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San Luis Obispo County
281,843Population
-0.2 %Change since 2020
-109Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 281,843 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.2 %
- Net migration
- -109 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 282,448 (2020)
- Births
- 2,288 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Deaths
- 2,654 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -366
- International migration
- 687 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -796 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.4
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06079
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 5.5 % |
| 2020 | 8.1 % |
| 2019 | 3.0 % |
| 2018 | 3.1 % |
| 2017 | 3.8 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 4.7 % |
| 2014 | 5.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 281,843 |
| 2023 | 282,007 |
| 2022 | 282,535 |
| 2021 | 279,468 |
| 2020 | 281,924 |