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Santa Cruz County, CA

262,406 Population
445.1 square miles 589.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$57,078 ±$2,580 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$107,893 ±$6,523 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.8% ±2% (29,707  ±4,957) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.3 minutes ±0.8 (2,927,050  ±144,070) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

97,918 ±1,914 Number of households
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (245,954  ±221) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.3% ±1.4% (2,076  ±879) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

107,654 ±96 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$985,800 ±$34,535 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.5% ±1.5% (32,405  ±3,917) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.9% ±3.4% (156,316  ±6,066.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.1% ±2.4% (78,470  ±4,207.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

16.9% (44,458  ±3,807) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.1% ±0.5% (6,806  ±1,145) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,806 Total veterans ±1,145 6,139 Male ±1,004 667 Female ±463

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