Editing Bodfish, California

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Bodfish
|settlement_type          = [[census-designated place]]
|image_skyline            = Bodfish and Lake Isabella California.JPG
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = View of Bodfish from Caliente-Bodfish Road in the hills west of town
|image_seal               = 
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|mapsize                  = 250x200px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Kern County, California|Kern County]] and the state of [[California]]
|image_map1               = 
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| pushpin_map = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|California}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Kern County, California|Kern]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = N/A
|leader_name              = 
|leader_title1            = [[California's 16th State Senate district|State senator]]
|leader_name1             = {{Representative|casd|16|fmt=sleader}}<ref name=swd>{{Cite web
 | url = http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html
 | title = Statewide Database
 | publisher = [[Regents of the University of California]]
 | access-date = April 6, 2015
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html
 | archive-date = February 1, 2015
 | url-status = dead
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|leader_title2            = [[California's 26th State Assembly district|Assemblymember]]
|leader_name2             = {{Representative|caad|26|fmt=sleader}}<ref name=swd/>
|leader_title3            = [[California's 23rd congressional district|U. S. rep.]]
|leader_name3             = {{Representative|cacd|23|fmt=usleader}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|23}}</ref>
|established_date         = 
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|area_magnitude           = 
| unit_pref               = Imperial
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 30, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi        = 8.23
| area_land_sq_mi         = 8.21
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.01
| area_total_km2          = 21.31
| area_land_km2           = 21.27
| area_water_km2          = 0.03
| area_water_percent      = 0.15
| area_note               =

|elevation_ft             = 2687
|elevation_m              = 819
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 2008
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 94.39
|population_density_sq_mi = 244.46
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]]
|utc_offset               = -8
|coordinates              = {{coord|35|35|17|N|118|29|31|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
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|timezone_DST             = PDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -7
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 93205
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area codes]]
|area_code                = [[Area codes 442 and 760|442/760]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 06-07274
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1660353
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'''Bodfish''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the southern [[Kern River Valley]] of the Southern Sierra Nevada, in [[Kern County, California]], United States.

Bodfish is located {{convert|32|mi|km|0}} east-northeast of [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|1005}}</ref> at an elevation of {{Convert|2687|feet|}}.<ref name=gnis />

The population was 2,008 at the 2020 census, up from 1,956 at the 2010 census.

==History==
[[File:Bodfish California guide sign.JPG|thumb|Guide sign along Lake Isabella Boulevard at the east extent of Bodfish]]
The place was named for George Homer Bodfish, who settled nearby in 1867.<ref name=CGN />

The Bodfish post office first opened in 1892, closed in 1895, and re-opened in 1906.<ref name=CGN /> The [[Vaughn, California|Vaughn]] post office was moved to Bodfish in 1906.<ref name=CGN />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 1823
|2010= 1956
|2020= 2008
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1850–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
}}

The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Bodfish had a population of 2,008. The population density was {{convert|244.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Bodfish was 83.8% [[White Americans|White]], 1.0% [[African Americans|African American]], 2.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.9% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 3.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 8.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 10.6% of the population.

The whole population lived in households. There were 958 households, out of which 15.4% included children under the age of 18, 34.4% were married-couple households, 8.9% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 27.9% had a female householder with no partner present, and 28.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 37.7% of households were one person, and 19.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.10. There were 511 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (53.3% of all households).

The age distribution was 14.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% aged 18 to 24, 17.2% aged 25 to 44, 33.0% aged 45 to 64, and 29.0% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 55.4{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 111.8 males.

There were 1,215 housing units at an average density of {{convert|147.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 958 (78.8%) were occupied. Of these, 72.5% were owner-occupied, and 27.5% were occupied by renters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bodfish CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0607274 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=April 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bodfish CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0607274 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=April 5, 2025}}</ref>

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $33,295, and the [[per capita income]] was $16,165. About 42.4% of families and 54.8% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bodfish CDP, California; DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03?g=1600000US0607274 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=April 5, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Kern County, California}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Kern County, California]]
[[Category:Kern River Valley]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States)]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1892]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in California]]