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Santa Maria, CA Urban Area

144,941 Population
27.1 square miles 5,356.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,284 ±$2,636 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$82,179 ±$9,306 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.5% ±3.6% (26,427  ±5,248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.9 minutes ±2.5 (1,346,755  ±102,226) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

42,473 ±2,597 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.4 ±0.2 (143,592  ±5,499) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9.2% ±3.1% (3,290  ±1,140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

44,284 ±2,643 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$601,300 ±$17,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.5% ±2.4% (12,204  ±3,387.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

68% ±3.4% (56,495  ±3,906.2) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22% ±2.5% (18,299  ±2,216.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

28.3% ±2.4% (40,968  ±3,866) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.9% (4,807  ±951) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,807 Total veterans ±951 3,944 Male ±933 863 Female ±539

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