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Kings County
154,913Population
1.6 %Change since 2020
-427Net migration
9.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 154,913 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.6 %
- Net migration
- -427 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 9.3 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 152,484 (2020)
- Births
- 2,024 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.1
- Deaths
- 1,076 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 948
- International migration
- 651 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,078 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -2.8
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06031
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.3 % |
| 2024 | 8.7 % |
| 2023 | 8.4 % |
| 2022 | 7.4 % |
| 2021 | 10.0 % |
| 2020 | 12.3 % |
| 2019 | 8.3 % |
| 2018 | 8.2 % |
| 2017 | 9.3 % |
| 2016 | 10.3 % |
| 2015 | 10.5 % |
| 2014 | 12.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 154,913 |
| 2023 | 153,281 |
| 2022 | 152,776 |
| 2021 | 152,724 |
| 2020 | 152,797 |