Bodfish, California
Location in Kern County and the state of California
Coordinates: 35°35′21″N 118°28′55″W / 35.58917, -118.48194
Country	United States
State	California
County	Kern
Government
- N/A
- Senate	Roy Ashburn (R)
- Assembly	Jean Fuller (R)
- U. S. Congress	Kevin McCarthy (R)
Area
- Total	8 sq mi (20. Kern County is a County located in the southern Central Valley of the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The US state of California is divided into fifty-eight counties. Kern County is a County located in the southern Central Valley of the U The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. Roy Arthur Ashburn (born March 21 1954 in Long Beach California) is the California State Senator representing the 18th District which includes The California Republican Party is the California affiliate of the national Republican Party. The California State Assembly is the Lower house of the California State Legislature. Jean Fuller, PhD (born April 16 1950) is a US politician who is the Republican Assemblymember for the 32nd California's 22nd congressional district covers parts of San Luis Obispo, Kern, and Los Angeles Counties Kevin McCarthy (born January 26 1965) is a US Politician who is the Congressman for the 22nd District of Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 6 km²)
- Land	8 sq mi (20. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6 km²)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation	2,687 ft (819 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,823
- Density	227. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/sq mi (88. 5/km²)
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	93205
Area code(s)	760
FIPS code	06-07274
GNIS feature ID	1660353

Bodfish is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) UTC−8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Universal Coordinated Time by 8 hours Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−7 can be observed in Mountain Standard Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Zone Canada The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks ImageArea_code_760png|right|Map of California area codes in Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout A census-designated place ( CDP) is a type of place (a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes Kern County is a County located in the southern Central Valley of the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The region was named for George H. Bodfish, who settled in the Bodfish Canyon area in the 1800s.

The population was 1,823 at the 2000 census.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 1,823 people, 840 households, and 535 families residing in the CDP. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 229. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 0 people per square mile (88. 4/km²). There were 1,188 housing units at an average density of 149. 2/sq mi (57. 6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91. 28% White, 0. 16% Black or African American, 2. 25% Native American, 0. 60% Asian, 0. 05% Pacific Islander, 1. 59% from other races, and 4. 06% from two or more races. 5. 43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 840 households out of which 19. 4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49. 3% were married couples living together, 10. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36. 3% were non-families. 29. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 17. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 17 and the average family size was 2. 64.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 19. 1% under the age of 18, 4. 7% from 18 to 24, 19. 3% from 25 to 44, 27. 4% from 45 to 64, and 29. 5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 98. 6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96. 8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $22,368, and the median income for a family was $29,375. Males had a median income of $22,308 versus $14,926 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $12,735. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 9. 9% of families and 15. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 7% of those under age 18 and 9. 0% of those age 65 or over.

Gallery

View of Bodfish from Caliente-Bodfish Road in the hills west of town.

Guide sign along Lake Isabella Boulevard at the east extent of Bodfish.

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