Bodfish is a

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(CDP) in the southern

Kern River Valley The Kern River Valley is a valley and region of the Southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California, Kern County, California. History The valley was inhabited for millennia by the indigenous Tübatulabal and Kawaiisu peo ...

of the Southern Sierra Nevada, in

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, United States. Bodfish is located east-northeast of

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

History

The place was named for George Homer Bodfish, who settled nearby in 1867. 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.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Bodfish had a population of 2,008. The population density was . The racial makeup of Bodfish was 83.8%

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, 1.0%

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, 2.2% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.1%

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, 3.8% from other races, and 8.2% from two or more races. 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

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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

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(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 65years of age or older. The median age was 55.4years. For every 100 females, there were 111.8 males. There were 1,215 housing units at an average density of , of which 958 (78.8%) were occupied. Of these, 72.5% were owner-occupied, and 27.5% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $33,295, and the

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was $16,165. About 42.4% of families and 54.8% of the population were below the poverty line.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Kern County, California Kern River Valley Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States) Populated places established in 1892 Census-designated places in California