Kerman is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 8,291 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Kerman is the 456th largest community in California.

Kerman is a blue-collar town, with 39.3% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Kerman is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Kerman who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.83%), teaching (7.10%), and sales jobs (6.71%).

In addition, many people in Kerman have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

Being a small city, Kerman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Kerman Information and Demographics

The population of Kerman has a very low overall level of education: only 8.76% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Kerman in 2000 was $11,495, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $45,980 for a family of four.

Kerman is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kerman home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Kerman, accounting for 66.07% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Kerman is Asian, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Kerman include German and Irish.

Kerman also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.70%.

The most common language spoken in Kerman is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Other Indic languages.