Kern County Times

Kern County recorded an unemployment rate of 8.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 34,404 people out of the 905,644 living in Kern County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Kern County has decreased compared to the 9.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Kern County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.5%.

Of the 355,854 people who had a job during that time, 2,217 were employed in the Armed Forces and 353,637 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	34,404	8.8%
Employed	355,854	91.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	353,637	90.6%
Employed in armed forces	2,217	0.6%