According to the United States Census Bureau, the city covers an area of 5.136 square miles (13.30 km ), all of it land. See more

At the 2010 census Selma had a population of 23,219. The population density was 4,520.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,745.4/km ). The racial makeup of Selma was 12,869 (55.4%) White, 284 (1.2%) African Am… See more

Selma owes its beginnings to farming and to the Southern Pacific Railroad, which began in the 1870s as a branch line of the Central Pacific Railroad. The route of the Southern Pacific through California's Central Valley gave … See more

Well-known people who have lived in and around Selma include 19th-century inventors Frank Dusy, Abijah McCall and William Deidrick; the poets William Everson (Brother Antoninus, 1912–94) and Larry Levis… See more