California · United States
Bakersfield population
373,640people · latest figure
Bakersfield has a population of 373,640, making it the 51st largest place we list in United States. It is in California.
Bakersfield holds 0.11% of United States's 349,035,494 people. New York City, the largest place we list there, is 24 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 291,389, a rise of 28%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Bakersfield is in California, which has 1,132 recorded places.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis | Minnesota | 410,939 |
| Wichita | Kansas | 396,119 |
| Arlington | Texas | 388,125 |
| Cleveland | Ohio | 365,379 |
| New Orleans | Louisiana | 362,701 |
| Aurora | Colorado | 359,407 |
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Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.