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Bakersfield Metro Area Statistics Back to top

Population (2000): 661,645
Land Area (2000): 21,085.000 square kilometers
Water Area (2000): 52.981 square kilometers

Bakersfield Metro Area Population By Year

Year	Population	Year	Population	Year	Population
1999	640,710	2002	685,953	2005	739,726
2000	656,578	2003	Not Available	2006	763,641
2001	673,941	2004	721,313	2007	792,216

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	1,168,730	88.20%
Rural, Farm	5,481	0.41%
Rural, Non-farm	150,906	11.39%

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Bakersfield Metro Area Labor Force By Month

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
1990	256,965	228,904	28,061	10.92%	109
1991	264,501	232,113	32,388	12.25%	123
1992	273,135	229,950	43,185	15.81%	158
1993	273,582	230,158	43,424	15.87%	159
1994	265,699	225,562	40,137	15.11%	151
1995	271,148	233,704	37,444	13.81%	138
1996	277,738	241,691	36,047	12.98%	130
1997	278,198	243,514	34,684	12.47%	125
1998	278,770	244,888	33,881	12.15%	122
1999	278,880	246,912	31,968	11.46%	115
2000	293,635	269,425	24,210	8.24%	83
2001	297,982	272,476	25,506	8.56%	86
2002	307,077	276,967	30,110	9.81%	98
2003	313,759	281,316	32,443	10.34%	103
2004	317,148	285,654	31,494	9.93%	99
2005	330,395	302,524	27,870	8.44%	85
2006	341,619	315,745	25,874	7.57%	76
2007	351,921	322,846	29,075	8.26%	83
2008	361,138	325,916	35,222	9.75%	98

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	248,368	220,901	27,467	11.06%	111
Feb 1990	249,796	220,051	29,745	11.91%	119
Mar 1990	251,038	219,445	31,593	12.58%	126
Apr 1990	254,902	227,567	27,335	10.72%	107
May 1990	259,027	233,141	25,886	9.99%	100
Jun 1990	261,936	236,433	25,503	9.74%	97
Jul 1990	272,495	246,199	26,296	9.65%	97
Aug 1990	261,853	237,243	24,610	9.40%	94
Sep 1990	255,623	229,594	26,029	10.18%	102
Oct 1990	256,452	227,118	29,334	11.44%	114
Nov 1990	255,668	224,044	31,624	12.37%	124
Dec 1990	256,421	225,117	31,304	12.21%	122

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	259,440	226,270	33,170	12.79%	128
Feb 1991	259,963	224,693	35,270	13.57%	136
Mar 1991	261,904	223,248	38,656	14.76%	148
Apr 1991	262,625	229,785	32,840	12.50%	125
May 1991	262,109	232,614	29,495	11.25%	113
Jun 1991	265,120	237,797	27,323	10.31%	103
Jul 1991	267,106	235,989	31,117	11.65%	116
Aug 1991	268,556	240,808	27,748	10.33%	103
Sep 1991	268,816	240,274	28,542	10.62%	106
Oct 1991	265,311	231,586	33,725	12.71%	127
Nov 1991	266,594	231,159	35,435	13.29%	133
Dec 1991	266,471	231,133	35,338	13.26%	133

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	265,701	225,139	40,562	15.27%	153
Feb 1992	266,746	223,150	43,596	16.34%	163
Mar 1992	269,813	224,046	45,767	16.96%	170
Apr 1992	268,372	230,069	38,303	14.27%	143
May 1992	271,481	234,646	36,835	13.57%	136
Jun 1992	278,196	233,325	44,871	16.13%	161
Jul 1992	280,990	239,824	41,166	14.65%	147
Aug 1992	279,363	238,741	40,622	14.54%	145
Sep 1992	279,777	236,319	43,458	15.53%	155
Oct 1992	274,549	226,131	48,418	17.64%	176
Nov 1992	272,866	224,229	48,637	17.82%	178
Dec 1992	269,770	223,786	45,984	17.05%	170

