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Santa Cruz County

county in California, United States
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Summary

Santa Cruz County is a county of California[1]. It draws 1,572 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #27 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[5]
  • Capital: Santa Cruz[6]
  • Shares border with: Monterey County[7], Santa Clara County[8], San Benito County[9], San Mateo County[10]
  • Named after: Santa Cruz[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Santa Cruz[12], Watsonville[13]
  • Commons category: Santa Cruz County, California[14]
  • Inception: 1850[15]
  • Coordinate location: 37.03, -122.01[16]
  • Authority: County of Santa Cruz[17]
  • Official website: https://santacruzcountyca.gov[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Santa Cruz County, California[19]
  • Population: 262,382[20], 263,309[21], 264,797[22], 266,508[23], 269,419[24], 274,146[25], 274,871[26], 273,213[27], 270,861[28]
  • Described by source: The American Cyclopædia[29]
  • Topic has template: Template:Santa Cruz County, California[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Santa Cruz County, California[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Santa Cruz County, California[32]
  • Number of households: 96,275[33]
  • Native label: Santa Cruz County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107917[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Santa Cruz County, California[36]
  • Different from: Santa Cruz County[37]
  • Area: 1573[38]
  • Water as percent of area: 26.65[39]

Why It Matters

Santa Cruz County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

California United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Santa Cruz County,
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Santa Cruz County, California.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pres"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Santa Cruz County, California
    Topic's main category → Category:Santa Cruz County, California
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+26.65'}
    Instance of → county of California
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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