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Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 14,011
  equals Births 28,782
  less Deaths 14,771
Net Migration 6,277
  equals net International Migration 7,417
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,140

The population of the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA MSA changed from 424,379 on 2010 to 444,769 in 2015 -- a change of 20,390 (4.80%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (14,011) exceeded net migration (6,277); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Santa Barbara County, CA06083P0000001 424,379 426,131 430,873 436,248 441,228 444,769 20,390 4.80
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Santa Barbara County, CA06083B0000001 6,040 5,749 5,639 5,701 5,810 5,883 28,782 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Santa Barbara County, CA06083D0000001 3,052 2,873 2,862 2,982 3,009 3,045 14,771 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Santa Barbara County, CA06083NC000001 2,988 2,876 2,777 2,719 2,801 2,838 14,011 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Santa Barbara County, CA06083MI000001 1,024 1,365 1,293 1,401 1,643 1,715 7,417 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Santa Barbara County, CA06083MD000001 -2,372 -2,307 680 1,094 630 -1,237 -1,140 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Santa Barbara County, CA06083MN000001 -1,348 -942 1,973 2,495 2,273 478 6,277 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Santa Barbara County, CA06083GQ000001 17,599 17,402 18,299 18,756 19,050 19,094 1,495 8.49

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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