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	267,222	219,575	47,647	17.83%	178
Feb 1993	268,817	220,519	48,298	17.97%	180
Mar 1993	269,139	219,457	49,682	18.46%	185
Apr 1993	268,983	226,123	42,860	15.93%	159
May 1993	274,727	233,668	41,059	14.95%	149
Jun 1993	279,616	235,632	43,984	15.73%	157
Jul 1993	278,904	237,022	41,882	15.02%	150
Aug 1993	278,686	239,346	39,340	14.12%	141
Sep 1993	276,112	236,942	39,170	14.19%	142
Oct 1993	273,493	229,570	43,923	16.06%	161
Nov 1993	274,882	232,157	42,725	15.54%	155
Dec 1993	272,405	231,885	40,520	14.87%	149

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	267,555	221,866	45,689	17.08%	171
Feb 1994	267,451	221,487	45,964	17.19%	172
Mar 1994	266,067	218,689	47,378	17.81%	178
Apr 1994	262,737	222,211	40,526	15.42%	154
May 1994	265,626	229,315	36,311	13.67%	137
Jun 1994	270,684	230,332	40,352	14.91%	149
Jul 1994	269,194	230,721	38,473	14.29%	143
Aug 1994	266,628	229,984	36,644	13.74%	137
Sep 1994	264,934	228,963	35,971	13.58%	136
Oct 1994	264,652	225,388	39,264	14.84%	148
Nov 1994	263,708	224,861	38,847	14.73%	147
Dec 1994	259,151	222,924	36,227	13.98%	140

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	267,408	227,521	39,887	14.92%	149
Feb 1995	265,696	225,242	40,454	15.23%	152
Mar 1995	264,763	223,018	41,745	15.77%	158
Apr 1995	269,911	232,441	37,470	13.88%	139
May 1995	267,639	231,946	35,693	13.34%	133
Jun 1995	274,168	238,931	35,237	12.85%	129
Jul 1995	284,427	246,787	37,640	13.23%	132
Aug 1995	278,782	246,481	32,301	11.59%	116
Sep 1995	276,721	243,687	33,034	11.94%	119
Oct 1995	268,967	231,498	37,469	13.93%	139
Nov 1995	268,342	228,395	39,947	14.89%	149
Dec 1995	266,946	228,500	38,446	14.40%	144

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	267,881	226,791	41,090	15.34%	153
Feb 1996	268,739	227,935	40,804	15.18%	152
Mar 1996	269,610	227,166	42,444	15.74%	157
Apr 1996	273,428	237,351	36,077	13.19%	132
May 1996	274,801	243,885	30,916	11.25%	113
Jun 1996	280,326	246,053	34,273	12.23%	122
Jul 1996	290,360	256,598	33,762	11.63%	116
Aug 1996	284,585	254,345	30,240	10.63%	106
Sep 1996	283,658	252,203	31,455	11.09%	111
Oct 1996	278,532	242,286	36,246	13.01%	130
Nov 1996	280,539	241,821	38,718	13.80%	138
Dec 1996	280,400	243,862	36,538	13.03%	130

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	274,156	234,161	39,995	14.59%	146
Feb 1997	273,915	234,853	39,062	14.26%	143
Mar 1997	276,599	234,139	42,460	15.35%	154
Apr 1997	274,729	241,346	33,383	12.15%	122
May 1997	278,271	248,944	29,327	10.54%	105
Jun 1997	282,376	248,018	34,358	12.17%	122
Jul 1997	284,247	252,102	32,145	11.31%	113
Aug 1997	278,796	249,508	29,288	10.51%	105
Sep 1997	281,033	250,941	30,092	10.71%	107
Oct 1997	278,856	244,192	34,664	12.43%	124
Nov 1997	277,715	242,519	35,196	12.67%	127
Dec 1997	277,680	241,439	36,241	13.05%	131

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	276,440	238,605	37,835	13.69%	137
Feb 1998	274,293	236,898	37,395	13.63%	136
Mar 1998	276,100	233,776	42,324	15.33%	153
Apr 1998	273,586	240,400	33,186	12.13%	121
May 1998	274,188	243,926	30,262	11.04%	110
Jun 1998	281,825	249,793	32,032	11.37%	114
Jul 1998	286,922	250,699	36,223	12.62%	126
Aug 1998	283,594	254,716	28,878	10.18%	102
Sep 1998	282,042	253,269	28,773	10.20%	102
Oct 1998	278,881	248,649	30,232	10.84%	108
Nov 1998	277,606	242,296	35,310	12.72%	127
Dec 1998	279,759	245,633	34,126	12.20%	122

