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  The population of Kern county is estimated at 885,086 where 448,868 speak English exclusively and 4,554 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 13,643 births and 6,050 deaths in Kern county. Kern county has 117,313 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 35,515 that are owned free and clear and 101,782 that are renter occupied.


  The gracious residents of Kern County filed 335,910 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.9% of all California filings and 0.225% of the entire nation. Kern had an impressive combined total federal tax liability of $2,505,189,000 on earned income of $17,378,073,000. Other notable statistics from Kern County were 41,290 unemployment claims which collected a total of $210,935,000 and 80,070 charitable contributions valued at $340,245,000. 81,440 filings from Kern County paid a combined total of $280,667,000 in property taxes and 74,420 filings paid $603,688,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Kern county had 615 religious congregations with an estimated 403,182 members.

15.8% of the Kern population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 26.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


About 19% of Kern County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 618 votes.

At $49,904 the median income is 69.5% of the California average. An estimated 35,442 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Kern, the equivalant of around 9.2% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 10.4%.


Top 15 Industries in Kern County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
27,918Retail trade
27,833Health care and social assistance
19,829Accommodation and food services
17,782Food services and drinking places
17,085Restaurants and other eating places
14,951Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
13,728Administrative and support services
12,257Manufacturing
11,757Professional, scientific, and technical services
10,591Ambulatory health care services
8,946Hospitals
8,921Limited-service restaurants
8,381General medical and surgical hospitals
8,032Employment services
7,990Wholesale trade


In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.49% in Kern County (averaging across 10 zip codes a sample of which are; 93311, 93307, 93308, 93555 and 93306).

In 2018 17.05% of listings in Kern County (averaging across 16 zip codes a sample of which are; 93309, 93306, 93314, 93313 and 93560) dropped their price.


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