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Bakersfield, CA - History
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Welcome to the Bakersfield Home page. The Bakersfield Home page provides as much information as possible on Bakersfield. Knowing Bakersfield’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Bakersfield’s Home page, you will also find Bakersfield’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Bakersfield has a population of 556892. 49.4% of Bakersfield’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.6 are female. 46.6% of Bakersfield is married and 59.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $256,533, and the average rent is $1,124. Household median income in Bakersfield is $65,687, and the individual median income is $30,144. Bakersfield’s Ethnic is the following: White(61.1%), Hispanic(51.1%), Other(14.4%), Multiple(8.9%), Black(7.4%), Asian(7.3%), Native(0.8%), Pacific(0.2%).
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km2) near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population as of the 2020 census was 403,455, making it the 48th-most populous city in the United States of America and the 9th-most populous city in California.
The Bakersfield–Delano Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Kern County, had a 2020 census population of 909,235, making it the 62nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The urban area that includes Bakersfield and areas immediately around the city, such as East Bakersfield, Oildale, and Rosedale, has a population of 570,235. Bakersfield is a significant hub for both agriculture and energy production.
Kern County is the most productive oil-producing county in California and the fourth-most productive agricultural county (by value) in the United States. Industries in and around Bakersfield include natural gas and other energy extraction, mining, petroleum refining, distribution, food processing, and corporate regional offices.
The city is the birthplace of the country music genre known as the Bakersfield sound.
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