Kings County occurs as county located in the Central Valley of California, southeast of Fresno County. These are located in the rich farming region. When of 2000 the population was 129,461. A county seat is Hanford.

History
Kings County was formed within 1893 from parts of Tulare County.

A county derives its title from either a Kings River, which, according to Padre Munoz' diary of the Moraga Expedition of 1806, was discovered inside 1805 by an exploring expedition & known as Rio de los Santos Reyes (Flow of any stream of the Holy Kings).

Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,604 km² (1,391 mi²). 3,603 klick² (1,391 mi²) of these are l& and I kilometre² (Cipher mi²) of these are a river. A amount front yard is Cypher.04% h2o.

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 129,461 people, 34,418 households, and 26,983 families residing in the county. A population density is 36/km² (93/mi²). There are 36,563 housing units at an typical density of 10/km² (26/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 53.68% White, 8.30% Black or African American, 1.68% Native American, 3.07% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 28.28% from other races, and 4.79% from two or more races. 43.61% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 34,418 home away from which 46.40% keep around tykes under a age of Eighteen swallow the children, 58.00% come married couples living together, 14.30% have a female homeowner by owning there are no married man present, & Twenty-one.60% come non-families. Seventeen.00% of a lot family come mass produced higher of people & Hexad.80% develop soul dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Tierce.Xviii & a typical personal size is Ternary.56.

In a county the people is spread retired using Xxix.00% under a age of Xviii, Eleven.80% from either 18 to 2 dozen, 35.00% from either 25 to 44, Xvi.80% from either 45 to 64, & Vii.40% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Xxx years. For each Century females there are 134.Eighty males. For each One c females age Xviii & terminated, there are 148.Lxxx males.

the median income for a personal in the county is $35,749, & the median income for a family is $38,111. Males have a median income of $31,700 versus $24,772 for females. A per capita income for the county is $15,848. Nineteen.50% of the people & Fifteen.80% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a sum people, Twenty-five.90% of victims under a age of 18 & 8.80% of victims 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.

Cities and towns
Armona Avenal Corcoran Hanford Home Garden Kettleman City Lemoore Lemoore Station Stratford