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	276,431	238,545	37,886	13.71%	137
Feb 1999	275,737	237,422	38,315	13.90%	139
Mar 1999	275,323	235,219	40,104	14.57%	146
Apr 1999	275,617	240,130	35,487	12.88%	129
May 1999	275,055	246,266	28,789	10.47%	105
Jun 1999	283,658	252,821	30,837	10.87%	109
Jul 1999	283,664	250,737	32,927	11.61%	116
Aug 1999	283,054	257,193	25,861	9.14%	91
Sep 1999	280,937	255,827	25,110	8.94%	89
Oct 1999	278,823	252,253	26,570	9.53%	95
Nov 1999	278,211	247,745	30,466	10.95%	110
Dec 1999	280,045	248,780	31,265	11.16%	112

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	287,928	261,965	25,963	9.02%	90
Feb 2000	288,722	261,723	26,999	9.35%	94
Mar 2000	287,190	257,598	29,592	10.30%	103
Apr 2000	291,640	267,650	23,990	8.23%	82
May 2000	291,440	268,244	23,196	7.96%	80
Jun 2000	294,611	269,738	24,873	8.44%	84
Jul 2000	301,534	278,259	23,275	7.72%	77
Aug 2000	299,751	278,146	21,605	7.21%	72
Sep 2000	297,368	277,955	19,413	6.53%	65
Oct 2000	296,178	275,076	21,102	7.12%	71
Nov 2000	292,433	267,292	25,141	8.60%	86
Dec 2000	294,830	269,459	25,371	8.61%	86

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	292,572	264,630	27,942	9.55%	96
Feb 2001	290,526	261,569	28,957	9.97%	100
Mar 2001	289,760	259,029	30,731	10.61%	106
Apr 2001	292,457	267,231	25,226	8.63%	86
May 2001	293,395	271,327	22,068	7.52%	75
Jun 2001	300,761	276,648	24,113	8.02%	80
Jul 2001	303,949	281,094	22,855	7.52%	75
Aug 2001	305,884	283,845	22,039	7.21%	72
Sep 2001	307,392	286,401	20,991	6.83%	68
Oct 2001	300,958	276,889	24,069	8.00%	80
Nov 2001	298,559	271,107	27,452	9.19%	92
Dec 2001	299,566	269,938	29,628	9.89%	99

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	300,451	268,154	32,297	10.75%	107
Feb 2002	299,309	266,108	33,201	11.09%	111
Mar 2002	298,706	264,025	34,681	11.61%	116
Apr 2002	304,018	272,796	31,222	10.27%	103
May 2002	306,576	279,259	27,317	8.91%	89
Jun 2002	312,857	283,154	29,703	9.49%	95
Jul 2002	312,590	283,437	29,153	9.33%	93
Aug 2002	313,301	286,761	26,540	8.47%	85
Sep 2002	311,926	286,554	25,372	8.13%	81
Oct 2002	308,333	281,070	27,263	8.84%	88
Nov 2002	307,488	276,669	30,819	10.02%	100
Dec 2002	309,368	275,614	33,754	10.91%	109

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	308,970	273,254	35,716	11.56%	116
Feb 2003	307,360	270,967	36,393	11.84%	118
Mar 2003	306,329	269,423	36,906	12.05%	120
Apr 2003	310,454	277,339	33,115	10.67%	107
May 2003	313,068	282,301	30,767	9.83%	98
Jun 2003	320,816	288,256	32,560	10.15%	101
Jul 2003	321,646	289,215	32,431	10.08%	101
Aug 2003	320,871	291,611	29,260	9.12%	91
Sep 2003	315,587	287,819	27,768	8.80%	88
Oct 2003	314,799	285,293	29,506	9.37%	94
Nov 2003	313,903	282,114	31,789	10.13%	101
Dec 2003	311,308	278,200	33,108	10.64%	106

