Editing Kings County, California (section)

===2000===
As of the 2000 census, there were 129,461 people, 34,418 households, and 26,983 families residing in the county. However, the California Department of Finance estimates that the population had grown 154,434 as of January 1, 2008.<ref>California Department of Finance, Table E-2, California County Population Estimates and Percent Change, Revised July 1, 2000, through Provisional July 1, 2006</ref>  The [[population density]] based on the 2000 census was 36/km<sup>2</sup> (93/sq&nbsp;mi). There were 36,563 housing units at an average density of {{convert|26|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 53.7% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 8.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 3.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 28.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.8% from two or more races. 43.6% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 7.1% were of [[Portuguese Americans|Portuguese]], 6.2% [[German Americans|German]], 5.3% [[Irish Americans|Irish]] and 5.1% [[American ancestry]] according to [[Census 2000]]. 63.6% spoke [[English language|English]], 30.9% [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 1.4% [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], 1.4% [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and 1.3% [[Samoan language|Samoan]] as their first language.

There were 34,418 households, out of which 46.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 3.56.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 35.0% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years in 2000, which had increased to 31.1 by the time of the 2010 census.<ref name="Fresno Bee, May 15, 2011"/>  For every 100 females there were 134.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 148.8 males. The ratio may be attributed to the presence of three men's state prisons in the county.