Population Growth/Decline

Declining Market

With a 2 Year Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of -0.31% the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo, CA Market is declining. It ranks 157th in 2 year population change across all STI Markets.

Components of Change

Natural growth

With 6,734 Births and 6,110 Deaths in the last year there was a net change of 624 population from natural causes. That equates to a natural growth of 0.09%.

Migratory decline

Net migration in the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo, CA market in the last year was -1,684. This amounts to a migratory decline of -0.23%.

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Components of Change for STI Markets

Figure 3: Components of Change for STI Markets