California · Census place 0602924

Arvin, California

Arvin is a city in Kern County, California with an estimated 19,661 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 299th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,661
#299 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+148 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
Density
4,079 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Arvin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Arvin population, 2020 to 2024

Arvin added 148 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +167. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 139th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Arvin is 53% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,504. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Arvin covers 4.82 square miles of land, for 4,079 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Arvin is close to the typical town.

What county Arvin is in

All of Arvin's residents live in Kern County, which had 922,529 residents in 2024. Arvin holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arvin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Arvin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93203. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Arvin is

The Census internal point of Arvin is at 35.194400, -118.830600. Sacramento, the capital, is 276.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bakersfield, CA (417,468 people), 16.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.194400, -118.830600
DMS
35°11'39.84"N 118°49'50.16"W
UTM
11N 333341.2E 3896136.4N
Geohash
9q72pyynn
Plus code
857355V9+QQ

Daylight in Arvin

At 35.19° N, Arvin gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Arvin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Bakersfield, 16.0 miles away, with 417,468 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Arvin, CA?

19,661 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 148 (0.8%) from 19,513 in July 2020.

What county is Arvin in?

Kern County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Arvin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93203.

How far is Arvin from Sacramento?

276.2 miles (444.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Arvin.

What is the nearest larger city to Arvin?

Bakersfield, CA, with 417,468 residents, 16.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.