Santa Cruz

			SANTA CRUZ COUNTY



				Population
Land area (acres):	285,310		Cities	1-1-95
								SANTA CRUZ		231,600
Population, 7-1-94	241,100		Santa Cruz	52,700					Santa Cruz	50,400
Percent of California	0.8		Watsonville	33,800					Watsonville	31,900
Population, 1-1-95	242,600		Capitola	10,800					Capitola	10,250
			Scotts Valley	9,750					Scotts Valley	9,125
1-1-95			Unincorporated	135,600					Unincorporated	130,000
Population in households	235,241
Population/household	2.719


EDUCATION				1993-94
				($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***	14.2		Spending on education:
			School districts*	189.0
Enrollment, Fall 1994
Kindergarten-12	41,899			1988-89
				($ mill)
Enrollment, Fall 1987
College/University	21,594		Community colleges**	25.8
UC Santa Cruz	9,152
Community colleges	11,862		* Not including community college districts.
Private colleges	580		** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds.
			*** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
			basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
			completed.


LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT			Total employment, 1993	126,177		Number of establishments
			(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994	141,500		Percent of California	0.8
Civilian employment	127,700		Wage and salary	98,688		1-4	3,823
Unemployment	13,800		Proprietors	27,489		5-9	1,337
Unemployment rate	9.8		Farm	733		10-19	840
			Non-Farm	26,756		20-49	459
Nonagricultural wage & salary						50-99	139
employment, 1993 (BLS series)	83,600		Farm	10,786		100-249	61
Percent of California	0.7		Agricultural services	2,041		250-499	15
Construction/mining	3,200		Mining	111		500-999	8
Manufacturing	11,900		Construction	6,681		1000 +	2	Check:
Transportation-utility	2,700		Manufacturing	13,620		Total	6,684	0
Trade	22,400		Transportation-utility	3,664
Finance-insurance-			Wholesale trade	5,469
real estate	3,300		Retail trade	22,413
Services	23,800		Finance, insurance,
Federal government	500		real estate	7,355
State-local government	15,800		Services	38,502
			Federal civilian	567
			Military	572
Totals may not add due to rounding.			State and local	14,396


INCOME AND SALES					1979	1989

Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)	5,470.7		Median family income, Census		20,734	43,130
Percent of California	0.8		Median household income, Census		16,877	37,112
Per capita income, 1993	23,439
Percent of California	107.1				1993	1994

Avg. earnings per job, 1993	25,280		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		1,738.9	1,780.9
Avg. wages per job, 1993	23,112		Percent of California		0.6	0.6
Avg. earnings per nonfarm			Taxable retail sales		1,275.6	1,297.6
proprietor, 1993	20,649


HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION	4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
					Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock	91,878	94,854	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California	0.8	0.8	Total		509	$96.1
Single family	65,692	67,559	Percent of California		0.5	0.6
Multiple family	17,554	20,159	Single family		418	65.8
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.	8,632	7,136	Multi-family		91	8.8
Vacancy rate (percent):	9.0	8.8
			Nonresidential permits		--	$32.6
			Percent of California			0.4

Last Update: 8/30/96

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