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Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Cruz County runs from the Monterey Bay shoreline at Santa Cruz and Capitola up into the redwood canyons of the San Lorenzo Valley and over Highway 17 toward Silicon Valley. UC Santa Cruz, tourism, and over-the-hill commuting drive demand into one of the most constrained markets in California, where coastal permitting, the county's greenbelt and growth-management rules, and CZU fire rebuild issues limit supply.
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Santa Cruz County at a glance
- 262,000Population (2024)
- Santa CruzCounty seat
- 445 sq miLand area
- 589 / sq miDensity
- $109,000Median household income
- $1,015,000Median home value
What the live Santa Cruz County map shows
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- City Boundaries: 4
- School Boundaries: 17
- Congressional Districts: 2
- Soils: 131
- State House Districts: 3
- State Senate Districts: 1
- Voter Precincts: 196
- Wetlands: 7
Cities and towns in Santa Cruz County
Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Watsonville.
Neighboring counties
- Santa Clara County, CA · map
- San Mateo County, CA · map
- San Benito County, CA · map
- Monterey County, CA · map