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Taft, CA vs Chowchilla, CA

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- Chowchilla is 0% more densely populated than Taft.
- People are 12.6% less likely to be married in Chowchilla.
- The Median Age is 1.0 years older in Chowchilla.
 Taft, CAChowchilla, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock18,826329,725,481
 Female Population44.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population56.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock3438.4
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 Population - 20109,277  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock11,127285,036,114
 Population - 19905,902  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock63.1%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now43.8%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,698.293.4
 Land Area15.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Taft, CAChowchilla, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.4%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 205.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.6%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3417.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock15.8%12.9%
 Age 45 to 547.4%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.0%6.7%
 Age 60 to 643.6%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock5.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Taft, CAChowchilla, CAUnited States
 White60.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock6.8%12.2%
 Asian2.4%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock1.1%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.2%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.4%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock49.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Taft, CAChowchilla, CAUnited States
 Married Population39.4%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock30.0%48.0%
 Married but Separated3.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock65.6%50.2%
 Never Married38.0%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock13.3%10.8%
 Widowed5.8%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock3.532.60
 Households3,054  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock2,45780,755,759
     Married couple, w/children20.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock23.7%42.9%
 Non Family Households1,073  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock21.2%15.8%
     Single householder, no children11.1%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here over 50 years. It use to be a wonderful place to grow up with a thriving downtown and jobs were plentiful. This is no longer the case in Taft. Jobs are  More

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I've lived in Taft for over 5 years. It's a nice community and very friendly people as long as you get involved, either through school or local churches. I've met many  More

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Over 17 years ago

the city of taft is located in southern California,a small community yet just 20 minutes from a large and thriving city "bakersfield" over 300000 people .amazingly you  More

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Reviews for Chowchilla    10 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I was looking over the description of the weather, they are kind of off. It's terribly hot here during the summer we have at least 10 days of 100's which feel's much  More

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I've lived in Chowchilla, CA for about four years. Summer weather is hot; almost never lower than 95F until the end of August. Horribly dry; besides native plants and  More

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Over 19 years ago

There is a small bus that makes routes around  More

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