San Luis Obispo County, CA [06079] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA metropolitan area [42020] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	269,819	271,150	274,378	275,973	278,534	280,402	282,282	283,405	13,586
Births	...	2,644	2,628	2,632	2,630	2,602	2,680	2,644	2,637
Deaths	...	2,260	2,271	2,265	2,264	2,360	2,372	2,359	2,307
Natural Increase	...	384	357	367	366	242	308	285	330
Net Migration	...	979	2,836	1,256	2,188	1,652	1,575	848	1,619
International	...	152	170	213	226	298	306	309	239
Domestic	...	827	2,666	1,043	1,962	1,354	1,269	539	1,380

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	269,819	271,150	274,378	275,973	278,534	280,402	282,282	283,405	13,586
Male	137,914	138,496	140,139	140,547	141,539	142,146	143,110	143,708	5,794
Female	131,905	132,654	134,239	135,426	136,995	138,256	139,172	139,697	7,792
Group Quarters	...	16,701	17,332	16,281	16,605	15,722	15,768	15,610	-1,238

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	269,819	271,150	274,378	275,973	278,534	280,402	282,282	283,405	13,586
White alone	241,770	242,461	244,978	246,501	248,493	250,018	251,450	251,864	10,094
Black alone	6,170	6,163	6,202	5,969	5,903	5,666	5,629	5,757	-413
AIAN alone	3,619	3,757	3,830	3,793	3,828	3,874	3,946	3,962	343
Asian alone	9,424	9,719	10,031	10,162	10,505	10,742	10,988	11,277	1,853
NHOPI alone	514	528	524	541	564	549	540	530	16
Two+ Races	8,322	8,522	8,813	9,007	9,241	9,553	9,729	10,015	1,693
Hispanic (any race)	56,130	57,315	59,018	60,021	61,245	62,194	63,282	64,128	7,998

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	283,405	251,864	5,757	3,962	11,277	530	10,015	64,128
Age 0-4	13,436	11,612	197	266	408	28	925	5,009
Age 5-9	14,044	12,245	231	210	376	27	955	5,441
Age 10-14	14,414	12,582	205	225	461	33	908	5,426
Age 15-19	21,194	17,992	302	284	1,382	43	1,191	6,068
Age 20-24	30,479	25,361	597	437	2,284	71	1,729	7,312
Age 25-29	16,561	14,397	516	270	657	34	687	4,876
Age 30-34	16,203	14,243	541	240	583	36	560	4,726
Age 35-39	16,468	14,581	513	260	586	39	489	4,564
Age 40-44	14,334	12,454	554	227	638	37	424	4,100
Age 45-49	15,379	13,420	571	275	664	46	403	3,807
Age 50-54	16,469	14,702	485	244	635	30	373	3,167
Age 55-59	19,240	17,528	373	297	613	21	408	2,812
Age 60-64	20,291	18,865	256	231	582	26	331	2,299
Age 65-69	18,688	17,519	198	210	474	29	258	1,684
Age 70-74	13,951	13,192	89	129	373	15	153	1,110
Age 75-79	8,968	8,516	49	80	217	6	100	698
Age 80-84	6,147	5,847	41	49	142	3	65	505
Age 85 up	7,139	6,808	39	28	202	6	56	524

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	2,652	2,630	2,615	2,622	2,619	2,600	2,678	2,642	-10