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	313,928	277,392	36,536	11.64%	116
Feb 2004	312,439	276,414	36,025	11.53%	115
Mar 2004	310,273	272,430	37,843	12.20%	122
Apr 2004	314,679	282,607	32,072	10.19%	102
May 2004	319,090	289,779	29,311	9.19%	92
Jun 2004	319,500	286,711	32,789	10.26%	103
Jul 2004	324,518	294,383	30,135	9.29%	93
Aug 2004	321,180	293,493	27,687	8.62%	86
Sep 2004	318,019	291,690	26,329	8.28%	83
Oct 2004	318,479	291,095	27,384	8.60%	86
Nov 2004	316,449	285,827	30,622	9.68%	97
Dec 2004	317,222	286,026	31,196	9.83%	98

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	318,923	285,907	33,016	10.35%	104
Feb 2005	319,343	286,054	33,289	10.42%	104
Mar 2005	315,841	283,222	32,619	10.33%	103
Apr 2005	322,464	293,649	28,815	8.94%	89
May 2005	327,332	301,108	26,224	8.01%	80
Jun 2005	332,552	305,316	27,236	8.19%	82
Jul 2005	338,897	312,004	26,893	7.94%	79
Aug 2005	340,415	315,331	25,084	7.37%	74
Sep 2005	339,181	314,948	24,233	7.14%	71
Oct 2005	337,529	313,625	23,904	7.08%	71
Nov 2005	335,432	309,349	26,083	7.78%	78
Dec 2005	336,825	309,778	27,047	8.03%	80

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	332,157	303,250	28,907	8.70%	87
Feb 2006	333,935	304,027	29,908	8.96%	90
Mar 2006	330,137	300,543	29,594	8.96%	90
Apr 2006	331,065	302,962	28,103	8.49%	85
May 2006	337,985	313,824	24,161	7.15%	71
Jun 2006	342,304	317,188	25,116	7.34%	73
Jul 2006	345,630	319,548	26,082	7.55%	75
Aug 2006	350,030	326,681	23,349	6.67%	67
Sep 2006	348,072	326,502	21,570	6.20%	62
Oct 2006	349,161	327,320	21,841	6.26%	63
Nov 2006	347,292	321,998	25,294	7.28%	73
Dec 2006	351,665	325,101	26,564	7.55%	76

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	345,591	315,253	30,338	8.78%	88
Feb 2007	343,302	312,181	31,121	9.07%	91
Mar 2007	339,586	309,567	30,019	8.84%	88
Apr 2007	346,491	317,332	29,159	8.42%	84
May 2007	351,352	324,505	26,847	7.64%	76
Jun 2007	352,496	323,972	28,524	8.09%	81
Jul 2007	355,503	326,805	28,698	8.07%	81
Aug 2007	355,238	328,464	26,774	7.54%	75
Sep 2007	357,672	331,370	26,302	7.35%	74
Oct 2007	356,593	329,694	26,899	7.54%	75
Nov 2007	358,040	327,802	30,238	8.45%	84
Dec 2007	361,186	327,206	33,980	9.41%	94

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Month	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	356,774	321,848	34,926	9.79%	98
Feb 2008	353,009	317,751	35,258	9.99%	100
Mar 2008	352,418	314,318	38,100	10.81%	108
Apr 2008	356,856	322,370	34,486	9.66%	97
May 2008	359,967	326,234	33,733	9.37%	94
Jun 2008	365,012	330,304	34,708	9.51%	95
Jul 2008	369,142	332,647	36,495	9.89%	99
Aug 2008	368,113	333,057	35,056	9.52%	95
Sep 2008	368,951	334,712	34,239	9.28%	93
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

