Total Population in Kern County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Kern County Compares
National Distribution
Where Kern County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.
■ 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 |
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.