Kern County, California Demographics

Kern County is 33rd out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Kern County is 2nd in California out of 58 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Kern County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Kern County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Size in square miles

Kern County is 6th in California out of 58 other counties in Income below poverty line

Kern County is 9th in California out of 58 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Kern County is 10th in California out of 58 other counties in People per household

Kern County is 11th in California out of 58 other counties in Current population (2012)

Kern County is 11th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Kern County is 11th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Kern County is 12th in California out of 58 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Kern County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	856,158	11th	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	8,131.9	3rd	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	103.3	30th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kern County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	8.6%	2nd	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.9%	3rd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.4%	57th	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kern County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	71.2%	51st	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.6%	48th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kern County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	83.0%	34th	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.3%	11th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.7%	23rd	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.8%	26th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	25th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	46th	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	50.3%	11th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	37.6%	45th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kern County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	48.7%	47th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	20.5%	27th	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kern County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	286,955	12th	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.4%	30th	30.8%	25.9%
Households	250,999	14th	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	60.1%	39th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$196,000	54th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	3.2	10th	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,005	9th	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kern County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$20,167	50th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$48,021	39th	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.4%	6th	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kern County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,982	15th	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	179,232	14th	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	53,051	14th	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$7,876,043	14th	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,037	37th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$940,340	17th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732