Kettleman City is a census-designated place in Kings County, California, United States. Kettleman City is located 28 miles southwest of Hanford, 54 miles south of Fresno, at an elevation of 253 feet, and sits only about 1/2 mile north of the 36th parallel north latitude. It is part of the Hanford-Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,242 at the 2020 census, down from 1,439 at the 2010 census.