Age 0101	2,566	2,743	2,674	2,714	2,692	2,672	2,619	2,730	164
Age 0202	2,677	2,578	2,800	2,729	2,732	2,740	2,701	2,632	-45
Age 0303	2,772	2,695	2,588	2,832	2,760	2,780	2,725	2,705	-67
Age 0404	2,729	2,812	2,748	2,616	2,840	2,781	2,828	2,727	-2
Age 0505	2,787	2,751	2,879	2,765	2,642	2,878	2,818	2,811	24
Age 0606	2,768	2,844	2,778	2,933	2,816	2,699	2,900	2,848	80
Age 0707	2,751	2,772	2,861	2,811	2,944	2,864	2,706	2,863	112
Age 0808	2,678	2,786	2,801	2,877	2,852	2,974	2,839	2,673	-5
Age 0909	2,782	2,670	2,806	2,817	2,873	2,894	2,980	2,849	67
Age 1010	2,754	2,803	2,687	2,790	2,833	2,918	2,908	2,941	187
Age 1111	2,786	2,766	2,818	2,707	2,810	2,869	2,927	2,885	99
Age 1212	2,805	2,803	2,816	2,810	2,697	2,808	2,884	2,938	133
Age 1313	2,887	2,812	2,844	2,832	2,835	2,724	2,809	2,855	-32
Age 1414	2,950	2,917	2,851	2,824	2,836	2,825	2,739	2,795	-155
Age 1515	3,088	2,936	2,955	2,873	2,819	2,831	2,834	2,759	-329
Age 1616	3,185	3,136	3,025	3,033	2,947	2,918	2,882	2,889	-296
Age 1717	3,228	3,257	3,248	3,115	3,117	3,025	2,999	2,950	-278
Age 1818	5,432	5,281	5,503	5,378	5,415	5,389	5,370	5,254	-178
Age 1919	7,003	7,466	7,497	7,427	7,577	7,439	7,512	7,342	339
Age 2020	7,215	7,587	8,082	7,798	7,944	7,808	7,773	7,772	557
Age 2121	6,527	6,161	6,535	6,838	6,675	6,730	6,674	6,570	43
Age 2222	5,653	6,134	5,856	6,162	6,458	6,254	6,349	6,261	608
Age 2323	4,625	5,137	5,573	5,326	5,611	5,769	5,559	5,635	1,010
Age 2424	3,711	3,492	3,981	4,336	4,132	4,271	4,452	4,241	530
Age 2525	3,561	3,087	3,007	3,327	3,677	3,531	3,627	3,675	114
Age 2626	3,442	3,330	2,964	2,838	3,133	3,469	3,334	3,334	-108
Age 2727	3,412	3,245	3,179	2,869	2,781	3,006	3,314	3,192	-220
Age 2828	3,390	3,353	3,214	3,139	2,939	2,832	3,028	3,282	-108
Age 2929	3,349	3,383	3,388	3,285	3,187	2,989	2,922	3,078	-271
Age 3030	3,302	3,278	3,371	3,387	3,320	3,240	3,043	2,989	-313
Age 3131	2,987	3,273	3,276	3,373	3,418	3,310	3,274	3,126	139
Age 3232	2,913	2,934	3,229	3,273	3,386	3,378	3,295	3,305	392
Age 3333	2,846	2,941	2,980	3,278	3,305	3,433	3,376	3,330	484
Age 3434	2,767	2,859	3,005	3,029	3,327	3,360	3,469	3,453	686
Age 3535	2,843	2,749	2,883	3,018	3,053	3,363	3,373	3,468	625
Age 3636	2,656	2,870	2,815	2,874	3,040	3,101	3,382	3,376	720
Age 3737	2,674	2,677	2,892	2,807	2,921	3,050	3,120	3,428	754
Age 3838	2,822	2,709	2,728	2,892	2,845	2,920	3,084	3,133	311
Age 3939	3,023	2,801	2,724	2,726	2,885	2,858	2,905	3,063	40
Age 4040	3,338	3,074	2,872	2,790	2,786	2,937	2,915	2,962	-376
Age 4141	3,089	3,309	3,076	2,842	2,749	2,738	2,937	2,885	-204
Age 4242	2,988	3,097	3,359	3,098	2,875	2,756	2,760	2,967	-21
Age 4343	3,062	3,010	3,135	3,363	3,020	2,890	2,757	2,773	-289
