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Santa Barbara County

county in southern California, United States
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Summary

Santa Barbara County is a county of California[1]. It draws 2,054 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #8 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Santa Barbara[5]
  • Shares border with: San Luis Obispo County[6], Kern County[7], Ventura County[8]
  • Named after: Santa Barbara[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Buellton[10], Carpinteria[11], Goleta[12], Guadalupe[13], Lompoc[14], Santa Barbara[15], Santa Maria[16], Solvang[17]
  • Commons category: Santa Barbara County, California[18]
  • Inception: 1850[19]
  • Coordinate location: 34.54, -120.03[20]
  • Authority: County of Santa Barbara[21]
  • Official website: http://countyofsb.org[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Santa Barbara County, California[23]
  • Population: 423,895[24], 424,238[25], 425,724[26], 430,426[27], 435,697[28], 444,769[29], 454,593[30], 446,499[31], 448,229[32]
  • Topic has template: Template:Santa Barbara County, California[33]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Santa Barbara County, California[34]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Santa Barbara County, California[35]
  • Number of households: 148,309[36]
  • Native label: Santa Barbara County[37]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107915[38]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Santa Barbara County, California[39]
  • Area: 9814[40]
  • Water as percent of area: 27.82[41]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject U.S. counties[42], WikiProject United States[43], WikiProject California[44], WikiProject Southern California[45]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Santa Barbara County, California[46]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Central Coast[47]

Why It Matters

Santa Barbara County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Santa Barbara Count
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Santa Barbara County, California.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States p"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta +5
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 15w ago · Kleeblatt187 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Buellton"
  4. 18w ago · Cfls · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://countyofsb.org
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: http://countyofsb.org"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Santa Barbara County, California
    Topic's main category → Category:Santa Barbara County, California
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+27.82'}
    Instance of → county of California
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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