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the cities of arvin delano maricopa mcfarland ridgecrest shafter taft tehachapi and wasco this agency is contracted to provide dispatch services for the california city fire department over 546 uniformed firefighters are stationed in 46 fire stations throughout the county sheriff s office edit main article kern county sheriff s department the kern county sheriff s department is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the county of kern the department provides law enforcement within the county maintains the jails used by both the county and municipal cities and provides search and rescue the department contains over 1 200 sworn deputies and civilian employees its jurisdiction contains all of the unincorporated areas of kern county approximately 8 000 square miles 21 000 km 2 the department headquarters is located at 1350 norris road in bakersfield there are 15 additional substations located throughout the county the metro patrol area is divided into four regions north south east and west in 2009 the district attorney claimed the highest per capita prison commitment rate of any major california county kern county contains multiple state and federal prisons including two private prisons the county is among the most prolific with the death penalty assigning death penalty sentences in 26 cases since 1976 in 2015 kern county policemen from all departments killed more people per capita than any other american county because of the very harsh local criminal justice system kern county has been dubbed the most punitive authoritarian jurisdiction on the west coast and oklahoma of the west 74 in 2015 it was revealed that the kern county sheriff s office engaged in a longstanding program of attempted cash payoffs to women who had accused deputies of sexual assault in the same year a civil lawsuit filed by a survivor of a sexual assault committed by kern county sheriff s deputy gabriel lopez was settled for 1 million 75 kern county had the most deaths per capita in the us by police shooting per an article published in the guardian on december 1 2015 76 in 2015 to the date of publication of the article there have been 13 deaths by police shootings in a county of less than 875 000 population or 0 016 per thousand persons by comparison during the same period of time in new york city a population 10 times the size with a police force more than 20 times the size there were 9 such deaths 77 the following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1 000 persons for each type of offense population and crime rates population 62 829 254 violent crime 78 4 892 5 90 homicide 78 75 0 09 forcible rape 78 205 0 25 robbery 78 1 331 1 61 aggravated assault 78 3 281 3 96 property crime 78 20 147 24 30 burglary 78 9 413 11 35 larceny theft 78 79 17 034 20 54 motor vehicle theft 78 4 998 6 03 arson 78 593 0 72 cities by population and crime rates edit cities by population and crime rates city population 80 violent crimes 80 violent crime rate per 1 000 persons property crimes 80 property crime rate per 1 000 persons arvin 19 761 165 8 35 671 33 96 bakersfield 355 696 1 929 5 42 17 754 49 91 bear valley 5 282 1 0 19 92 17 42 california city 14 460 90 6 22 517 35 75 delano 54 318 274 5 04 1 437 26 46 mcfarland 13 010 57 4 38 218 16 76 ridgecrest 28 273 108 3 82 602 21 29 shafter 17 391 49 2 82 576 33 12 stallion springs 2 540 6 2 36 9 3 54 taft 9 552 54 5 65 365 38 21 tehachapi 14 766 59 4 00 472 31 97 economy edit the county has a large agricultural base and is a significant producer of oil natural gas hydro electric power biomass solar power and wind power kern is noted for minerals including gold borate and kernite the largest open pit mine in california which mines borax is at boron 81 as of october 1 2016 kern county contains nearly 25 of california s in state renewable energy production including 1 785 mw of solar power and 3 310 mw of wind power 82 kern county is home to the tehachapi energy storage project which was commissioned in 2014 83 aerospace and military edit department of defense facilities include edwards air force base and china lake naval air weapons station as home to edwards air force base the air force s main flight test facility kern has been the site of many milestones including the first supersonic flight and the first landing of the space shuttle the base has brought prosperity to the railroad towns of mojave and rosamond 84 kern county is also the home of the first inland spaceport in the united states the mojave spaceport 85 agriculture edit agriculture has long been one of the county s biggest industries 86 between 2012 and 2013 the produced value of agricultural products increased 6 to a total of 6 8 billion 86 grape constituted 31 almond 17 milk 13 citrus 11 cattle and calves and pistachio both 7 carrots only 6 but 80 of carrots produced in the entire united states hay 4 and cotton and potatoes both 2 86 this is one of the highest producing locations in the