Arvin, California Arvin, California City of Arvin Official seal of Arvin, California Location of Arvin, California Location of Arvin, California Arvin is a town/city in Kern County, California.
Arvin is positioned 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bakersfield, at an altitude of 449 feet (137 m). As of the 2010 census, the populace was 19,304, up from 12,956 at the 2000 census.
In 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed Arvin as having the highest levels of smoke and fog of any improve in the United States.
The Arvin Post Office was established in 1914 and the improve incorporated as a town/city in 1960. The town/city was titled after Arvin Richardson, who was the son of one of the initial settling families from San Bernardino.
Birdie Heard petitioned for the addition of the postal service in 1914 and submitted proposed names including Bear Mountain, Walnut, and Arvin.
Chose Arvin as it was the only proposed name which was not already in use in California.
The Arvin Tiller started printed announcement in 1939 and Arvin High School was assembled in 1949.
The town/city was nearly finished on July 21, 1952 amid the M7.3 Kern County earthquake (a rupture of the White Wolf Fault).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.9 square miles (13 km2), all of it land.
In March 2011, 41.9 percent of Arvin's inhabitants were out of work, the highest of any town/city in Kern County. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Arvin had a populace of 19,304.
The ethnic makeup of Arvin was 10,247 (53.1%) White, 192 (1.0%) African American, 240 (1.2%) Native American, 155 (0.8%) Asian, 6 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 7,655 (39.7%) from other competitions, and 809 (4.2%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 18,955 citizens (98.2% of the population) lived in homeholds, 281 (1.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 68 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
There were 4,228 homeholds, out of which 3,024 (71.5%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 2,803 (66.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 646 (15.3%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 355 (8.4%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 7,422 citizens (38.4%) under the age of 18, 2,539 citizens (13.2%) aged 18 to 24, 5,399 citizens (28.0%) aged 25 to 44, 2,958 citizens (15.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 986 citizens (5.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.
10,487 citizens (54.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 8,468 citizens (43.9%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,956 citizens , 3,010 homeholds, and 2,645 families residing in the city.
There were 3,010 homeholds out of which 63.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 12.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 40.0% under the age of 18, 12.8% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 12.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 30.9% of families and 32.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 37.6% of those under age 18 and 23.1% of those age 65 or over.
The town/city of Arvin is served by the Arvin Union School District and the Kern High School District.
Other close-by districts include Di Giorgio School District, Vineland School District, and the Lamont School District.
The Arvin Union School District consists of Sierra Vista Elementary School, Bear Mountain Elementary School, El Camino Real Elementary School, Haven Drive Middle School, and Arvin State Preschool.
Sierra Vista and Haven Drive are the two earliest schools in Arvin.
The Arvin Union School District also serves the improve with the Arvin Family Resource Center.
The Kern High School District serves grades 9-12 in Arvin.
It operates Arvin High School.
The town/city of Arvin has its own police department.
In January 2008 the town/city purchased six hybrid police vehicles with a grant by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The town/city also purchased six hybrid SUV's on Dec.
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