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- Time zone: Pacific
- Area code: 805
- County: Santa Barbara County Land area: 2,738.5 (county
area)
- Altitude: 238 feet above sea level
- Neighboring cities: Montecito, Ventura, Camarillo,
Fillmore, Ojai
- Geography: Santa Barbara County lies along the coast, 332
mi./531 km. south of San Francisco and 92 mi./147 km. north of Los
Angeles.
- History: The Chumash Indians thrived in the Santa
Barbara area until just over 200 years ago. They lived in clusters
of small villages along the Santa Barbara coast and Channel Islands.
For thousands of years, protected by the rugged mountains and ocean,
they enjoyed a comfortable, easy lifestyle afforded by an abundance
of wildlife and natural resources. In 1542 the first Europeans
arrived when Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo entered the Channel
and claimed the land for Spain. The Spanish did not come back for
another century. In 1602, after weathering a severe storm, Sebastian
Vizcaino's ships entered the Santa Barbara Channel. Thankful to God
for answering their prayers to guide the ships through the storm,
one of the Carmelite friars on board named the bay and nearby shore
after Saint Barbara. In 1782, the Spaniards came to stay. The
Spaniards governed the area until 1822, when California became a
Mexican territory. In 1846, Colonel John Fremont and his soldiers
took Santa Barbara for the U.S.
- Total population: 391,000 Population growth (1999): .4%
Population influx, by state (percentage of American-born residents
who are natives of other states) (as of 1994): 40.8% (for
California) (No. 16 highest population influx among 50 U.S.
states)
- Projected population growth, by state (projected population
change: 1988 through 2020) (as of 1994): 33.7% (for California) (No.
5 highest projected population growth among 50 U.S. states)
- Per capita income: $28,698 Median Income: $40,912
- Politics: Voter turnout, by state (average turnout in
presidential elections: 1980 through 1992) (as of 1994): 48.7% (for
California) (tied with Tennessee for No. 41 highest voter turnout
among 50 U.S. states)
- Housing 2000 median home-resale price: · U.S. average:
$130,600 · Santa Barbara: $650,000 (high end) · Los Angeles area:
$300,100 Annual rent, by state (annual rent per $10,000 of household
income) (as of 1994): $1,881 each year (for California) (No. 1
highest average annual rent among 50 U.S. states)
- Property taxes, by state (property taxes per capita) (as of 1994):
$602 per capita (for California) (No. 24 highest property taxes
among 50 U.S. states)
- Level of homelessness: on average, roughly 3% in
every major U.S. city
- Weather Average temperature in January (daily mean
temperature in Fahrenheit degrees): 52 degrees Average temperature
in July (daily mean temperature in Fahrenheit degrees): 65 degrees
Average annual snowfall: Only a trace amount Seasonal average
humidity: 64% Winter temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees):
42-67 degrees Spring temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees):
49-76 degrees Summer temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees):
57-89 degrees Fall temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 45-75
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- Crime statistics Santa Barbara annual crime rates
per 100,000 people (for 1998): · Number of robberies: 88 · Number
of rapes: 17 · Number of homicides: 2 · Number of aggravated
assaults: 442 · Number of motor-vehicle thefts: 168 · Santa
Barbara has a Relocation Crime Lab Index of 63, which is close to
the national average [The Relocation Crime Lab Index gives the
city's crime rate relative to the average of nearly 500 total cities
nationwide. A value of 100 means that the city is exactly average. A
value of 200 means that the city has twice the crime rate as the
average city. A value of 50 means that the city has half the crime
rate of the average city. Please note that the number of crimes
reported has been adjusted to yield a rate per 100,000. (THE
RELOCATION CRIME LAB* is derived by The Homebuyer's Fair from data
reported for 1996 by various government, regional and local
sources.)]