Age 4444	3,052	3,022	2,946	3,072	3,315	3,015	2,855	2,747	-305
Age 4545	3,390	3,063	3,103	2,992	3,101	3,360	3,083	2,903	-487
Age 4646	3,556	3,350	3,033	3,109	2,984	3,075	3,324	3,076	-480
Age 4747	3,687	3,520	3,342	3,017	3,081	2,960	3,058	3,359	-328
Age 4848	3,758	3,648	3,522	3,309	3,021	3,077	2,937	3,069	-689
Age 4949	3,911	3,736	3,644	3,557	3,310	3,032	3,090	2,972	-939
Age 5050	4,017	3,849	3,727	3,612	3,517	3,283	2,999	3,066	-951
Age 5151	4,011	4,008	3,856	3,709	3,581	3,507	3,271	2,990	-1,021
Age 5252	4,152	3,943	3,979	3,821	3,681	3,572	3,538	3,289	-863
Age 5353	4,155	4,094	3,911	3,960	3,799	3,649	3,561	3,532	-623
Age 5454	4,130	4,117	4,093	3,912	3,951	3,794	3,678	3,592	-538
Age 5555	4,138	4,040	4,087	4,037	3,868	3,914	3,765	3,689	-449
Age 5656	4,161	4,160	4,029	4,092	4,037	3,907	3,925	3,798	-363
Age 5757	4,109	4,106	4,088	4,002	4,061	3,972	3,901	3,901	-208
Age 5858	3,914	4,080	4,065	4,058	4,001	4,093	3,965	3,875	-39
Age 5959	3,725	3,889	4,075	4,067	4,022	4,008	4,060	3,977	252
Age 6060	3,708	3,735	3,908	4,067	4,053	4,037	3,988	4,120	412
Age 6161	3,632	3,714	3,722	3,889	4,022	4,099	4,052	3,979	347
Age 6262	3,549	3,595	3,680	3,702	3,859	4,014	4,100	4,044	495
Age 6363	3,673	3,569	3,640	3,724	3,757	3,897	4,057	4,096	423
Age 6464	2,659	3,660	3,573	3,640	3,768	3,790	3,881	4,052	1,393
Age 6565	2,752	2,686	3,684	3,575	3,648	3,817	3,784	3,887	1,135
Age 6666	2,602	2,746	2,680	3,705	3,582	3,624	3,821	3,786	1,184
Age 6767	2,672	2,602	2,730	2,675	3,744	3,614	3,633	3,806	1,134
Age 6868	2,303	2,656	2,607	2,725	2,678	3,776	3,604	3,617	1,314
Age 6969	2,145	2,291	2,636	2,587	2,708	2,648	3,741	3,592	1,447
Age 7070	2,031	2,124	2,284	2,624	2,601	2,711	2,629	3,695	1,664
Age 7171	1,842	2,005	2,086	2,284	2,613	2,599	2,685	2,599	757
Age 7272	1,764	1,833	2,008	2,073	2,274	2,570	2,575	2,644	880
Age 7373	1,660	1,729	1,796	1,954	2,048	2,242	2,513	2,535	875
Age 7474	1,624	1,632	1,689	1,793	1,917	2,022	2,210	2,478	854
Age 7575	1,650	1,591	1,611	1,661	1,744	1,886	1,972	2,167	517
Age 7676	1,495	1,623	1,562	1,564	1,633	1,698	1,852	1,917	422
Age 7777	1,379	1,472	1,592	1,526	1,544	1,577	1,653	1,788	409
Age 7878	1,386	1,335	1,424	1,545	1,476	1,511	1,542	1,607	221
Age 7979	1,400	1,353	1,309	1,373	1,492	1,439	1,445	1,489	89
Age 8080	1,386	1,337	1,286	1,266	1,337	1,410	1,371	1,379	-7
Age 8181	1,308	1,317	1,285	1,228	1,205	1,269	1,357	1,306	-2
Age 8282	1,206	1,239	1,279	1,203	1,189	1,141	1,206	1,278	72
Age 8383	1,178	1,119	1,165	1,192	1,130	1,124	1,090	1,156	-22
Age 8484	1,118	1,106	1,044	1,101	1,126	1,049	1,062	1,028	-90
Age 8585	6,356	6,508	6,680	6,798	6,933	6,999	7,069	7,139	783
Age 0517	37,449	37,253	37,369	37,187	37,021	37,227	37,225	37,056	-393