Editing Taft, California (section)

===2010===
[[File:2010-1230-Taft-FoxTheatre.jpg|thumb|right|The Fox Theatre, downtown Taft.]]
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Taft city |url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0677574 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715040518/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0677574 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> reported that Taft had a population of 9,327. The population density was {{convert|617.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Taft was 7,388 (79.2%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 396 (4.2%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 118 (1.3%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 93 (1.0%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 65 (0.7%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1,023 (11.0%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 244 (2.6%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3,353 persons (35.9%).

The Census reported that 6,372 people (68.3% of the population) lived in households, 123 (1.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 2,832 (30.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 2,254 households, out of which 914 (40.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,119 (49.6%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 289 (12.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 178 (7.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 176 (7.8%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 9 (0.4%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 543 households (24.1%) were made up of individuals, and 246 (10.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83. There were 1,586 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (70.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.32.

The population was spread out, with 1,844 people (19.8%) under the age of 18, 1,041 people (11.2%) aged 18 to 24, 3,521 people (37.8%) aged 25 to 44, 2,136 people (22.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 785 people (8.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 186.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 219.0 males.

There were 2,525 housing units at an average density of {{convert|167.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 1,375 (61.0%) were owner-occupied, and 879 (39.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.8%. 3,847 people (41.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units, and 2,525 people (27.1%) lived in rental housing units.