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Bakersfield, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Bakersfield had a population of 247,057 people ^<1>. This represents 0.73% of the total population of California, making it the state's 12th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	321,078	+29.96%	+2.13% since 2007
2007	314,371	+27.25%	+3.2% since 2006
2006	304,617	+23.3%	+4.08% since 2005
2005	292,687	+18.47%	+4.32% since 2004
2004	280,578	+13.57%	+4.17% since 2003
2003	269,350	+9.02%	+3.78% since 2002
2002	259,540	+5.05%	+3.3% since 2001
2001	251,247	+1.7%	+1.7% since 2000
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2000	247,057	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
9	Santa Ana	SE	127 mi [204.4 km]	339,130	0.34% increase
10	Anaheim	SE	123 mi [197.9 km]	335,288	2.22% increase
11	Riverside	SE	132 mi [212.4 km]	295,357	15.75% increase
-12-	Bakersfield			321,078	29.96% increase
13	Stockton	NW	222 mi [357.3 km]	287,037	17.75% increase
14	Fremont	NW	220 mi [354.1 km]	202,867	0.27% decrease
15	Glendale	SE	90 mi [144.8 km]	197,176	1.13% increase

Bakersfield had 88,262 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Bakersfield has a total area of 114.4 square miles [296.3 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 113.1 square miles [292.9 km²]1.3 square miles [3.37 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Bakersfield had a 2000 population density of 2,184 people per square mile [843 people/km²].

Kern County

The city of Bakersfield is located in Kern County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 663,510 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 247,057 people, Bakersfield contained 37.23% of the Kern County total.

In addition, where the community of Bakersfield has a population density of 2,184 people per square mile [843 people/km²], Kern County averages 81.5 people per square mile [31.47 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Kern County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Bakersfield and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Bakersfield. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	321,078	29.96% increase
10 mi [16 km]	1	321,078	29.96% increase
25 mi [40 km]	3	351,948	29.04% increase
30 mi [48 km]	7	398,954	28.22% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Bakersfield. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Bakersfield, it also contains a comparison between Bakersfield and the state of California.

Click here for the Bakersfield QuickFact (QF-0603526).

A Census Quickfact is available for Kern County (QF-06029).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Kern County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Inyo	QF-06027	NE	17,136	4.35% decrease
Kings	QF-06031	NW	149,518	15.21% increase
Los Angeles	QF-06037	S	9,862,049	3.33% increase
Monterey	QF-06053	NW	408,238	1.28% increase
San Bernardino	QF-06071	SE	2,015,355	17.26% increase
San Luis Obispo	QF-06079	W	265,297	7.03% increase
Santa Barbara	QF-06083	SW	405,396	1.39% increase
Tulare	QF-06107	NW	426,276	15.62% increase
Ventura	QF-06111	S	797,740	5.46% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Bakersfield:

	State Code:	06 (California)
	County Code:	029 (Kern County)
	Place Code:	03526 (Bakersfield)

	State & County Code:	06029 (California/Kern County)

	State & Place Code:	0603526 (California/Bakersfield)

Bakersfield is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Bakersfield.

The Commemorative
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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Bakersfield. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Bakersfield and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Bakersfield. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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