Bakersfield Metro Area Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing / Hunting	29,872	11.52%
2.	Construction	28,728	11.08%
3.	Public Administration	22,634	8.73%
4.	Mining	15,576	6.01%
5.	Educational Services	12,772	4.93%
6.	Accommodation and Food Services	12,374	4.77%
7.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	11,080	4.27%
8.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	9,694	3.74%
9.	Repair and Maintenance	8,268	3.19%
10.	Truck Transportation	8,204	3.17%
11.	Health Care	7,530	2.90%
12.	Food and Beverage Stores	5,524	2.13%
13.	Groceries and Related Products, Wholesale	5,302	2.05%
14.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	5,042	1.95%
15.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	4,528	1.75%
16.	Finance and Insurance	4,108	1.58%
17.	Utilities	3,908	1.51%
18.	Other Transportation	3,436	1.33%
19.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	2,872	1.11%
20.	Building Materials / Hardware / Lawn and Garden Supplies	2,798	1.08%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Educational Services	32,248	15.68%
2.	Health Care	27,740	13.48%
3.	Accommodation and Food Services	15,660	7.61%
4.	Public Administration	15,284	7.43%
5.	Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing / Hunting	9,986	4.85%
6.	Social Assistance	9,448	4.59%
7.	Finance and Insurance	9,388	4.56%
8.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	7,964	3.87%
9.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	6,238	3.03%
10.	Food and Beverage Stores	5,926	2.88%
11.	Department and Other General Stores	5,588	2.72%
12.	Personal and Laundry Services	4,360	2.12%
13.	Groceries and Related Products, Wholesale	4,248	2.07%
14.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	4,090	1.99%
15.	Construction	3,462	1.68%
16.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	3,002	1.46%
17.	Private Household Services	2,302	1.12%
18.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	2,210	1.07%
19.	Food Manufacturing	2,118	1.03%
20.	Mining	1,894	0.92%

Bakersfield Metro Area Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Agricultural Workers	20,784	8.02%
2.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	15,078	5.82%
3.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	12,826	4.95%
4.	Other Installation / Maintenance	11,994	4.63%
5.	Other Management Occupations	10,020	3.87%
6.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	9,546	3.68%
7.	Vehicle Mechanics	9,058	3.49%
8.	Other Production Occupations	8,754	3.38%
9.	Law Enforcement Workers	8,586	3.31%
10.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	7,150	2.76%
11.	Other Construction Trades	6,200	2.39%
12.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	6,184	2.39%
13.	Engineers	6,020	2.32%
14.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	5,914	2.28%
15.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	5,398	2.08%
16.	Other Material Moving Workers	5,364	2.07%
17.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	5,142	1.98%
18.	Supervisors / Construction and Extract	4,578	1.77%
19.	Top Executives	4,374	1.69%
20.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	4,172	1.61%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Other Office and Admin Support	13,484	6.55%
2.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	10,934	5.32%
3.	Agricultural Workers	10,096	4.91%
4.	Secretaries and Admins	9,912	4.82%
5.	Cashiers	8,994	4.37%
6.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	8,640	4.20%
7.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	6,964	3.39%
8.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	6,822	3.32%
9.	Other Management Occupations	6,622	3.22%
10.	Other Teachers / Instructors / Librarians	6,346	3.08%
11.	Child Care Workers	6,332	3.08%
12.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	6,300	3.06%
13.	Bookkeeping / Accounting / Auditing	6,192	3.01%
14.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	4,988	2.42%
15.	Registered Nurses	4,876	2.37%
16.	Nursing / Psychiatric / Home Health	4,786	2.33%
17.	Health Technologists and Technicians	4,130	2.01%
18.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	4,066	1.98%
19.	Waiters and Waitresses	3,990	1.94%
20.	Other Healthcare Support	3,770	1.83%

Bakersfield Metro Area Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	484,557	51.09%
15-35 hours	91,801	9.68%
1-14 hours	27,269	2.88%
No regular hours	344,792	36.35%

Bakersfield Metro Area Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	26,391	5.89%
5 AM-5:29 AM	24,672	5.51%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	31,274	6.99%
6 AM-6:29 AM	44,204	9.87%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	50,870	11.36%
7 AM-7:29 AM	62,749	14.02%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	66,818	14.92%
8 AM-8:29 AM	34,824	7.78%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	14,123	3.15%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	19,950	4.46%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	9,050	2.02%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	5,228	1.17%
Noon-3:59 PM	28,919	6.46%
4 PM-11:59 PM	28,644	6.40%

Bakersfield Metro Area Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	17,687	3.95%
5-9	60,108	13.43%
10-14	84,192	18.80%
15-19	88,721	19.82%
20-24	66,934	14.95%
25-29	18,914	4.22%
30-34	43,932	9.81%
35-39	5,624	1.26%
40-44	7,674	1.71%
45-59	20,581	4.60%
60-89	18,237	4.07%
At least 90	15,112	3.38%

