Total Population in Santa Cruz County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Santa Cruz County Compares
National Distribution
Where Santa Cruz County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.
■ 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 |
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.