- Home
- Counties
- California
- Santa Cruz County
County · California
Santa Cruz County
262,406Population
-3.6 %Change since 2020
-2,459Net migration
6.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 262,406 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.6 %
- Net migration
- -2,459 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 272,140 (2020)
- Births
- 2,209 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.4
- Deaths
- 1,944 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 265
- International migration
- 974 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -3,433 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -9.4
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06087
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.3 % |
| 2024 | 5.9 % |
| 2023 | 5.5 % |
| 2022 | 4.8 % |
| 2021 | 6.7 % |
| 2020 | 9.6 % |
| 2019 | 4.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.9 % |
| 2017 | 5.7 % |
| 2016 | 6.9 % |
| 2015 | 7.5 % |
| 2014 | 8.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 262,406 |
| 2023 | 263,699 |
| 2022 | 265,851 |
| 2021 | 260,904 |
| 2020 | 271,768 |