Bodfish, California
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| census-designated place | |
View of Bodfish from Caliente-Bodfish Road in the hills west of town
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 Location in Kern County and the state of California |
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 Bodfish
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| Coordinates: 35°35′17″N 118°29′31″W / 35.58806°N 118.49194°WCoordinates: 35°35′17″N 118°29′31″W / 35.58806°N 118.49194°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Kern |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Jean Fuller (R) |
| • Assemblymember | Devon Mathis (R) |
| • U. S. rep. | Kevin McCarthy (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.983 sq mi (20.676 km2) |
| • Land | 7.971 sq mi (20.644 km2) |
| • Water | 0.012 sq mi (0.032 km2) 0.15% |
| Elevation | 2,687 ft (819 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,956 |
| • Density | 250/sq mi (95/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 93205 |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| FIPS code | 06-07274 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1660353 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bodfish, California | |
Bodfish is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Kern River Valley of the Southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California.
Bodfish is located 32 miles (51 km) east-northeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 2687 feet (819 m). The place was named for George Homer Bodfish, who settled nearby in 1867.
The population was 1,956 at the 2010 census, up from 1,823 at the 2000 census.
The Bodfish post office first opened in 1892, closed in 1895, and re-opened in 1906. The Vaughn post office was moved to Bodfish in 1906.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Bodfish had a population of 1,956. The population density was 245.0 people per square mile (94.6/km²). The racial makeup of Bodfish was 1,758 (89.9%) White, 4 (0.2%) African American, 50 (2.6%) Native American, 13 (0.7%) Asian, 3 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 49 (2.5%) from other races, and 79 (4.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 189 persons (9.7%).
The Census reported that 1,956 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 881 households, out of which 200 (22.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 361 (41.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 103 (11.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 58 (6.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 76 (8.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 4 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 295 households (33.5%) were made up of individuals and 156 (17.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22. There were 522 families (59.3% of all households); the average family size was 2.77.
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