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San Luis Obispo County, California

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Table

	San Luis Obispo County, California
Population estimates, July 1, 2024, (V2024)	 281,843

People
Population
Population estimates, July 1, 2024, (V2024)	 281,843
Population estimates, July 1, 2023, (V2023)	 281,639
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2024)	 282,448
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2023)	 282,443
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2024, (V2024)	 -0.2%
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2023, (V2023)	 -0.3%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	282,424
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	269,637
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 4.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 17.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 22.9%
Female persons, percent	 49.6%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 88.3%
Black alone, percent (a)(a)	 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent (a)(a)	 1.5%
Asian alone, percent (a)(a)	 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent (a)(a)	 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent	 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent (b)(b)	 25.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 66.0%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2019-2023	15,210
Foreign-born persons, percent, 2019-2023	9.6%
Housing
Housing Units, July 1, 2023, (V2023)	126,687
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2019-2023	61.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2019-2023	$777,200
Median selected monthly owner costs - with a mortgage, 2019-2023	$2,830
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortage, 2019-2023	$794
Median gross rent, 2019-2023	$1,899
Building Permits, 2023	962
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2019-2023	108,897
Persons per household, 2019-2023	2.45
Living in the same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+ , 2019-2023	82.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2019-2023	17.2%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2019-2023	96.6%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2019-2023	92.4%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2019-2023	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2019-2023	39.2%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2019-2023	8.3%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 7.2%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2019-2023	58.3%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2019-2023	54.6%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2022 ($1,000)(c)	1,587,402
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2022 ($1,000)(c)	2,439,246
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2022 ($1,000)(c)	410,149
Total retail sales, 2022 ($1,000)(c)	5,428,204
Total retail sales per capita, 2022(c)	$19,246
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2019-2023	21.4
Income & Poverty
Median households income (in 2023 dollars), 2019-2023	$93,398
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2023 dollars), 2019-2023	$49,581
Persons in poverty, percent	 12.8%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2022	9,006
Total employment, 2022	99,466
Total annual payroll, 2022 ($1,000)	5,488,741
Total employment, percent change, 2021-2022	6.7%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2022	25,862
All employer firms, Reference year 2022	7,365
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2022	4,022
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2022	1,687
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2022	1,156
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2022	5,461
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2022	S
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2022	6,305

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	85.6
Population per square mile, 2010	81.7
Land area in square miles, 2020	3,300.85
Land area in square miles, 2010	3,298.57
FIPS Code	06079

About datasets used in this table

Value Notes

Methodology differences may exist between data sources, and so estimates from different sources are not comparable.

Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info  icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.

The vintage year (e.g., V2024) refers to the final year of the series (2020 thru 2024). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

Users should exercise caution when comparing 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates to other ACS estimates. For more information, please visit the 2023 5-year ACS Comparison Guidance page.

Fact Notes

(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data

Value Flags

DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
FFewer than 25 firms
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
NANot available
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
XNot applicable
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.