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Santa Barbara County
444,500Population
-0.8 %Change since 2020
-4,084Net migration
4.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 444,500 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.8 %
- Net migration
- -4,084 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 448,217 (2020)
- Births
- 5,626 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.7
- Deaths
- 3,440 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.7
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,186
- International migration
- 2,810 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -6,894 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -9.2
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06083
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 % |
| 2024 | 4.5 % |
| 2023 | 4.0 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 5.8 % |
| 2020 | 8.2 % |
| 2019 | 3.7 % |
| 2018 | 3.9 % |
| 2017 | 4.5 % |
| 2016 | 5.0 % |
| 2015 | 5.3 % |
| 2014 | 6.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 444,500 |
| 2023 | 443,521 |
| 2022 | 445,286 |
| 2021 | 437,117 |
| 2020 | 448,083 |