Bodfish is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Kern River Valley of the Southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California, United States.
Bodfish is located east-northeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of .<br> 1860–1870 1880-1890<br> 1900 1910 1920<br> 1930 1940 1950<br> 1960 1970 1980<br> 1990 2000 2010<br> 2020
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,607
|1,643
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,602
|88.15%
|84.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |79.78%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|3
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21
|0.16%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.05%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|40
|42
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32
|2.19%
|2.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.59%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|11
|13
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18
|0.60%
|0.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.90%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.05%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.00%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.65%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|62
|57
|style='background: #ffffe6; |108
|3.40%
|2.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.38%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|99
|189
|style='background: #ffffe6; |212
|5.43%
|9.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.56%
|-
|Total
|1,823
|1,956
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,008
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Bodfish had a population of 2,008 and a population density of .
The age distribution was 14.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% aged 18 to 24, 17.2% aged 25 to 44, 33.0% aged 45 to 64, and 29.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.2 males age 18 and over.
Income and poverty
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $33,295, and the per capita income was $16,165. About 42.4% of families and 54.8% of the population were below the poverty line.