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Santa Maria, CA Urban Area

144,857 Population
27.1 square miles 5,353 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,572 ±$1,940 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$80,807 ±$9,362 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.1% ±3.7% (25,968  ±5,368) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.2 minutes ±0.6 (1,293,785  ±52,574) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

40,039 ±2,323 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.6 ±0.3 (143,177  ±5,452) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±2.2% (1,767  ±787) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

41,709 ±2,393 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$566,800 ±$19,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.1% ±3.2% (13,114  ±4,599.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

69% ±3.7% (57,083  ±4,051.5) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
21.9% ±2.7% (18,151  ±2,408.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

27.3% ±2.7% (39,581  ±4,134) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.7% ±1% (4,751  ±993) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,751 Total veterans ±993 4,411 Male ±929 340 Female ±254

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