Total Population in Kern County, CA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
915,075
Rank #63 of 3,222
98th percentile

How Kern County Compares

Kern County
915,075
California Average
915,075
Rank #11 of 58 in state
National
330M
99.7% below

National Distribution

Where Kern County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Kern County: 915,075

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#60 DuPage County, IL 930,024
#61 Milwaukee County, WI 926,331
#62 Shelby County, TN 919,173
#63 Kern County, CA 915,075
#64 Fort Bend County, TX 893,767
#65 Hidalgo County, TX 891,977
#66 Macomb County, MI 879,853
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Total Population in Kern County, California

Kern County, California has a total population of 915,075, which ranks #63 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.7% below the national value of 330M.

Within California, Kern County ranks #11 of 58 out of 58 counties. This places it in the 98th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.