Total Population in Santa Cruz County, CA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
264,926
Rank #273 of 3,222
92th percentile

How Santa Cruz County Compares

Santa Cruz County
264,926
California Average
264,926
Rank #25 of 58 in state
National
330M
99.9% below

National Distribution

Where Santa Cruz County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Santa Cruz County: 264,926

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#270 Cumberland County, PA 268,323
#271 Forsyth County, GA 267,287
#272 McLennan County, TX 266,067
#273 Santa Cruz County, CA 264,926
#274 Madison County, IL 264,238
#275 Harford County, MD 263,757
#276 Kalamazoo County, MI 262,375
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Total Population in Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Cruz County, California has a total population of 264,926, which ranks #273 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.9% below the national value of 330M.

Within California, Santa Cruz County ranks #25 of 58 out of 58 counties. This places it in the 92th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.