CA County Profiles - kern (cont'd)

KERN COUNTY (cont'd)

INDUSTRY 1982 1987 ($ mill.)

Value added by manufacture, ($ mill.) 608.2 532.5 Capital expenditures:

Percent of California 0.6 0.4 1982 57.0

1987 51.2

Leading industries:

Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products 92.0 Payroll in manufacturing:

Petroleum and coal products 87.5 1987 174.0

Food and kindred products 82.2 1990* 264.5

Stone, clay, and glass products 81.9

Number of mfg. establishments:

1987 357

Timber production, 1994 (Thous. of board ft.) 3,438 1990* 381

Percent of California 0.2

* Not comparable with 1987 due to

source difference.

AGRICULTURE

Number of farms, 1992 1,995 Leading commodities with

Acreage in farms, 1992 2,839,531 value of production, 1994 $ mill.

% of land area 54.5

Grapes 385.1

Agricultural employment, 1994 31,800 Cotton and cottonseed 312.0

Citrus 231.1

Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.) 1,947.2 Almonds and by-products 194.9

Percent of California 8.0 Carrots 112.1

County Rank 3 Milk, market 87.6

Livestock and livestock products 122.8 Hay, alfalfa 79.9

Poultry and poultry products 2.2 Potatoes 79.1

Field crops 453.3 Nursery crops 62.9

Vegetables 311.1 Apples 56.2

Fruits and nuts 984.7

Nursery products 62.9

Seed crops 4.2

Apiary products 6.0

TRANSPORTATION

Vehicle registrations, 1994

Total 462,866 Miles of streets, roads and

Automobiles 267,871 highways, 1994 6,822.2

Per capita (7-1-94 pop.) 0.43

Trucks 126,839

Motorcycles 11,511

Trailers 56,645

PUBLIC FINANCE

Per Per

1993-94 $ mill. capita* $1,000 income** 1993-94 $ mill.

County government tax collections, total 122.6 201.07 12.53 Expenditures:

Property tax 98.6 161.72 10.08 Federal 3,035.8

Sales tax 18.9 31.01 1.93 Defense 922.9

County 668.2

City 214.9

Total receipts, local government 2,212.1 School districts 782.3

Special districts 412.4

* 7-1-93 population Redevelopment agencies 29.5

** 1993 personal income

California Department of Finance

Economic Research

(916) 322-2263 February, 1996

			KERN COUNTY (cont'd)



INDUSTRY		1982		1987			($ mill.)

Value added by manufacture, ($ mill.)		608.2		532.5	Capital expenditures:
Percent of California		0.6		0.4		1982	57.0
						1987	51.2
Leading industries:
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products				92.0	Payroll in manufacturing:
Petroleum and coal products				87.5		1987	174.0
Food and kindred products				82.2		1990*	264.5
Stone, clay, and glass products				81.9
					Number of mfg. establishments:
						1987	357
Timber production, 1994 (Thous. of board ft.)		3,438				1990*	381
Percent of California		0.2
					* Not comparable with 1987 due to
					source difference.


AGRICULTURE

Number of farms, 1992	1,995			Leading commodities with
Acreage in farms, 1992	2,839,531			value of production, 1994		$ mill.
% of land area	54.5
				Grapes		385.1
Agricultural employment, 1994	31,800			Cotton and cottonseed		312.0
				Citrus		231.1
Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.)	1,947.2			Almonds and by-products		194.9
Percent of California	8.0			Carrots		112.1
County Rank	3			Milk, market		87.6
Livestock and livestock products	122.8			Hay, alfalfa		79.9
Poultry and poultry products	2.2			Potatoes		79.1
Field crops	453.3			Nursery crops		62.9
Vegetables	311.1			Apples		56.2
Fruits and nuts	984.7
Nursery products	62.9
Seed crops	4.2
Apiary products	6.0


TRANSPORTATION

Vehicle registrations, 1994
Total	462,866			Miles of streets, roads and
Automobiles	267,871			highways, 1994	6,822.2
Per capita (7-1-94 pop.)	0.43
Trucks	126,839
Motorcycles	11,511
Trailers	56,645


PUBLIC FINANCE
		Per		Per
1993-94	$ mill.	capita*		$1,000 income**	1993-94		$ mill.

County government tax collections, total	122.6	201.07		12.53	Expenditures:
Property tax	98.6	161.72		10.08	Federal		3,035.8
Sales tax	18.9	31.01		1.93	Defense		922.9
					County		668.2
					City		214.9
Total receipts, local government	2,212.1				School districts		782.3
					Special districts		412.4
* 7-1-93 population					Redevelopment agencies		29.5
** 1993 personal income


California Department of Finance
Economic Research
(916) 322-2263						February, 1996