Bakersfield Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Bakersfield metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Bakersfield in 2025 is 751,000, a 1.35% increase from 2024.
- The metro area population of Bakersfield in 2024 was 741,000, a 1.51% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Bakersfield in 2023 was 730,000, a 1.67% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Bakersfield in 2022 was 718,000, a 1.84% increase from 2021.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
19,154,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,678,000 |
| Chicago |
9,042,000 |
| Houston |
6,890,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,732,000 |
| Miami |
6,372,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,272,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,861,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,600,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,834,000 |
| Boston |
4,396,000 |
| Seattle |
3,581,000 |
| Detroit |
3,543,000 |
| San Diego |
3,373,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,363,000 |
| Tampa |
3,040,000 |
| Minneapolis |
3,039,000 |
| Las Vegas |
3,000,000 |
| Denver |
2,995,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,664,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,525,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,387,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,367,000 |
| Austin |
2,313,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,269,000 |
| Portland |
2,265,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,256,000 |
| Orlando |
2,129,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,925,000 |
| San Jose |
1,848,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,801,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,780,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,754,000 |
| Columbus |
1,746,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,716,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,661,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,505,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,473,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,360,000 |
| Nashville |
1,350,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,226,000 |
| Providence |
1,217,000 |
| Memphis |
1,188,000 |
| Richmond |
1,162,000 |
| Louisville |
1,136,000 |
| McAllen |
1,116,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,037,000 |
| Tucson |
1,034,000 |
| Hartford |
1,032,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,030,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
1,019,000 |
| El Paso |
1,006,000 |
| Albuquerque |
978,000 |
| Cape Coral |
975,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
973,000 |
| Honolulu |
928,000 |
| Buffalo |
890,000 |
| Birmingham |
879,000 |
| Omaha |
876,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
875,000 |
| Fresno |
811,000 |
| Tulsa |
807,000 |
| Knoxville |
807,000 |
| Allentown |
800,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
785,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
777,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
772,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
771,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
765,000 |
| Rochester |
758,000 |
| Dayton |
754,000 |
| Bakersfield |
751,000 |
| The Woodlands |
723,000 |
| Concord |
710,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
709,000 |
| Springfield |
691,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
658,000 |
| Albany |
647,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
619,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
614,000 |
| Kissimmee |
612,000 |
| New Haven |
608,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
587,000 |
| Des Moines |
579,000 |
| Harrisburg |
578,000 |
| Greenville |
576,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
574,000 |
| Worcester |
572,000 |
| Akron |
571,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
552,000 |
| Wichita |
548,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
546,000 |
| Little Rock |
545,000 |
| Reno |
545,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
544,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
538,000 |
| Lancaster |
532,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
522,000 |
| Madison |
519,000 |
| Toledo |
516,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
511,000 |
| Boise City |
482,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
479,000 |
| Concord |
478,000 |
| Visalia |
475,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
474,000 |
| Spokane |
470,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
465,000 |
| Stockton |
461,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
446,000 |
| Durham |
444,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
442,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
441,000 |
| Chattanooga |
437,000 |
| Modesto |
431,000 |
| Syracuse |
427,000 |
| Huntsville |
420,000 |
| Oxnard |
410,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
399,000 |
| Lafayette |
396,000 |
| Montgomery |
385,000 |
| Asheville |
381,000 |
| Antioch |
380,000 |
| Greensboro |
380,000 |
| Scranton |
378,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
374,000 |
| Lakeland |
374,000 |
| Fort Collins |
363,000 |
| Pensacola |
363,000 |
| Fayetteville |
361,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
358,000 |
| Youngstown |
354,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
351,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
351,000 |
| Flint |
347,000 |
| Savannah |
347,000 |
| Laredo |
344,000 |
| Trenton |
341,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
341,000 |
| Mobile |
339,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
338,000 |
| Rockford |
336,000 |
| Lansing |
333,000 |
| Shreveport |
332,000 |
|
Bakersfield - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2025 |
751,000 |
1.35% |
| 2024 |
741,000 |
1.51% |
| 2023 |
730,000 |
1.67% |
| 2022 |
718,000 |
1.84% |
| 2021 |
705,000 |
2.03% |
| 2020 |
691,000 |
2.22% |
| 2019 |
676,000 |
2.42% |
| 2018 |
660,000 |
2.80% |
| 2017 |
642,000 |
2.88% |
| 2016 |
624,000 |
2.80% |
| 2015 |
607,000 |
2.88% |
| 2014 |
590,000 |
2.79% |
| 2013 |
574,000 |
2.87% |
| 2012 |
558,000 |
2.76% |
| 2011 |
543,000 |
2.84% |
| 2010 |
528,000 |
2.92% |
| 2009 |
513,000 |
2.81% |
| 2008 |
499,000 |
2.89% |
| 2007 |
485,000 |
2.75% |
| 2006 |
472,000 |
2.83% |
| 2005 |
459,000 |
2.91% |
| 2004 |
446,000 |
2.76% |
| 2003 |
434,000 |
2.84% |
| 2002 |
422,000 |
2.93% |
| 2001 |
410,000 |
2.76% |
| 2000 |
399,000 |
2.84% |
| 1999 |
388,000 |
2.65% |
| 1998 |
378,000 |
2.72% |
| 1997 |
368,000 |
2.79% |
| 1996 |
358,000 |
2.58% |
| 1995 |
349,000 |
2.95% |
| 1994 |
339,000 |
2.73% |
| 1993 |
330,000 |
2.48% |
| 1992 |
322,000 |
2.88% |
| 1991 |
313,000 |
2.62% |
| 1990 |
305,000 |
3.04% |
| 1989 |
296,000 |
3.14% |
| 1988 |
287,000 |
3.24% |
| 1987 |
278,000 |
2.96% |
| 1986 |
270,000 |
3.45% |
| 1985 |
261,000 |
3.16% |
| 1984 |
253,000 |
2.85% |
| 1983 |
246,000 |
3.36% |
| 1982 |
238,000 |
3.03% |
| 1981 |
231,000 |
3.13% |
| 1980 |
224,000 |
2.75% |
| 1979 |
218,000 |
2.35% |
| 1978 |
213,000 |
2.40% |
| 1977 |
208,000 |
1.96% |
| 1976 |
204,000 |
2.51% |
| 1975 |
199,000 |
2.58% |
| 1974 |
194,000 |
2.11% |
| 1973 |
190,000 |
2.15% |
| 1972 |
186,000 |
2.76% |
| 1971 |
181,000 |
2.26% |
| 1970 |
177,000 |
2.31% |
| 1969 |
173,000 |
1.76% |
| 1968 |
170,000 |
2.41% |
| 1967 |
166,000 |
2.47% |
| 1966 |
162,000 |
1.89% |
| 1965 |
159,000 |
2.58% |
| 1964 |
155,000 |
1.97% |
| 1963 |
152,000 |
2.01% |
| 1962 |
149,000 |
2.05% |
| 1961 |
146,000 |
2.10% |
| 1960 |
143,000 |
2.88% |
| 1959 |
139,000 |
2.21% |
| 1958 |
136,000 |
3.03% |
| 1957 |
132,000 |
2.33% |
| 1956 |
129,000 |
2.38% |
| 1955 |
126,000 |
2.44% |
| 1954 |
123,000 |
2.50% |
| 1953 |
120,000 |
2.56% |
| 1952 |
117,000 |
2.63% |
| 1951 |
114,000 |
1.79% |
| 1950 |
112,000 |
0.00% |
