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Taft, CA vs Long Beach, CA

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- Long Beach is 0% more densely populated than Taft.
- People are 4.0% more likely to be married in Long Beach.
- The Median Age is 2.9 years older in Long Beach.
 Taft, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock466,565329,725,481
 Female Population44.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population56.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock35.938.4
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 Population - 20109,277  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock461,522285,036,114
 Population - 19905,902  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-1.5%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now43.8%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock9,203.293.4
 Land Area15.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock29.3264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Taft, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.7%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.5%3.9%
 Age 18 to 205.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.8%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3417.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 547.4%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.4%6.7%
 Age 60 to 643.6%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock7.6%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.5%1.9%
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 Race
 Taft, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 White60.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock11.6%12.2%
 Asian2.4%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.2%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.4%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock43.9%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Taft, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Married Population39.4%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock38.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated3.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock59.0%50.2%
 Never Married38.0%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock9.0%10.8%
 Widowed5.8%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.692.60
 Households3,054  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock100,97480,755,759
     Married couple, w/children20.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock35.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households1,073  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock20.9%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 Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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