Bakersfield Metro Area Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	1,926	0.43%	334,630	74.74%
30-44	1,606	0.36%	55,624	12.42%
45-59	834	0.19%	19,747	4.41%
At least 60	1,906	0.43%	31,443	7.02%

Bakersfield Metro Area Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	2,473	0.54%
Car / truck / van, carpool	84,506	18.36%
Car / truck / van, solo	339,663	73.81%
Motorcycle	1,282	0.28%
Other	4,688	1.02%
Public transportation	6,272	1.36%
Walked	8,832	1.92%
Worked at home	12,488	2.71%

Bakersfield Metro Area Employment Lawyers handle cases involving employment contracts, severance agreements, OSHA, workers compensation, ADA, race, sex, pregnancy, national-orgin, sexual orientation and age discrimination, sexual harassment, hours & wages and overtime issues. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Bakersfield Metro Area Family Information Back to top
: 417,572 (1,263,308 people)
: 315,446 (1,100,688 people)
: 94,385
: 574,635
Bakersfield Metro Area Household Income in 1999

Income	Population	Percent
Under $10,000	50,338	12.04%
$10,000-$14,999	33,758	8.07%
$15,000-$19,999	33,825	8.09%
$20,000-$24,999	31,463	7.52%
$25,000-$29,999	29,656	7.09%
$30,000-$34,999	27,473	6.57%
$35,000-$39,999	24,822	5.94%
$40,000-$44,999	22,006	5.26%
$45,000-$49,999	20,055	4.80%
$50,000-$59,999	34,284	8.20%
$60,000-$74,999	38,702	9.26%
$75,000-$99,999	36,978	8.84%
$100,000-$124,999	17,386	4.16%
$125,000-$149,999	7,023	1.68%
$150,000-$199,999	5,376	1.29%
$200,000 or more	5,015	1.20%

Bakersfield Metro Area Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	42,379	20.31%
Family, 2 people	51,614	24.74%
Nonfamily, 2 people	7,770	3.72%
Family, 3 people	33,023	15.83%
Nonfamily, 3 people	1,261	0.60%
Family, 4 people	32,963	15.80%
Nonfamily, 4 people	499	0.24%
Family, 5 people	19,870	9.52%
Nonfamily, 5 people	180	0.09%
Family, 6 people	9,965	4.78%
Nonfamily, 6 people	91	0.04%
Family, 7 or more people	8,966	4.30%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	71	0.03%

Bakersfield Metro Area Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	329,967	29.95%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	104,723	9.51%
Public Assistance	31,172	2.83%
Retirement	66,689	6.05%
Self Employment	47,290	4.29%
Social Security	103,830	9.43%
Supplemental Security	31,502	2.86%
Wage / Salary	316,600	28.74%
Other	69,822	6.34%

Bakersfield Metro Area Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	107,471	45.79%
With children under 18	127,228	54.21%

Bakersfield Metro Area Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	39,428	7.94%
Married	308,252	62.08%
Never Married	132,518	26.69%
Widowed	16,364	3.30%

Bakersfield Metro Area Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	52,610	11.09%
Married	269,359	56.77%
Never Married	109,571	23.09%
Widowed	42,899	9.04%

Bakersfield Metro Area Family Lawyers help clients with family law issues, such as marriage, divorce, domestic partnerships, adoptions, paternity, annulment, child support, custody, division of property, alimony, palimony, restraining orders, spousal support, uncontested divorce and visitation rights. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Bakersfield Metro Area Education Information Back to top
Bakersfield Metro Area Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	127,840	14.16%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	163,793	18.14%
High school diploma or equivalent	238,505	26.41%
Some college, no degree	212,818	23.57%
Associate degree	53,282	5.90%
Bachelors degree	72,178	7.99%
Graduate or professional degree	34,620	3.83%

Bakersfield Metro Area Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	13,439	2.03%	6,812	1.03%	20,251	3.06%
Kindergarten	22,266	3.37%	1,734	0.26%	24,000	3.63%
Grades 1-4	94,413	14.27%	5,226	0.79%	99,639	15.06%
Grades 5-8	93,526	14.14%	4,904	0.74%	98,430	14.88%
Grades 9-12	94,894	14.34%	6,045	0.91%	100,939	15.26%
Undergrad college	53,789	8.13%	6,497	0.98%	60,286	9.11%
Graduate or professional school	6,064	0.92%	2,828	0.43%	8,892	1.34%
Total	378,391	57.19%	34,046	5.15%	412,437	62.34%

