McFarland is a city in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California, United States. McFarland is located 25 miles north-northwest of Bakersfield and 6.5 miles south of Delano, at an elevation of 354 feet. The population of McFarland was 12,707 at the 2010 census and an estimated 15,506 as of 2019.