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Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area

The Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area is one county in California: Kern County. About 927,068 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.0% more than in April 2020.

Kern County, centralBakersfieldDelano
Kern County in California
Population, July 2025
927,068 2.0% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
County
Kern County
Land area
8,135 sq mi (21,069 km²)
Time zone
Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
State
California
CBSA code
12540
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The county in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Kern CountyCentral927,068

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Bakersfield411,986 people
  2. Delano51,679 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Visalia, CA Metro Area69 mi north
  2. Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area76 mi northwest
  3. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area80 mi south
  4. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area85 mi west
  5. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area92 mi west
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area99 mi south
  7. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area135 mi southeast
  8. Bishop, CA Micro Area144 mi north

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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