Bakersfield Metro Area Education Lawyers represent colleges, school districts, other educational institutions, and students in the practice of education law. They handle issues related to No Child Left Behind, special education, and disability rights. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Bakersfield Metro Area Business Information Back to top
Bakersfield Metro Area Businesses Changes By Year

Year	Business Births	Business Deaths
2001	1,381	1,200
2002	1,229	1,125
2003	1,210	1,124
2004	1,295	1,065

Bakersfield Metro Area Business Lawyers provide services for corporations, LLCs, partnerships, contracts, franchising and business litigation. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Bakersfield Metro Area Public Benefits Information Back to top
Bakersfield Metro Area Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	1,001,201	79.25%
Below Poverty Level	262,166	20.75%

Bakersfield Metro Area Public Benefits Lawyers assess the range of local, state and federal government benefits to which their clients may be entitled and help them apply for such programs, as well as appeal decisions denying such benefits to their clients. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Bakersfield Metro Area Criminal Information Back to top
: 23,800
Bakersfield Metro Area Crimes Per 1,000 People By Type And Year

Year	Aggravated Assault	Forcible Rape	Murder / Manslaughter	Robbery	Total Violent Crimes	Arson	Burglary	Larceny / Theft	Motor Vehicle Theft	Total Property Crimes
1999	3.883	0.209	0.081	1.157	5.330	0.000	9.474	22.470	3.860	35.804
2000	25.674	1.299	0.474	13.904	41.351	0.000	34.080	119.689	21.167	174.936
2001	3.419	0.283	0.058	1.100	4.859	0.000	8.793	22.585	4.115	35.493
2002	3.384	0.321	0.074	1.136	4.914	0.000	9.498	23.095	4.986	37.578
2003	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
2004	4.467	0.301	0.071	1.291	6.129	0.000	11.406	25.857	6.799	44.061
2005	3.614	0.277	0.093	1.287	5.271	0.000	11.453	26.513	7.969	45.935
2006	3.750	0.263	0.085	1.387	5.486	0.000	11.409	24.869	7.544	43.822
2007	4.073	0.228	0.063	1.429	5.794	0.000	10.351	23.364	6.720	40.435

Bakersfield Metro Area Crime Index

Year	Index
1999	26,355
2000	142,009

Bakersfield Metro Area Criminal Lawyers represent defendants in municipal, state and federal criminal proceedings. These lawyers commonly handle cases involving DUI/DWI (drunk driving), drug possession, gun crimes, traffic tickets, violent crimes, sex crimes, theft offenses and white collar crimes. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Bakersfield Metro Area Immigration & Civil Rights Information Back to top
Bakersfield Metro Area Population By Age

Age	Population	Percent
0-9 Years	117,366	17.74%
10-19 Years	114,768	17.35%
20-29 Years	92,608	14.00%
30-39 Years	100,288	15.16%
40-49 Years	93,163	14.08%
50-59 Years	60,475	9.14%
60-69 Years	38,995	5.89%
70-79 Years	29,322	4.43%
80-89 Years	12,674	1.92%
90+ Years	1,986	0.30%

Bakersfield Metro Area Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	339,382	51.29%
Female	322,263	48.71%

Bakersfield Metro Area Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Caucasian	327,190	49.45%
Hispanic/Latino	254,036	38.39%
African-American	37,845	5.72%
Asian	21,177	3.20%
Multiracial	13,795	2.08%
Amerindian	5,885	0.89%
Other Race	989	0.15%
Pacific Islander	728	0.11%

Bakersfield Metro Area Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	German	125,351	20.79%
2.	Irish	95,013	15.76%
3.	English	89,936	14.91%
4.	United States Or American	74,882	12.42%
5.	Italian	32,002	5.31%
6.	French Non-Basque	26,167	4.34%
7.	Scottish	17,648	2.93%
8.	Dutch	17,261	2.86%
9.	Scotch Irish	14,019	2.32%
10.	Swedish	12,909	2.14%

