California Health Interview Statistics (CHIS) - also known as CHIS or the California Health Survey - is a leading source of credible and comprehensive data on the health and health care needs of California’s large and diverse population. Each year, CHIS interviews more than 20,000 households on a wide range of health matters, from use of and access to health care, to health conditions and behaviors, to a range of topics that influence health: public program participation, housing, income and employment, climate change, food, gun violence, adverse childhood experiences, and much more.
Rand State Statistics, California - RAND's research on California and its communities spans a wide analytical range, from health, education, and justice issues to military, security, and transportation.
National & Regional
Census Bureau Data - Provides access to census data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. Search by state, county city, town, and zip code.
General Social Survey (GSS) - The GSS contains a standard ‘core’ of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have remained unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings. The GSS takes the pulse of America, and is a unique and valuable resource.
Kids Count Data Center - Includes hundreds of measures of child well-being. For Kern County statistics see Kern County Report Card on Children.
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) - Annual national survey providing up-to-date information on tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, mental health and other health-related issues in the United States.
Panel Study of Income Dynamics - The study began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been collected continuously, including data covering employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics. The PSID is directed by faculty at the University of Michigan, and the data are available on this website without cost to researchers and analysts.
Pew Research Center - Includes statistics and data covering politics, media, social trends, internet, religion, Hispanics, and global issues.
This is the first report to look specifically at the quality of life for women and girls in Kern County, California. It includes the most current information available from a variety of sources.
New report from the Brookings Institutions that includes a section on Kern County. Shelved in the Stiern Library Main Collection: Level 3 Call Number: HV95 .K57 2013 or through Online Access.
The Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homelessness Collaborative (BKRHC) conducts a full Homeless Census (Point-in-Time count) of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons throughout Kern County every year.