united states for vegetables and also for watermelons 87 vegetables are estimated to total 320 million every year 87 there are about 1 938 farms at an average size of 1 202 acres 486 ha however 41 are smaller than 50 acres 20 ha being the primary employment of 63 of operators 86 kern county is a major producer of almonds 88 with production greater than 100 million pounds 45 000 t 50 000 short tons annually 86 that is third of all the counties 16 of the state s production 86 see also almond in california pistachio is another important employer in the county 89 the michailides avenot group finds severe boscalid resistance in isolates of alternaria alternata pathogenic on pistachio here 89 they find extensive such resistance in a swathe from the center down into the central southern part of the state but especially here 89 see also pistachio in california and boscalid in california the glassy winged sharpshooter homalodisca vitripennis is a major insect pest in the county including in kern county s citrus groves 90 see also glassy winged sharpshooter in california petroleum edit as of 2015 update kern is california s top oil producing county with 78 of the state s 56 653 active oil wells and 71 of oil production 91 92 the county produced 144 5 million barrels of oil in 2015 accounting for about 4 of overall u s oil production 91 93 discovery and development edit oil development began with the 1894 discovery of the midway sunset oil field now the third largest in the united states in the southwestern portion of kern county near maricopa the 1899 discovery along the kern river was a breakthrough in oil production 11 oil was refined here even before the establishment of the county 11 the buena vista petroleum company was organized and incorporated in 1864 11 soon thereafter a refinery was built that operated until april 1867 when work ceased because of high freight charges 11 the 1910 lakeview gusher was the largest recorded oil strike in u s history the well spewed approximately nine million barrels for 18 months before workers finally were able to cap it 94 other big oil fields in southwestern kern county discovered early in the 20th century include the buena vista the south belridge and the cymric fields the latter is the fastest growing field in california in terms of barrels produced per year 95 later large fields include the kern river oil field the fifth largest in the u s the adjacent kern front oil field the mount poso oil field in the lower foothills of the sierra north northeast of bakersfield and the fruitvale oil field which underlies much of the city of bakersfield along and north of the kern river 96 97 on july 22 2009 occidental petroleum announced it had discovered the equivalent of 150 million to 250 million barrels of oil in kern county which the company called the largest oil discovery in california in 35 years the find added about 10 percent to california s known reserves occidental s ray irani said it is likely that more oil would be found in the areas outside the initial six wells that tapped the discovery occidental has not revealed the exact location of the find two thirds of which is natural gas bnet an industry web publication said the find would add to the company s 708 million barrels of proven reserves in california citation needed petroleum today edit the county today contributes more than three quarters of all the oil produced onshore in california 95 some of the large oil fields in kern county which are still active include buena vista oil field cymric oil field edison oil field elk hills oil field fruitvale oil field kern front oil field kern river oil field lost hills oil field mckittrick oil field midway sunset oil field mountain view oil field mount poso oil field north belridge oil field round mountain oil field south belridge oil field transportation edit main article transportation in kern county major highways edit i 5 us 395 sr 14 former us 6 sr 33 sr 41 sr 43 sr 46 sr 58 sr 65 sr 99 former us 99 sr 119 sr 155 sr 166 sr 178 sr 184 sr 202 sr 204 sr 223 public transportation edit arvin transit is the local municipal bus operator in and around arvin delano area rapid transit is the local municipal bus operator in delano golden empire transit is the local bus operator in and near bakersfield kern transit provides countywide intercity bus service including connections to lancaster taft area transit is the local municipal bus operator in and around taft kern county is also served by greyhound flixbus and orange belt stages buses and amtrak trains based at bakersfield station airports edit main article list of airports in kern county california meadows field is the only airport in the county served by scheduled commercial passenger flights california city municipal airport california city faa l71 delano municipal airport delano iata dlo inyokern airport inyokern iata iyk kern valley airport kernville faa l05 lost hills airport lost hills faa l84 meadows field bakersfield an international and general