±7,606) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.3% ±0.5% (34,538  ±3,162) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
34,538 Total veterans ±3,162 31,461 Male ±2,861 3,077 Female ±1,210

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