Santa Cruz County, California Demographics

Santa Cruz County is 11th out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Santa Cruz County is 5th in California out of 58 other counties in Home median value

Santa Cruz County is 7th in California out of 58 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Santa Cruz County is 8th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Santa Cruz County is 10th in California out of 58 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Santa Cruz County is 12th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per capita

Santa Cruz County is 13th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per household

Santa Cruz County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Female residents

Santa Cruz County is 19th in California out of 58 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Santa Cruz County is 20th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	266,776	24th	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	445.2	57th	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	589.4	10th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	37th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.6%	41st	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.2%	36th	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.0%	31st	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.1%	8th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	88.0%	21st	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	40th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	41st	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.8%	27th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	40th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.9%	20th	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	32.7%	21st	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.9%	27th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	50.2%	17th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	18.6%	30th	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	104,466	25th	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.2%	19th	30.8%	25.9%
Households	93,834	25th	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.4%	41st	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$613,500	5th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.7	31st	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	237	29th	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$32,975	12th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$66,030	13th	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.7%	35th	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Santa Cruz County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	6,673	23rd	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	68,341	25th	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	29,122	23rd	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,725,362	24th	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,894	7th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$513,826	26th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732