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San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area Demographics

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area is the 175th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 282,424 residents across 3,301 square miles. That is about 86 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 282,424
Land area 3,301 sq mi
Density 86 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
San Luis Obispo County 282,424 3,300.8 86

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