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Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. [4] Its county seat is Bakersfield. [6]
Bakersfield's historic and primary industries are related to Kern County's two main industries: oil and agriculture. Kern County in 2013 was the most oil productive county in the US. [77] [78] Kern County is a part of the highly productive San Joaquin Valley and ranks in the top five most productive agricultural counties in the nation. [78]
Delano (/ d ə ˈ l eɪ n oʊ / də-LAY-noh) is a city in Kern County, California, United States. Delano is located about 30 miles (48 km) north-northwest of Bakersfield [8] at an elevation of 315 feet (96 m). [1] The population was 51,428 in 2020, down from 53,041 in 2010. It is Kern County's second-largest city after Bakersfield.
Kern County is located on the proposed California High-Speed Rail. This proposes to link Los Angeles with San Francisco and Sacramento by a high speed train. Bakersfield is the location of the station within Kern County, and will serve the southern San Joaquin Valley region.
California’s wealthiest farming family is proposing an expansion of industrial warehousing in Kern County that would fundamentally reshape the economy in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
Ridgecrest is a city in Kern County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 395 in the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS, or China Lake). It was incorporated as a city in 1963.
La Cresta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California. [3] The CDP is within Bakersfield's census county division, [4] and is surrounded by the city of Bakersfield on most sides, but borders East Bakersfield to the southeast. [3] Its population was 8,787 at the 2020 census. [3]
Kern County officials say that most warehouses will not be close to homes. The county is regulating environmental impacts, requiring that companies take steps to reduce air pollution, said Lorelei ...