Taft Southwest is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Patricio County, Texas, United States.

[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square mile (1.6 km2), all land.

[12] As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,721 people, 477 households, and 392 families residing in the CDP.

There were 532 housing units at an average density of 879.5 per square mile (339.6/km2).

16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.