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	27.0 			
 	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 Alaska Native-owned 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    	029	06
 	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