Santa Barbara, California

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The coastal city of Santa Barbara is located in Santa Barbara County and is the county seat.

Santa Barbara was incorporated April 9, 1850.

The community of Santa Barbara is 40 feet [12.19 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Santa Barbara had a population of 92,325 people^<2> (or 23.09% of the total population of Santa Barbara County). The population of Santa Barbara represented 0.27% of the total of California, making it the state's 64th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Santa Barbara had a population of 86,093 people. This is a decrease of 6.75% 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 Santa Barbara.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cachuma Village	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	---
	Carpinteria	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	13,655	3.8% decrease
	Franciscan Village	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Goleta	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Isla Vista	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Montecito	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---

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

Websites for Santa Barbara

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The Commemorative Quarter for California<4>

Search for Local Businesses

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) Santa Barbara. 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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