San Luis Obispo

			SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY



				Population
Land area (acres):	2,114,880		Cities	1-1-95
								SAN LUIS OBISPO		221,900
Population, 7-1-94	234,500		San Luis Obispo	42,950					San Luis Obispo	42,500
Percent of California	0.7		Atascadero	25,200					Atascadero	23,400
Population, 1-1-95	236,000		El Paso De Robles	21,750					El Paso De Robles	20,150
			Arroyo Grande	15,500					Arroyo Grande	14,550
1-1-95			Grover Beach	12,450					Grover City	11,900
Population in households	221,519		Morro Bay	9,900					Morro Bay	9,725
Population/household	2.606		Pismo Beach	8,300					Pismo Beach	7,700
			Unincorporated	100,000					Unincorporated	92,000


EDUCATION				1993-94
				($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***	13.7		Spending on education:
			School districts*	187.6
Enrollment, Fall 1994			Community colleges**	23.3
Kindergarten-12	36,298
			* Not including community college districts.
Enrollment, Fall 1987			** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds.
College/University	23,078		*** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
California Polytechnic	16,049		basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
Community colleges	7,029		completed.


LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT			Total employment, 1993	107,530		Number of establishments
			(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994	101,900		Percent of California	0.7
Civilian employment	94,400		Wage and salary	79,527		1-4	3,473
Unemployment	7,500		Proprietors	28,003		5-9	1,251
Unemployment rate	7.4		Farm	1,975		10-19	762
			Non-Farm	26,028		20-49	427
Nonagricultural wage & salary						50-99	114
employment, 1993 (BLS series)	74,300		Farm	3,986		100-249	49
Percent of California	0.6		Agricultural services	2,782		250-499	9
Mining	300		Mining	318		500-999	1
Construction	2,900		Construction	6,750		1000 +	3
Manufacturing	6,300		Manufacturing	6,911		Total	6,089
Transportation-utility	4,600		Transportation-utility	5,830					Check:
Trade	19,000		Wholesale trade	2,720					0
Finance-insurance-			Retail trade	21,956
real estate	6,000		Finance, insurance,
Services	18,600		real estate	9,441
Federal government	700		Services	30,299
State-local government	16,000		Federal civilian	715
			Military	574
Totals may not add due to rounding.			State and local	15,248


INCOME AND SALES					1979	1989

Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)	4,118.0		Median family income, Census		18,198	37,086
Percent of California	0.6		Median household income, Census		14,805	31,164
Per capita income, 1993	18,546
Percent of California	84.7				1993	1994

Avg. earnings per job, 1993	23,499		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		1,657.3	1,740.2
Avg. wages per job, 1993	22,085		Percent of California		0.6	0.6
Avg. earnings per nonfarm			Taxable retail sales		1,197.5	1,247.0
proprietor, 1993	19,712


HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION	4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
					Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock	90,200	95,308	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California	0.8	0.8	Total		1,050	$150.0
Single family	61,139	65,448	Percent of California		1.1	1.0
Multiple family	17,122	18,749	Single family		1,014	131.7
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.	11,939	11,111	Multi-family		36	1.9
Vacancy rate (percent):	11.0	10.8
			Nonresidential permits		--	$52.2
			Percent of California			0.7

Last Update: 8/30/96

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