Demographics for Santa Cruz County

Educational Attainment

College: Associates Degree 7.45%

College: Bachelor's Degree 2.02%

College: Graduate Degree 12.67%

College: Some College, No Degree 25.50%

School: 9th to 11th grade no diploma 5.71%

School: Grade K - 9 9.86%

School: High School Graduate 16.80%

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Marital Status

Divorced 11.29%

Never Married 33.08%

Now Married 44.42%

Separated 6.11%

Widowed 5.10%

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Population

Population 255,602

Percent Female 50.1%

Percent Male 49.9%

Total Households 91,139

Average Household Size 2.80

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Income

Median Household Income $54,220

Average Household Income $72,538

Per Capita Income $25,835

$ 0 - $9,999 4.4%

$ 10,000 - $14,999 3.0%

$ 15,000 - $19,999 2.8%

$ 20,000 - $29,999 6.5%

$ 30,000 - $39,999 6.7%

$ 40,000 - $49,999 6.2%

$ 50,000 - $74,999 12.2%

$ 75,000 - $99,999 8.1%

$100,000 + 14.0%

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Employment by Industry

Accommodation and food services 6.2%

Administrative and support and waste management service 3.5%

Agriculture forestry fishing and hunting 4.3%

Arts entertainment and recreation 2.3%

Construction 7.9%

Educational services 11.3%

Finance and insurance 2.3%

Health care and social assistance 10.0%

Information 3.4%

Management of companies and enterprises 0.0%

Manufacturing 12.4%

Mining 0.1%

Other services (except public administration) 4.5%

Professional scientific and technical services 8.3%

Public administration 3.4%

Real estate and rental and leasing 2.4%

Retail trade 10.9%

Transportation and warehousing 2.2%

Utilities 0.6%

Wholesale trade 3.9%

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Occupation

Aircraft and traffic control occupations 0.1%

Architects surveyors cartographers and engineers 2.3%

Arts design entertainment sports and media occupation 3.1%

Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupat 3.6%

Business operations specialists 2.1%

Community and social services occupations 1.8%

Computer and mathematical occupations 4.0%

Construction trades workers 5.2%

Drafters engineering and mapping technicians 0.7%

Education training and library occupations 7.1%

Extraction workers 0.0%

Farmers and farm managers 0.5%

Farming fishing and forestry occupations 3.7%

Financial specialists 1.5%

Fire fighting prevention and law enforcement workers 1.0%

Food preparation and serving related occupations 4.9%

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and tech 3.0%

Health technologists and technicians 1.0%

Healthcare support occupations 1.0%

Installation maintenance and repair occupations 2.7%

Personal care and service occupations 3.2%

Legal occupations 1.1%

Life physical and social science occupations 1.4%

Management occupations except farmers and farm manage 10.6%

Material moving workers 1.7%

Motor vehicle operators 1.9%

Office and administrative support occupations 12.2%

Production 5.0%

Protective Service Occupations 0.5%

Rail water and other transportation occupations 0.1%

Sales and related occupations 11.2%

Supervisors construction and extraction workers 0.4%

Supervisors transportation and material moving worker 0.1%

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Means of transportation

Workers Age 16+ 129,302

Bicycle 2.0%

Bus or trolley bus 3.2%

Carpooled 14.2%

Drove alone 69.5%

Ferryboat 0.0%

Motorcycle 0.3%

Other means 0.8%

Railroad 0.0%

Streetcar or trolley car 0.0%

Subway or elevated 0.0%

Taxicab 0.0%

Walked 4.4%

Worked at home 5.4%

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