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Bakersfield Fun Facts

• 9th most populous city in California, 52th most populous city in U.S.
  Population increased 43.6% between 2000 and 2012.
• Large employers include Nestlé, Frito-Lay, State Farm, Aera Energy, Chevron, Occidental Oil & Gas.
• County seat of Kern County, 3rd largest county in California.
  Kern is the 4th largest agricultural producing county in U.S.
• County generates 76% of all oil produced in California.
• Within a four hour drive of 90% of California’s population.
• 59 city parks (494 acres), 1,379 miles of city streets, more than 100 miles of bike lanes and paths.
• Tree City USA designation 16 years in a row.
• Kern River Parkway includes 6,000+ acres of trails, parks, and waterways.
• 5,400 hotel rooms, from quaint to full-service.
• Central, affordable location attracts statewide and regional conventions.
• More Basque restaurants than any other city in the U.S.
• Amtrak station is the nation’s 5th busiest in California, 25th busiest in U.S.
• Bakersfield Community Theater is the oldest continually operating community theater in California, and the second oldest amateur community theater west of the Mississippi.
• Bakersfield College (founded 1913) and CSU Bakersfield (founded 1970).
• Pro sports: ice hockey, baseball, auto racing and Basketball.
• Home to Bakersfield Jazz Festival since 1986.
• Bakersfield was named after Colonel Thomas Baker, who settled in the Southern San Joaquin Valley in the middle 19th century. His “field” was known far and wide by travelers who used it as a stopping point during their travels.
• Bakersfield is the 9th fastest growing city in the United States with a population of over 100,000, and the fastest growing city in the United States with a population of over 250,000.
• Musicians Buck Owens and Merle Haggard lived in Bakersfield for much of their lives, pioneering the Bakersfield Sound.
• In 2005 Garth Brooks proposed to then girlfriend Trisha Yearwood on stage at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace. The proposal was televised to a national audience.
• Home to Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace, regularly nominated as Nightclub of the Year by the Academy of Country Music. The venue has won the award three times (1997, 2004, 2006).
• The Grammy award-winning band Korn formed in Bakersfield. The group sparked a genre of music known as nu-metal. The group has sold over 30 million albums and has a street dedicated to them in Bakersfield.
• An earthquake and sequent aftershock in 1952 caused severe damage to much of downtown Bakersfield.
• The area was rebuilt, but much of the original architecture and cultural landmarks were destroyed.
• Bakersfield is home to the largest carrot-producing operations in the world, Grimmway Farms and Bolthouse Farms.
• The Midway-Sunset oil field near Bakersfield is the largest in California.
• The historic Fox Theater in downtown Bakersfield opened on Christmas day in 1930. The theater has hosted many performances, including: B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Tim McGraw.
• Sam Lynn Ballpark is the only remaining professional baseball stadium in the United States facing west. Home game start times are often changed each month depending on the position of the sun at dusk.