Earlimart is an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California, United States.

For statistical purposes, the Census Bureau defines Earlimart as a census-designated place (CDP).

In the early 1890s, the Dalton Gang was accused and convicted of robbing a Southern Pacific Railroad train at Earlimart, when the community was known as Alila.

[2] Community members changed its name to Earlimart in 1910, choosing that name because the variety of melons grown by local farmers ripened early, and thus were considered “early to market”—hence, “Earli-mart.” Tulare County's Earlimart branch library was established in October 1914 in the Alila School.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all of it land.

There were 1,603 housing units at an average density of 796.6 per square mile (307.6/km2).

The racial makeup of the CDP was 19.32% White, 0.82% African American, 1.32% Native American, 8.08% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 65.23% from other races, and 5.18% from two or more races.

In the California State Legislature, Earlimart is in the 14th Senate District, represented by Democrat Anna Caballero, and in the 26th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Patrick Ahrens.