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Kings County, California

A county in California, ranked 33 of 58 by population.

CountyFIPS 06031

Within California
Kings County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Hanford, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
154,327
+1,514 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
1,391
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
111
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hanford
Seat of county government.
Established
1893
132 years ago
Largest city
Hanford city
Population 62,229.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Kings County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Kings County, California from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 778 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Kings County ranks

Position among the 58 counties of California, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn CaliforniaNationally
Population154,32733rd of 58458th of 3,144
Land area1,391 sq mi34th of 58435th of 3,144
Population density111 per sq mi30th of 58845th of 3,144
Median household income$70,99541st of 581,130th of 3,143

Full data for Kings County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population154,327Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020152,813Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?152,480Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,391 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,392 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?111 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,995American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$324,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households44,052American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units46,986American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+1,083
2,042 births, 959 deaths
Net migration
-877
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Kings County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Fresno CountyCalifornia69 mi1,035,456
Tulare CountyCalifornia57 mi485,146
Kern CountyCalifornia37 mi927,068
Monterey CountyCalifornia14 mi433,729
San Luis Obispo CountyCalifornia1.1 mi282,367

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 58 counties of California

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.