<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-25-008127.txt : 20250924
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20250924111958
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-25-008127
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250915
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250924
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250924

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Carmichael John Patrick
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002087851
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00225
		FILM NUMBER:		251336093

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		351 PHELPS DR
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KIMBERLY CLARK CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000055785
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONVERTED PAPER & PAPERBOARD PRODS (NO CONTAINERS/BOXES) [2670]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				390394230
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		351 PHELPS DRIVE
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9722811200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 619100
		STREET 2:		DFW AIRPORT STATION
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75261-9100
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-09-15</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000055785</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KIMBERLY CLARK CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KMB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0002087851</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Carmichael John Patrick</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P.O. BOX 619100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DALLAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75261-9100</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>President, North America</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>poacarmichael.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jeffrey S. McFall as attorney-in-fact for John Carmichael</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-09-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poacarmichael.txt
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
	Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
  Jeffrey S. McFall, Grant B. McGee and Courtney Roane, signing singly and with
full power of substitution and re-substitution, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
1. obtain credentials (including codes or passwords) enabling the undersigned to
  make electronic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), including as necessary to prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and
  on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the SEC a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other document necessary or appropriate to obtain
codes or passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
SEC via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system of reports
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or any rule
  or regulation of the SEC;
2. act as an account administrator for the undersigned's EDGAR account,
including: (i) appointing, removing and replacing account administrators,
technical administrators, account users, and delegated entities; (ii)
maintaining the security of Filer's EDGAR account, including modification of
access codes; (iii) maintaining, modifying and certifying the accuracy of
information on the undersigned's EDGAR account dashboard; and (iv) taking any
other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T;
3. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a director and/or officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the
rules thereunder, and Forms 144 in accordance with Rule 144 under Securities
Act;
4. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may
  be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or
  Form 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
  file such form with the SEC and any securities exchange or similar authority;
and
5. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
  that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's sole discretion.
	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned also ratifies hereby any action previously taken by
each attorney-in-fact that would have been authorized by this power of attorney
if it has been in effect at the time such action was taken.  The undersigned
acknowledges that each attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
  the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the requirements of the
Exchange Act or Securities Act, including Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule
  144 under the Securities Act;
	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest
  to occur of (a) undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
and Form 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any
attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed
  by the Company or its subsidiaries.
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand effective this 15th
day of September, 2025.



       _____/s/ John Carmichael_______
	                                                             John Carmichael

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