aviation airport iata bfl mojave airport mojave iata mhv shafter airport minter field shafter iata mit taft airport taft faa l17 tehachapi municipal airport tehachapi iata tsp wasco airport wasco faa l19 recreation edit outdoor recreational activities include horseback riding and water skiing lake isabella lake buena vista lake ming and private ski ranches off roading and other motorsports take place at jawbone canyon california city randsburg willow springs buttonwillow bakersfield speedway famoso raceway and the half mile kevin harvick s kern raceway hunting paintball white water rafting kayaking kern river snow skiing shirley meadows and mount pinos shooting ranges 5 dogs range hiking biking trails paths and roads camping and fishing are also part of the recreational culture media edit magazines edit bakersfield life magazine kern county bakersfield magazine kern county kern county family magazine kern county newspapers edit the bakersfield californian kern county mountain enterprise southwest kern mountains area mojave desert news california city and east kern desert area the daily independent ridgecrest china lake and the indian wells valley the kern valley sun kern valley area kern river courier kern valley area tehachapi news tehachapi taft midway driller taft taft independent taft the delano record delano tv stations edit kern county is served by stations based in bakersfield including kabe cd univision kbak tv cbs kbfx tv fox kero tv abc kget tv nbc cw kkey ld telemundo california city ridgecrest and other areas in the mojave desert regions of eastern kern county may instead receive los angeles stations communities edit cities edit arvin bakersfield county seat california city delano maricopa mcfarland ridgecrest shafter taft tehachapi wasco census designated places edit alta sierra bakersfield country club bear valley springs bodfish boron buttonwillow casa loma cherokee strip china lake acres derby acres di giorgio dustin acres east bakersfield edison edmundson acres edwards afb el adobe fellows ford city frazier park fuller acres glennville golden hills greenacres greenfield inyokern johannesburg keene kernville lake isabella lake of the woods lamont lebec lost hills mckittrick mettler mexican colony mojave mountain mesa mountain meadows north edwards oildale olde stockdale old river onyx pine mountain club pumpkin center randsburg rosamond rosedale smith corner south taft squirrel mountain valley stallion springs stebbins tarina taft heights tupman valley acres weedpatch weldon wofford heights woody unincorporated communities edit actis aerial acres bealville bena caliente canebrake cantil cawelo claraville edwards famoso grapevine gypsite havilah indian wells keyesville loraine midoil miracle hot springs missouri triangle monolith old garlock old west ranch 98 99 100 panama pentland pond reward rio bravo riverkern sageland saltdale sand canyon south lake spicer city twin oaks wheeler ridge willow springs wonder acres former places edit adobe station glenburn population ranking edit the population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of kern county 101 county seat rank city town etc municipal type population 2020 census 1 bakersfield city 403 455 2 delano city 51 428 3 oildale cdp 36 135 4 ridgecrest city 27 959 5 wasco city 27 047 6 rosamond cdp 20 961 7 shafter city 19 953 8 arvin city 19 495 9 rosedale cdp 18 639 10 california city city 14 973 11 mcfarland city 14 161 12 lamont cdp 14 049 13 tehachapi city 12 939 14 golden hills cdp 9 578 15 taft city 8 546 16 bear valley springs cdp 5 592 17 greenacres cdp 5 496 18 mojave cdp 4 699 19 ford city cdp 4 348 20 lake isabella cdp 3 573 21 greenfield cdp 3 447 22 stallion springs cdp 3 139 23 frazier park cdp 2 592 24 pine mountain club cdp 2 422 25 lost hills cdp 2 370 26 weldon cdp 2 303 27 wofford heights cdp 2 213 28 weedpatch cdp 2 206 29 edwards afb cdp 2 135 30 south taft cdp 2 100 31 boron cdp 2 086 32 bodfish cdp 2 008 33 taft heights cdp 1 999 34 china lake acres cdp 1 757 35 kernville cdp 1 549 36 buttonwillow cdp 1 337 37 lebec cdp 1 239 38 north edwards cdp 1 054 39 maricopa city 1 026 40 inyokern cdp 988 41 fuller acres cdp 917 42 mountain mesa cdp 823 43 lake of the woods cdp 790 44 squirrel mountain valley cdp 760 45 dustin acres cdp 677 46 smith corner cdp 594 47 valley acres cdp 504 48 keene cdp 469 49 onyx cdp 457 50 derby acres cdp 301 51 edmundson acres cdp 296 52 mexican colony cdp 283 53 cherokee strip cdp 206 54 tupman cdp 177 55 johannesburg cdp 113 56 mckittrick cdp 102 57 mettler cdp 90 58 fellows cdp 52 59 randsburg cdp 45 education edit school districts include 102 unified el tejon unified school district maricopa unified school district mcfarland unified school district mojave unified school district muroc joint unified school district sierra sands unified school district southern kern unified school district tehachapi unified school district secondary delano joint union high 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