San Benito County

county in California, United States
Organization county_of_california Q109656
San Benito County
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Summary

San Benito County is a county of California[1]. It draws 751 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #47 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Hollister[5]
  • Shares border with: Monterey County[6], Fresno County[7], Merced County[8], Santa Clara County[9], Santa Cruz County[10]
  • Named after: Benedict of Nursia[11]
  • Commons category: San Benito County, California[12]
  • Inception: 1850[13]
  • Coordinate location: 36.61, -121.08[14]
  • Authority: County of San Benito[15]
  • Official website: https://www.sanbenitocountyca.gov/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:San Benito County, California[17]
  • Population: 55,269[18], 55,537[19], 56,133[20], 56,869[21], 57,600[22], 58,792[23], 62,296[24], 62,808[25], 64,209[26]
  • Described by source: The American Cyclopædia[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:San Benito County, California[28]
  • Category for people born here: Q28651019[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Q49760802[30]
  • Number of households: 18,389[31]
  • Native label: San Benito County[32]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107908[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from San Benito County, California[34]
  • Area: 3206[35]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.17[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of San Benito County, California[37]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan area[38], Bay Area[39]
  • Per capita income: 33,841[40]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for San Benito County include benitoite[41], a mineral species[42].

Why It Matters

San Benito County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include benitoite[41], a mineral species[42].

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/San Benito County,
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/San Benito County, California.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pres"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00008720
    Taxonomicon id → 1804345
    Umls cui → C3828262
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of California
    Category of associated people → Category:People from San Benito County, California
    Country → —
    Official website → https://www.sanbenitocountyca.gov/
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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