Santa Cruz, California Neighborhood Info

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Santa Cruz, California QuickFacts

	Santa Cruz, California	United States
Total population	54,593	281,421,906
State	California
City	santa cruz

Santa Cruz, California Population

	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
Male	27,180	49.79%	49.06%
Female	27,413	50.21%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.7		35.3

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	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
18 years and over	45,130	82.67%	74.31%
21 years and over	39,715	72.75%	69.97%
62 years and over	5,432	9.95%	14.66%
65 years and over	4,663	8.54%	12.43%

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	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
White	42,984	78.74%	75.14%
Black or African American	945	1.73%	12.32%
Asian	2,677	4.9%	3.64%
Some other race	5,531	10.13%	5.46%
Two or more races	2,456	4.5%	2.43%

Santa Cruz, California Housing

	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
Total households	20,442		105,480,101
Family households (families)	10,401	50.88%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	10,041	49.12%	31.94%

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	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
Total housing units	21,460		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	1,062	4.95%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	20,442	95.26%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	9,528	44.4%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	10,914	50.86%	30.77%

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	Santa Cruz, California	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	24	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	20	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	71	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	190	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	1,199	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	4,415	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	2,144	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	175	0.57%
Median (dollars)	411,900	119,600

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	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	5,112	25.01%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	6,561	32.1%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	2,908	14.23%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	2,987	14.61%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	1,647	8.06%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	1,180	5.77%	9.65%

Santa Cruz, California Education

	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,089		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	743	3.89%	6.47%
Kindergarten	462	2.42%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,198	21.99%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	2,258	11.83%	21.38%
College or graduate school	11,428	59.87%	22.81%

Santa Cruz, California Economy

	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
Population 16 years and over	45,984		217,168,077
In labor force	31,578	68.67%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	31,578	68.67%	63.39%
- - Employed	29,644	64.47%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,934	4.21%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.1		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	14,406	31.33%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	23,260	50.58%	51.66%
In labor force	14,811	32.21%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	14,811	32.21%	29.65%
- - Employed	14,018	30.48%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,898	6.3%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,492		12,787,501

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	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	20,368		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	1,839	9.03%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,121	5.5%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,148	10.55%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	2,053	10.08%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	2,903	14.25%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	3,855	18.93%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,492	12.23%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,406	11.81%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	853	4.19%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	698	3.43%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	50,605		41,994

	Santa Cruz, California	%, Santa Cruz, California	United States
With earnings	17,273	37.56%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	64,369		56,604
With Social Security income	3,746	8.15%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,349		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	765	1.66%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,261		6,320
With public assistance income	550	1.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,788		3,032
With retirement income	2,506	5.45%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	20,132		17,376

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