Bakersfield Metro Area Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Only English	809,585	66.69%
2.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	352,222	29.01%
3.	Tagalog	12,634	1.04%
4.	Other Pacific Island	9,024	0.74%
5.	Other Indic	5,523	0.45%
6.	Chinese	3,118	0.26%
7.	Arabic	2,825	0.23%
8.	German	2,651	0.22%
9.	French	2,256	0.19%
10.	Korean	1,954	0.16%

Bakersfield Metro Area Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	1,100,862	83.08%
Naturalized immigrant	67,305	5.08%
Not a citizen	156,950	11.84%

Bakersfield Metro Area Immigration Lawyers help clients navigate through the federal immigration process. They help workers secure temporary visas (H1-B, fiances obtain K-1 visas, and permanent immigrants apply for Green Cards or citizenship. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Bakersfield Metro Area Civil Rights Lawyers represent clients who have been illegally discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and national origin. If you have suffered employment discrimination, sexual harassment, or have been treated differently by a hotel, restaurant, or other public accommodation, a civil rights lawyer can help you determine whether your rights were violated and what types of redress are available. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Bakersfield Metro Area Counties Back to top

Alphabetical | By Population

Kern County

Bakersfield Metro Area Cities Back to top

Alphabetical | By Population

Arvin	Golden Hills	Pine Mountain Club
Bakersfield	Greenfield-Panama	Randsburg
Bear Valley Springs	Inyokern	Ridgecrest
Bodfish	Johannesburg	Rosamond
Boron	Keene	Rosedale
Buttonwillow	Kernville	Shafter
Caliente	Lake Isabella	South Taft
California City	Lake of the Woods	Squirrel Mountain Valley
Cantil	Lamont	Stallion Springs
China Lake Acres	Lebec	Taft
Delano	Lost Hills	Tehachapi
Derby Acres	Maricopa	Tupman
Dustin Acres	Mc Farland	Valley Acres
East Kern	Mc Kittrick	Wasco
Edison	Mettler	Weedpatch
Edwards	Mojave	Weldon
Fellows	Mountain Mesa	Westside
Ford City	North Edwards	Wofford Heights
Frazier Park	Oildale	Woody
Glennville	Onyx

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Can a Public High School Punish a Student for Asking a Question that Refers to “Illegal Aliens”? Part One in a Two-Part Series

In this first of a two-part series of columns discussing a recent incident at a North Carolina high school where a student was suspended for using the term “illegal alien” in class, UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar and Illinois Law professor Jason Mazzone explain the relevant First Amendment case law surrounding student speech in public K-12 schools.

Bakersfield (338,887)	Bear Valley Springs (4,232)	Lake of the Woods (833)
Delano (38,824)	Mojave (3,836)	Mountain Mesa (716)
Oildale (27,885)	Ford City (3,512)	Dustin Acres (585)
Ridgecrest (24,927)	Buttonwillow (3,038)	Valley Acres (512)
Wasco (23,166)	Weedpatch (2,726)	Squirrel Mountain Valley (498)
Shafter (18,065)	Weldon (2,387)	Onyx (476)
Arvin (17,105)	Frazier Park (2,348)	Derby Acres (376)
Rosedale (15,326)	Wofford Heights (2,276)	Keene (339)
Tehachapi (14,777)	Boron (2,025)	Tupman (227)
Rosamond (14,349)	Lost Hills (1,938)	Johannesburg (176)
Mc Farland (13,567)	South Taft (1,898)	Mc Kittrick (160)
Lamont (13,296)	Bodfish (1,823)	Mettler (157)
California City (8,385)	China Lake Acres (1,761)	Fellows (153)
Taft (8,265)	Kernville (1,736)	Randsburg (77)
Golden Hills (7,434)	Pine Mountain Club (1,600)	Woody
Greenfield-Panama (6,850)	Stallion Springs (1,522)	Caliente
East Kern (6,018)	Lebec (1,285)	Edison
Edwards (5,909)	North Edwards (1,227)	Glennville
Lake Isabella (5,649)	Maricopa (1,111)	Cantil
Westside (4,411)	Inyokern (984)