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People QuickFacts | Kern County | California
Population, 2012 estimate | 856,158 | 38,041,430
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 839,631 | 37,253,956
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.0% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 839,631 | 37,253,956
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 8.6% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 29.9% | 24.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 9.1% | 11.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 48.4% | 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 83.0% | 74.0%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 6.3% | 6.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.7% | 1.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 4.7% | 13.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 3.0% | 3.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 50.0% | 38.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 37.9% | 39.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.0% | 84.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.5% | 27.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 41.3% | 43.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 71.2% | 80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 14.6% | 30.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 45,995 | 1,997,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.4 | 27
Housing units, 2011 | 286,955 | 13,720,462
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 60.1% | 56.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.4% | 30.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $196,000 | $421,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 250,999 | 12,433,172
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 3.16 | 2.91
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,167 | $29,634
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $48,021 | $61,632
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.4% | 14.4%
Business QuickFacts | Kern County | California
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 11,982 | 849,316
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 179,232 | 12,698,427
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.5% | 1.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 42,469 | 2,814,409
Total number of firms, 2007 | 53,051 | 3,425,510
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.4% | 4.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 2.3% | 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.2% | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.0% | 16.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.4% | 30.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 9,456,205 | 491,372,092
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,730,521 | 598,456,486
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,876,043 | 455,032,270
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,037 | $12,561
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 940,340 | 80,852,787
Building permits, 2012 | 2,005 | 58,549
Geography QuickFacts | Kern County | California
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 8,131.92 | 155,779.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 103.3 | 239.1
FIPS Code | 29 | 6
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area
(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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts