City profile · Small City
Bell, California
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Bell, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Karen Ruth Bass
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 36,664
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcecityofbell.gov/Our-City/About-Us/Elected-Officials ↗
- Official leadership pagecityofbell.gov/Our-City/About-Us/Elected-Officials ↗
- City websitecityofbell.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Karen Ruth Bass CurrentMayor · added Aug 13, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
- Ali Saleh FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 36,664
- Median household income
- $56,685
- Median age
- 33.7
- Land area
- 2.51 sq mi
- Population density
- 14,607.2 per sq mi
- County
- Kern County
- Metro area
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA
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