Choctaw Valley, California

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Choctaw Valley, California
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Choctaw Valley CDP
Coordinates: 35°26′54.80″N118°53′13.89″W / 35.4485556°N 118.8871917°W / 35.4485556; -118.8871917
CountryUnited States
StateFlag of California.svg  California
County Kern
County Subdivision Bakersfield CCD
Area
[1]
  Total2.272 sq mi (5.88 km2)
  Land2.272 sq mi (5.88 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
656 ft (200 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total237
  Density100/sq mi (40/km2)
Time zone UTC-8 (PST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID2804111 [2]


Choctaw Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California. It is also the name of neighborhoods in the cities of Bakersfield and Rivergrove. [3]

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Choctaw Valley sits mostly on the north bank of the Kern River, [4] or straddles the river until it abuts the Alfred Harrell Hwy. [5]

The area is in the Bakersfield CCD and ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93308.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 237
U.S. Decennial Census [6]
1850–1870 [7] [8] 1880-1890 [9]
1900 [10] 1910 [11] 1920 [12]
1930 [13] 1940 [14] 1950 [15]
1960 [16] 1970 [17] 1980 [18]
1990 [19] 2000 [20] 2010 [21] 2020 [22]

The CDP of Choctaw Valley was first listed in the 2020 census, [23] [24] at which time it had a population of 237 in 48 households. [25]

2020 Census

Choctaw Valley CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2020 [22] % 2020
White alone (NH)17272.57%
Black or African American alone (NH)10.42%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)31.27%
Asian alone (NH)104.22%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Other race alone (NH)10.42%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)104.22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)4016.88%
Total237100.00%

93308

In the larger ZIP Code Tabulation Area that encompasses the area, there was a population of 52,447 at the 2020 census and 54,857 for the 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year estimate. [26]

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