San Luis Obispo County, California Demographics

San Luis Obispo County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

San Luis Obispo County is 10th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

San Luis Obispo County is 13th in California out of 58 other counties in Home median value

San Luis Obispo County is 14th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White

San Luis Obispo County is 14th in California out of 58 other counties in Retail sales per capita

San Luis Obispo County is 16th in California out of 58 other counties in Size in square miles

San Luis Obispo County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per capita

San Luis Obispo County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

San Luis Obispo County is 19th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

San Luis Obispo County is 20th in California out of 58 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	San Luis Obispo County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	274,804	23rd	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,298.6	16th	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	81.7	34th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	San Luis Obispo County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	47th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.3%	49th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.2%	21st	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	San Luis Obispo County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.9%	10th	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.8%	17th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	San Luis Obispo County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	89.2%	14th	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.3%	30th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.4%	46th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.7%	33rd	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	45th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.3%	39th	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	36th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.2%	19th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	San Luis Obispo County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	48.9%	46th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.5%	38th	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	San Luis Obispo County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	117,463	23rd	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.3%	31st	30.8%	25.9%
Households	101,993	24th	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	60.4%	36th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$480,200	13th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	42nd	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	417	21st	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	San Luis Obispo County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$30,204	17th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$58,630	21st	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.2%	38th	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	San Luis Obispo County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	7,720	22nd	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	81,045	24th	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	29,920	22nd	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,548,407	25th	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,559	14th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$767,899	20th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732