- Economic status Annual cost-of-living index (1999)
· U. S. average: 100.0 · Santa Barbara: 123 · For Los
Angeles/Long Beach, Calif. (with index weight for each component
shown as percentage): · --Composite (100% composite index): 126.2
· --Grocery items (16%): 113.6 · --Housing (28%): 157.7 ·
--Utilities (8%): 120.0 · --Transportation (10%): 122.0 · --Health
care (5%): 115.7 · --Miscellaneous goods and services (33%): 110.1
Taxes for California · Maximum personal income tax: 9.3% sa) (as of
1994): $602 per · Sales tax: 7.75% · Annual per capita taxes paid:
· --U.S. average: $1,581 · --California residents: $1,811 (40th
lowest in United States) Average tax burden (for a family of four
with a $50,000 annual income) · U.S. city average: $4,305 (or 8.6%
of annual income) · Los Angeles: $3,942 (or 7.9% of annual income)
Residential property-tax rate for 1996 (nominal tax rate per $100 --
the announced rate levied at taxable value of each house): · 1.05
(for Los Angeles) · 7.42 (unweighted average)
- Business: Unemployment rate -- September 2000: 3.2%
Civilians employed (Santa Barbara): 199.1 Civilians employed: 6.6
Municipal bond rating in 1999 (Standard & Poors): "AA"
Projected job growth, by state (projected employment change: 1988
through 2020) (as of 1994): 30.5% (for California) (No. 5 highest
projected job growth among 50 U.S. states) Projected income growth,
by state (projected per-capita income change: 1988 through 2020) (as
of 1994): 30.2% (for California) (No. 41 highest projected income
growth among 50 U.S. states) Santa Barbara has one Fortune 500
company: Company Rank Tenet
- Health Care Systems 163 Health care Number of
hospitals: 8 Average annual expenditure for health care: · $1,307
total each year (for Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., primary
metropolitan statistical area) Average daily cost of a
community-hospital patient, by state (per $10,000 of per-capita
income): $450 (for California) (No. 7 highest average daily hospital
cost among 50 U.S. states) Life expectancy, by state (average
lifetime in years): 74.57 years (for California) (No. 20 longest
average life span among 50 U.S. states)
- Physicians: 182 General Family Practice
- 241 Medical Specialists
- 205 Surgical Specialists
- Number of live births (for California, January-August
1999): 295,964
- Number of deaths (for California, January-August 1999):
146,549
- Health-insurance coverage (number of state residents not
covered) (for California, as of 1997): 7,095,000 Health-insurance
coverage (percentage of state residents not covered) (for
California, as of 1997): 21.5% Number of community hospitals (for
California, as of 1996): 493 Percentage of community-hospital beds
occupied (for California, as of 1996): 58.9% Number of nursing homes
(for California, as of 1996): 1,422 Percentage of nursing-home beds
occupied (for California, as of 1996): 77.6%
- Educational facilities- Stats: Total
public-school student population (1999): 55,668 Total number of
public elementary and secondary schools (1999): · Spending
per pupil (through 12th grade): $4,416 per student each year
Education spending, by state (per-capita education spending by state
and local governments) (as of 1994): $1,189 per capita (for
California) (No. 24 highest education spending per capita among 50
U.S. states) High-school dropouts, by state (persons aged 16
through 19 years old who are not in school and are not high-school
graduates) (as of 1994): 14.2% (for California) (No. 4 highest
high-school dropout level among 50 U.S. states) High-school
graduates, by state (persons aged 25 years or older who are
high-school graduates) (as of 1994): 76.2% (for California) (tied
with Illinois for No. 28 highest high-school-graduation level among
50 U.S. states) College students, by state (college students
per 100,000 residents) (as of 1994): 8,710 college students (for
California) (No. 3 greatest number of college students within this
state among 50 U.S. states) College graduates, by state
(persons aged 25 years or older who are college graduates) (as of
1994): 23.4% (for California) (No. 9 highest college-graduation
level among 50 U.S. states)
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