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Also known as Kern County, California, County of Kern, California, Kern County, CA

county in California, United States

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Kern County is a county located in California in the United States. It is significant as a major agricultural and oil-producing region in the state's southern San Joaquin Valley.

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Population
909235
Area
21138
Official website
www.kerncounty.com
Image
Aerial-TehachapiWindFarm.jpg
Households
273556
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Commons category
Kern County, California
inception
1866-00-00
water as percent of area
0.38
native label
Kern County
per capita income
23855
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Kern County is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.

Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, metropolitan statistical area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley. Covering 8,161.42 square miles (21,138.0 km), it ranges west to the southern slope of the Coast Ranges, and east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, at the city of Ridgecrest. Its northernmost city is Delano, and its southern reach extends to just beyond Frazier Park, and the northern extremity of the parallel Antelope Valley.

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