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Taft, CA vs Highland, CA

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- Highland is 0% more densely populated than Taft.
- People are 20.9% more likely to be married in Highland.
- The Median Age is 0.3 years younger in Highland.
 Taft, CAHighland, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock56,733329,725,481
 Female Population44.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population56.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock32.738.4
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 Population - 20109,277  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock44,605285,036,114
 Population - 19905,902  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock24.9%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now43.8%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,026.193.4
 Land Area15.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Taft, CAHighland, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock8.5%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 205.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.4%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3417.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock13.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 547.4%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 643.6%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.0%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Taft, CAHighland, CAUnited States
 White60.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock6.2%12.2%
 Asian2.4%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.2%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.5%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock58.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Taft, CAHighland, CAUnited States
 Married Population39.4%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock45.9%48.0%
 Married but Separated3.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock52.4%50.2%
 Never Married38.0%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock9.9%10.8%
 Widowed5.8%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock3.422.60
 Households3,054  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock13,27880,755,759
     Married couple, w/children20.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock30.4%42.9%
 Non Family Households1,073  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock23.3%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 Highland    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived in Highland for about 14 years. The East Highland area, where I live, is awesome. Great weather and very nice area with affordable and nice planned  More

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Over 13 years ago

Highland is a bedroom comunity to the LA, Orange County area to the west. We are part of the Redlands School dist. and have two Jr. Colleges near by with Cal State San  More

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Over 13 years ago

Is there alot of crime in Highland? What part of the city is  More

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