California · Census place 0669196

Santa Maria, California

Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, California with an estimated 111,346 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 60th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 111,346; #60 of 468 in California
Change since 2020: +1.4%; +1,564 people
Land area: 22.8 sq mi; + 0.61 sq mi water
Density: 4,881 / sq mi; State median 3,725

Orange pin: Santa Maria. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

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Santa Maria population, 2020 to 2024

Santa Maria added 1,564 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +705. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 106th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Santa Maria is 3.0 times that size.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 109,694. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Santa Maria covers 22.81 square miles of land and 0.61 of water, for 4,881 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Santa Maria is denser than the typical town.

What county Santa Maria is in

All of Santa Maria's residents live in Santa Barbara County, which had 444,500 residents in 2024. Santa Maria holds 25.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Santa Maria

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Santa Maria by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93454, 93455, 93458. 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 Maria is

The Census internal point of Santa Maria is at 34.933100, -120.443600. Sacramento, the capital, is 258.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bakersfield, CA (417,468 people), 84.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA, 81.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 63 m (207 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.933100, -120.443600
DMS: 34°55'59.16"N 120°26'36.96"W
UTM: 10N 733492.3E 3868608.1N
Geohash: 9q4qeprsh
Plus code: 846XWHM4+6H
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles

Daylight in Santa Maria

At 34.93° N, Santa Maria gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Santa Maria daylight page.

Places near Santa Maria

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Guadalupe, 7.7 miles away, with 8,735 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Santa Maria, CA?

111,346 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,564 (1.4%) from 109,782 in July 2020.

What county is Santa Maria in?

Santa Barbara County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Santa Maria?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 93454, 93455, 93458.

How far is Santa Maria from Sacramento?

258.4 miles (415.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Santa Maria.

What is the nearest larger city to Santa Maria?

Bakersfield, CA, with 417,468 residents, 84.6 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.