Is San Benito County, CA's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 997 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 1.4% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, San Benito County, CA’s population grew by 20.3%.
+997
population change (2024 to 2025)
+1.4%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, San Benito County, CA’s population increased 22 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2020 and 2021, when San Benito County, CA gained 2,200 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2005 and 2006 when there were 479 fewer residents.
San Benito County, CA gained 997 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in San Benito County, CA?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was positive in San Benito County, CA, with births exceeding deaths by 343.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, San Benito County, CA’s population change from immigration was negative with about 20 more people leaving for another country directly from San Benito County, CA than coming.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, San Benito County, CA’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 680 more people coming from any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in San Benito County, CA.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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