Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA

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2023 Population

133,810

0.137% 1-year growth

US Senator

N/AAlex Padilla

Democratic Party

US Senator

N/AAdam Schiff

Democratic Party

2023 Median Age

30.8

0.326% 1-year increase

2023 Poverty Rate

14%

12.4% 1-year increase

2023 Median Property Value

$511,400

9.58% 1-year growth

2022 Employed Population

57,371

0.119% 1-year growth

About

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None of the households in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

81.4% of the residents in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA was $511,400, and the homeownership rate was N/A%.

Most people in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA was 2 cars per household.

Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA borders San Luis Obispo County (West)--Coastal Region PUMA, CA, San Luis Obispo County (East)--Inland Region PUMA, CA, and Santa Barbara County (North)--Lompoc, Guadalupe, Solvang & Buellton Cities PUMA, CA.

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Population & Diversity

Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA is home to a population of 134k people, from which 81.4% are citizens. As of 2023, 27.8% of Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA residents were born outside of the country (37.2k people).

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

81.4%

2023 Citizenship

81.1%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Foreign-Born Population

27.8%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

37.2k people

27.9%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

37.3k people

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Economy

The economy of Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA employs 57.4k people. The largest industries in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA are Farming (11,236 people), Construction (5,028 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (3,243 people), and the highest paying industries are .

Males in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA have an average income that is 1.19 times higher than the average income of females, which is $52,942. The income inequality in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA (measured using the Gini index) is 0.459, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure

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Women

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Men

N/A%

The workforce of Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Occupations

57.4k

2022 Value

0.119%

1 Year growth

± 0.119%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for false.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in California (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

57.4k

2022 Value

0.119%

1 Year growth

± 0.119%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA, are Farming (11,236 people), Construction (5,028 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (3,243 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA, though some of these residents may live in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Year-over-year N/A

Employment change between N/A N/A and N/A N/A

As of N/A N/A, there are N/A people employed in N/A. This represents a N/A% N/A in employment when compared to N/A N/A.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during N/A, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall N/A in employment by N/A%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in N/A.

Civics

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing the state of California. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from California

N/AAlex Padilla

Senator from California

Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Kamala Harris, who had become Vice President of the United States.

N/AAdam Schiff

Senator from California

Assumed office on December 8, 2024
Elected to the seat to succeed Laphonza Butler, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Dianne Feinstein.

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing California.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in California over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from California

California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for California have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, NaNk% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNk% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA in false were N/A.

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA was $511,400 in 2023, which is NaNk times the same as the national average of N/A. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $466,700 to $511,400, a 9.58% increase. The homeownership rate in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA is N/A%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 65%.

People in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA have an average commute time of 22.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$511,400

Median Property Value 2023

±$13,767

N/A

Median Property Taxes

±N/A

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA the largest share of households pay taxes in the N/A range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

N/A%

Homeownership

N/A

69.5%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Median Household Income

± N/A

37.9k

Number of Households

± 1,458

The following chart displays the households in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

0.459

2022 Wage GINI in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA

0.438

2021 Wage GINI in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA

In 2022, the income inequality in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA was 0.459 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 4.99% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (72.9%)
Carpooled (17.1%)
Worked At Home (5.61%)

In 2023, 72.9% of workers in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (17.1%) and those who worked at home (5.61%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

22.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA have a shorter commute time (22.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.23% of the workforce in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

14% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA (18.5k out of 133k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA is false, followed by false and false.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in California see 1234 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.484% decrease from the previous year (1240 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1102 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 236 patients per year.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for California.

1,234 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in California

Primary care physicians in California see an average of 1,234 patients per year. This represents a 0.484% decrease from the previous year (1,240 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in California in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 32.4% under 18 years, 22.8% between 18 and 34 years, 32.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 12.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.7% were men and 51.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Uninsured

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

N/A%

Medicare

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Non-Group

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Santa Barbara County (Northwest)--Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.