Unemployment Rate 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 unemployment rate.
■ Kern County: 8.6%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,995 | Logan County, WV | 8.5% |
| #2,996 | Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK | 8.5% |
| #2,997 | Pleasants County, WV | 8.5% |
| #2,998 | Kern County, CA | 8.6% |
| #2,999 | Lewis County, WV | 8.6% |
| #3,000 | Noxubee County, MS | 8.6% |
| #3,001 | Wayne County, MI | 8.7% |
Unemployment Rate in Kern County, California
Kern County, California has a unemployment rate of 8.6%, which ranks #2,998 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 61.8% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within California, Kern County ranks #46 of 58 out of 58 counties. This places it in the 7th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. 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.