South Taft is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States.

[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all of it land.

The racial makeup of South Taft was 1,404 (64.7%) White, 21 (1.0%) African American, 55 (2.5%) Native American, 5 (0.2%) Asian, 11 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 596 (27.5%) from other races, and 77 (3.6%) from two or more races.

790 people (36.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,238 people (57.1%) lived in rental housing units.

At the 2000 census there were 1,898 people, 629 households, and 471 families living in the CDP.

There were 724 housing units at an average density of 673.7 per square mile (260.1/km2).

The racial makeup of the CDP was 79.14% White, 0.37% Black or African American, 1.95% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.79% Pacific Islander, 13.96% from other races, and 3.69% from two or more races.