Carpinteria, California

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The coastal city of Carpinteria is located in Santa Barbara County.

Carpinteria was incorporated September 28, 1965.

Time Zone: Carpinteria lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Carpinteria, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Carpinteria had a population of 14,194 people^<1> (or 3.55% of the total population of Santa Barbara County). The population of Carpinteria represented 0.04% of the total of California.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Carpinteria had a population of 13,655 people. This is a decrease of 3.8% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Carpinteria.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Goleta	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Meiners Oaks	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Mira Monte	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Mission Canyon	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Montecito	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Oak View	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Carpinteria.

Websites for Carpinteria

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Carpinteria. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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