CA County Profiles - kings

KINGS COUNTY
Population
Land area (acres):889,270 Cities1-1-95
Population, 7-1-94115,700 Hanford37,400
Percent of California0.4 Lemoore15,800
Population, 1-1-95116,300 Corcoran15,050
Avenal12,100
1-1-95Unincorporated35,950
Population in households102,672
Population/household3.220
EDUCATION1993-94
($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 **12.5 Spending on education:
School districts*129.4
Enrollment, Fall 1994
Kindergarten-1223,952 * Not including community college districts.
** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
completed.
LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENTTotal employment, 199343,289 Number of establishments
(BEA series) by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 199442,030 Percent of California0.3
Civilian employment36,290 Wage and salary37,485 1-4779
Unemployment5,740 Proprietors5,804 5-9291
Unemployment rate 13.7 Farm1,220 10-19164
Non-Farm4,584 20-49112
Nonagricultural wage & salary50-9935
employment, 1993 (BLS series) 24,690 Farm5,653 100-24910
Percent of California0.2 Agricultural services3,212 250-4995
Mining(N)Mining33 500-9992
Construction(N)Construction1,349 1000 +--
Manufacturing2,590 Manufacturing2,883 Total1,398
Transportation-utility780 Transportation-utility1,018 Check:
Trade7,150 Wholesale trade941 0
Finance-insurance-Retail trade6,499
real estate600 Finance, insurance,
Services4,390 real estate1,368
Federal government1,220 Services6,913
State-local government7,050 Federal civilian1,252
Military5,100


(N) Data not available for this year.State and local7,068
Totals may not add due to rounding.


INCOME AND SALES19791989

Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)1,479.0 Median family income, Census16,164 27,614
Percent of California0.2 Median household income, Census14,518 25,507
Per capita income, 199313,652
Percent of California62.4 19931994

Avg. earnings per job, 199325,724 Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)625.8 669.0
Avg. wages per job, 199322,117 Percent of California0.2 0.2
Avg. earnings per nonfarm Taxable retail sales465.4 494.0
proprietor, 199320,826


HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION4-1-901-1-95Valuation
Units($ mill.)
Housing stock30,843 33,573 Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California0.3 0.3 Total683 $75.9
Single family22,506 24,834 Percent of California0.7 0.5
Multiple family6,039 6,499 Single family670 72.0
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.2,298 2,240 Multi-family13 0.7
Vacancy rate (percent):5.7 5.0
Nonresidential permits--$27.6
Percent of California0.4