Kern County, CA Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

California



Kern County, California

People QuickFactsKern CountyCalifornia
Population, 2005 estimate 756,82536,132,147
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 14.4%6.7%
Population, 2000 661,64533,871,648
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 8.5%7.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 30.7%26.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 8.9%10.7%
Female persons, percent, 2005 48.5%50.1%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)85.8%77.0%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)6.2%6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.7%1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)3.9%12.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 2.0%2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)44.1%35.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 44.3%43.8%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 47.2%50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 16.9%26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 33.4%39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 68.5%76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.5%26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 129,6245,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.227.7
Housing units, 2005 254,22612,989,254
Homeownership rate, 2000 62.1%56.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 18.9%31.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $93,300$211,500
Households, 2000 208,65211,502,870
Persons per household, 2000 3.032.87
Median household income, 2003 $37,553$48,440
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,760$22,711
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 18.2%13.8%
Business QuickFactsKern CountyCalifornia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 11,487841,7741
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 167,87013,264,9181
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 11.7%3.0%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 35,2592,508,801
Total number of firms, 2002 39,7752,908,758
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 5.1%3.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 2.1%1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 6.2%12.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 19.6%14.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 33.9%29.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 3,752,122378,661,414
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 5,872,704655,954,708
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 5,601,117359,120,365
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $8,082$10,264
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 642,60655,559,669
Building permits, 2005 8,857205,020
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 4,154,367232,387,1681
Geography QuickFactsKern CountyCalifornia
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 8,140155,959
Persons per square mile, 2000 81.3217.2
FIPS Code 02906
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Bakersfield, CA Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:03:40 EST
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