TOP GDPs IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CITY
GDP ($B)
Fresno
$38.8
Bakersfield
$35.8
EMPLOYMENT BY AGE IN KERN COUNTY
14-18
1.5%
19-21
5%
22-24
7%
25-34
23.5%
Visalia-Porterville $15.8
35-44
22%
Merced
$8.3
45-54
21%
Hanford
$5.4
55-64
14.5%
Madera
$4.9
65-99
6%
Stockton (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)
AGE
Modesto
Kern’s Top Private Sector Employers 1. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Location: Edwards Type: Military Employees: 9,353
$24.6
2. COUNTY OF KERN
$19.1
Location: Bakersfield Type: Government Employees: 9,300 3. CHINA LAKE NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER Location: China Lake Type: Military Employees: 7,000 4. GRIMMWAY Location: Arvin Type: Agriculture
COST OF LIVING IN KERN COUNTY
Employees: 4,256
200 176.4
175
5. WM. BOLTHOUSE FARMS Location: Bakersfield
150
144.8
147.4
Type: Agriculture
112.5 108.7
6. DIGNITY HEALTH
108.9
Location: Bakersfield
100
Type: Healthcare
75 San Diego
San Francisco
Fresno
Sacramento
25
Los Angeles
50
Employees: 3,296 Kern County
(JobsEQ®, Data as of 2016Q2 & COLI.org)
Employees: 3,600
125
0
7. ADVENTIST HEALTH BAKERSFIELD Location: Bakersfield Type: Healthcare Employees: 2,415
CA Cities
US Base
8. CITY OF BAKERSFIELD Location: Bakersfield
1
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Bakersfield City in California for Housing Affordability (Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, 2016)
Type: Government Employees: 1,600 9. SUN WORLD INTERNATIONAL Location: Bakersfield Type: Agriculture Employees: 1,600 10. CHEVRON Location: Bakersfield Type: Oil & Gas Employees: 1,300 (Kern Economic Development Corporation)
2017 Kern County Market Overview & Member Directory
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