City profile · Large City
Bakersfield, California
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Bakersfield, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Karen Goh
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Republican
- Population
- 407,615
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcebakersfieldcity.us/meet-our-mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagebakersfieldcity.us/meet-our-mayor ↗
- City websitebakersfieldcity.us ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Karen Goh CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 407,615
- Median household income
- $73,827
- Median age
- 31.5
- Land area
- 150.27 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,712.6 per sq mi
- County
- Kern County
- Metro area
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA
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