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Santa Barbara County

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Also known as Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara County, CA

county in southern California, United States

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Santa Barbara County is a county located in southern California that encompasses coastal and inland areas along the Pacific Ocean. It matters as a significant region in California known for its agriculture, wine production, tourism, and natural resources.

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Named after
Santa Barbara
Located in
California
Contains
Santa Maria
Population
448229
Area
9814
Shares border with
Ventura County
Official website
www.countyofsb.org
Image
Aerial-SantaBarbaraCA10-28-08.jpg
Households
148309
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Commons category
Santa Barbara County, California
inception
1850-00-00
water as percent of area
27.82
native label
Santa Barbara County
per capita income
38141
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Encyclopedic overview

Santa Barbara County, officially the County of Santa Barbara (Spanish: Condado de Santa Bárbara), is a county located in Southern California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 448,229. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria.

Santa Barbara County comprises the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the county is part of the California Central Coast. Mainstays of the county's economy include engineering, resource extraction (particularly petroleum extraction and diatomaceous earth mining), winemaking, agriculture, and education. The software development and tourism industries are important employers in the southern part of the county.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Santa Barbara County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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