California · Census place 0669070
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County, California with an estimated 87,291 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 94th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 87,291
- #94 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -1,477 people
- Land area
- 19.5 sq mi
- + 17.96 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,479 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Santa Barbara population, 2020 to 2024
Santa Barbara lost 1,477 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +151. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 261st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Santa Barbara is 2.4 times that size.
Santa Barbara covers 19.49 square miles of land and 17.96 of water, for 4,479 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Santa Barbara is denser than the typical town.
What county Santa Barbara is in
All of Santa Barbara's residents live in Santa Barbara County, which had 444,500 residents in 2024. Santa Barbara holds 19.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Santa Barbara
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Santa Barbara by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93101, 93103, 93105, 93109. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Santa Barbara is
The Census internal point of Santa Barbara is at 34.403600, -119.713700. Sacramento, the capital, is 304.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA (109,831 people), 27.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.403600, -119.713700
- DMS
- 34°24'12.96"N 119°42'49.32"W
- UTM
- 11N 250553.1E 3810247.0N
- Geohash
- 9q4geygpk
- Plus code
- 8562C73P+CG
Daylight in Santa Barbara
At 34.40° N, Santa Barbara gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Santa Barbara
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Goleta, 8.6 miles away, with 32,611 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Santa Barbara, CA?
87,291 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,477 (1.7%) from 88,768 in July 2020.
What county is Santa Barbara in?
Santa Barbara County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Santa Barbara?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 93101, 93103, 93105, 93109.
How far is Santa Barbara from Sacramento?
304.8 miles (490.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Santa Barbara.
What is the nearest larger city to Santa Barbara?
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA, with 109,831 residents, 27.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.