Santa Barbara County, California Demographics

Santa Barbara County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Santa Barbara County is 8th in California out of 58 other counties in Home median value

Santa Barbara County is 11th in California out of 58 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Santa Barbara County is 12th in California out of 58 other counties in Foreign born residents

Santa Barbara County is 13th in California out of 58 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Santa Barbara County is 14th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Santa Barbara County is 15th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Santa Barbara County is 16th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per capita

Santa Barbara County is 16th in California out of 58 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Santa Barbara County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per household

Santa Barbara County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Santa Barbara County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	431,249	19th	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,735.1	21st	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	155	23rd	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Santa Barbara County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	24th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.6%	28th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.3%	31st	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Santa Barbara County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.2%	38th	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.3%	15th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Santa Barbara County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	86.1%	29th	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	27th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.2%	31st	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.5%	25th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	36th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.4%	31st	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	43.8%	14th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	36th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Santa Barbara County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	49.7%	38th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	23.5%	12th	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Santa Barbara County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	152,839	20th	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.6%	11th	30.8%	25.9%
Households	141,635	18th	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	53.6%	55th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$523,800	8th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.8	23rd	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	461	20th	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Santa Barbara County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$30,330	16th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$61,896	17th	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.2%	34th	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Santa Barbara County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,064	16th	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	133,803	17th	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	39,834	18th	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,983,368	19th	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,443	18th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,361,476	13th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732