Poverty Rate in Santa Barbara County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.7%
Rank #1,905/3,222 · #41 in CA
41th
Santa Barbara 14.7%
CA 12.0% +22.8%
US 12.6% +17.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Santa Barbara County's poverty rate of 14.7% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Santa Barbara County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,902 | Douglas County, KS | 14.7% |
| #1,903 | Perry County, OH | 14.7% |
| #1,904 | Henderson County, TX | 14.7% |
| #1,905 | Santa Barbara County, CA | 14.7% |
| #1,906 | Wood County, WV | 14.7% |
| #1,907 | Cherokee County, AL | 14.8% |
| #1,908 | Crawford County, IA | 14.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Santa Barbara County, California has a poverty rate of 14.7%, ranking #1,905 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 17.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within California, it ranks #41 of 58. This places it in the 41th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.