Editing South Taft, California (section)

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] South Taft had a population of 2,169. The population density was {{convert|2,015.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of South Taft was 1,404 (64.7%) White, 21 (1.0%) African American, 55 (2.5%) Native American, 5 (0.2%) Asian, 11 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 596 (27.5%) from other races, and 77 (3.6%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 931 people (42.9%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0673388|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033341/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0673388|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - South Taft CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 2,028 people (93.5% of the population) lived in households, 141 (6.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 606 households, 293 (48.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 251 (41.4%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 117 (19.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 72 (11.9%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 73 (12.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 4 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 115 households (19.0%) were one person and 33 (5.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.35.  There were 440 families (72.6% of households); the average family size was 3.75.

The age distribution was 732 people (33.7%) under the age of 18, 275 people (12.7%) aged 18 to 24, 567 people (26.1%) aged 25 to 44, 457 people (21.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 138 people (6.4%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 27.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 119.1 males.

There were 733 housing units at an average density of 681.1 per square mile, of the occupied units 270 (44.6%) were owner-occupied and 336 (55.4%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.9%.  790 people (36.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,238 people (57.1%) lived in rental housing units.