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County · California
Kern County
922,529Population
1.5 %Change since 2020
-5,010Net migration
9.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 922,529 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.5 %
- Net migration
- -5,010 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 9.0 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 909,233 (2020)
- Births
- 11,653 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.6
- Deaths
- 7,455 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 4,198
- International migration
- 3,687 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -8,697 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -5.4
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06029
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.0 % |
| 2024 | 8.7 % |
| 2023 | 8.1 % |
| 2022 | 7.1 % |
| 2021 | 9.9 % |
| 2020 | 12.7 % |
| 2019 | 7.8 % |
| 2018 | 8.1 % |
| 2017 | 9.2 % |
| 2016 | 10.4 % |
| 2015 | 10.2 % |
| 2014 | 10.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 922,529 |
| 2023 | 916,646 |
| 2022 | 917,293 |
| 2021 | 912,782 |
| 2020 | 906,124 |