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Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area Demographics

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area is the 119th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 448,229 residents across 2,734 square miles. That is about 164 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 448,229
Land area 2,734 sq mi
Density 164 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Santa Barbara County 448,229 2,733.9 164

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