South Taft is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. South Taft is located south of Taft, at an elevation of .<br> 1860–1870 1880-1890<br> 1900 1910 1920<br> 1930 1940 1950<br> 1960 1970 1980<br> 1990 2000 2010<br> 2020
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,326
|1,139
|style='background: #ffffe6; |606
|69.86%
|52.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28.86%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|5
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.26%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|29
|36
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24
|1.53%
|1.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.14%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|2
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.11%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|14
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.74%
|0.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|1
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.05%
|0.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|34
|36
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67
|1.79%
|1.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.19%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|487
|931
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,385
|25.66%
|42.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.95%
|-
|Total
|1,898
|2,169
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,100
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, South Taft had a population of 2,100. The population density was . The median age was 26.5years. The age distribution was 34.4% under the age of 18, 12.9% aged 18 to 24, 25.4% aged 25 to 44, 19.4% aged 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 106.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 101.0 males.
The whole population lived in households. 93.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 6.5% lived in rural areas.
There were 612 households, out of which 48.9% included children under the age of 18, 36.8% were married-couple households, 14.9% were cohabiting couple households, 27.8% had a female householder with no partner present, and 20.6% had a male householder with no partner present. 18.2% of households were one person, and 8.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.43.
There were 685 housing units at an average density of , of which 612 (89.3%) were occupied. Of these, 42.6% were owner-occupied, and 57.4% were occupied by renters. 10.7% of housing units were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.7%, and the rental vacancy rate was 7.4%.
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 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%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 4 (0.7%) 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.
Income and poverty
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $41,875, and the per capita income was $15,263. About 35.6% of families and 40.1% of the population were below the poverty line.