Communities

Cities[edit]

• Arvin
• Bakersfield (county seat)
• California City
• Delano
• Maricopa
• McFarland
• Ridgecrest
• Shafter
• Taft
• Tehachapi
• Wasco

Census-designated places[edit]

• Bear Valley Springs
• Bodfish
• Boron
• Buttonwillow
• Cherokee Strip
• China Lake Acres
• Derby Acres
• Dustin Acres
• Edmundson Acres
• Edwards AFB
• Fellows
• Ford City
• Frazier Park
• Fuller Acres
• Golden Hills
• Greenacres
• Greenfield
• Inyokern
• Johannesburg
• Keene
• Kernville
• Lake Isabella
• Lake of the Woods
• Lamont
• Lebec
• Lost Hills
• McKittrick
• Mettler
• Mexican Colony
• Mojave
• Mountain Mesa
• North Edwards
• Oildale
• Onyx
• Pine Mountain Club
• Randsburg
• Rosamond
• Rosedale
• Smith Corner
• South Taft
• Squirrel Mountain Valley
• Stallion Springs
• Taft Heights
• Tupman
• Valley Acres
• Weedpatch
• Weldon
• Wofford Heights

Unincorporated communities[edit]

• Actis
• Aerial Acres
• Alameda
• Algoso
• Alta Sierra
• Annette
• Ansel
• Armistead
• Bealville
• Bena
• Bissell
• Bowerbank
• Bradys
• Burton Mill
• Cable
• Calders Corner
• Calico
• Caliente
• Cameron
• Canebrake
• Cantil
• Cawelo
• Ceneda
• Cinco
• Claraville
• Conner
• Crome
• Di Giorgio
• Edison
• Edwards
• Elmo
• Famoso
• Fig Orchard
• Five Points
• Fleta
• Glennville
• Goler Heights
• Gosford
• Grapevine
• Gulf
• Gypsite
• Halfway House
• Harpertown
• Harts Place
• Havilah
• Hazelton
• Hollis
• Ilmon
• Indian Wells
• Jasmin
• Kayandee
• Kecks Corner
• Kern Lake
• Kernell
• Keyesville
• Kilowatt
• Lackey Place
• Lakeview
• Landco
• Lokern
• Lonsmith
• Loraine
• Maltha
• Marcel
• Meridian
• Midoil
• Millux
• Miracle Hot Springs
• Missouri Triangle
• Monolith
• Moreland Mill
• Neufeld
• North Belridge, California
• Oil Junction
• Old Garlock
• Old River
• Old West Ranch^[53][54][55]
• Palmo
• Panama
• Pentland
• Pettit Place
• Pinon Pines Estates
• Pond
• Prospero
• Pumpkin Center
• Quality
• Rancho Seco
• Rand
• Reward
• Ribier
• Ricardo
• Rich
• Rio Bravo
• Riverkern
• Rowen
• Saco
• Sageland
• Saltdale
• San Emidio
• Sanborn
• Sand Canyon
• Searles
• Semitropic
• Shirley Meadows
• Silt
• Slater
• South Lake
• Spellacy
• Spicer City
• Stevens
• Summit
• Twin Lakes
• Twin Oaks
• Una
• Venola
• Vinland
• Walong
• Wheeler Ridge
• Wible Orchard
• Willow Springs
• Woody
• Zentner

Former places[edit]

• Adobe Station
• Mesa Marin Raceway

Population ranking[edit]

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Kern County.^[56]

† county seat

Rank	City/Town/etc.	Municipal type	Population (2010 Census)
1	† Bakersfield	City	347,483
2	Delano	City	53,041
3	Oildale	CDP	32,684
4	Ridgecrest	City	27,616
5	Wasco	City	25,545
6	Arvin	City	19,304
7	Rosamond	CDP	18,150
8	Shafter	City	16,988
9	Lamont	CDP	15,120
10	Tehachapi	City	14,414
11	California City	City	14,120
12	Rosedale	CDP	14,058
13	McFarland	City	12,707
14	Taft	City	9,327
15	Golden Hills	CDP	8,656
16	Greenacres	CDP	5,566
17	Bear Valley Springs	CDP	5,172
18	Ford City	CDP	4,278
19	Mojave	CDP	4,238
20	Greenfield	CDP	3,991
21	Lake Isabella	CDP	3,466
22	Frazier Park	CDP	2,691
23	Weedpatch	CDP	2,658
24	Weldon	CDP	2,642
25	Stallion Springs	CDP	2,488
26	Lost Hills	CDP	2,412
27	Pine Mountain Club	CDP	2,315
28	Boron	CDP	2,253
29	Wofford Heights	CDP	2,200
30	South Taft	CDP	2,169
31	Edwards AFB	CDP	2,063
32	Bodfish	CDP	1,956
33	Taft Heights	CDP	1,949
34	China Lake Acres	CDP	1,876
35	Buttonwillow	CDP	1,508
36	Lebec	CDP	1,468
37	Kernville	CDP	1,395
38	Maricopa	City	1,154
39	Inyokern	CDP	1,099
40	North Edwards	CDP	1,058
41	Fuller Acres	CDP	991
42	Lake of the Woods	CDP	917
43	Mountain Mesa	CDP	777
44	Dustin Acres	CDP	652
45	Squirrel Mountain Valley	CDP	547
46	Valley Acres	CDP	527
47	Smith Corner	CDP	524
48	Onyx	CDP	475
49	Keene	CDP	431
50	Derby Acres	CDP	322
51	Mexican Colony	CDP	281
52	Edmundson Acres	CDP	279
53	Cherokee Strip	CDP	227
54	Johannesburg	CDP	172
55	Tupman	CDP	161
56	Mettler	CDP	136
57	McKittrick	CDP	115
58	Fellows	CDP	106
59	Randsburg	CDP	69