Santa Cruz County is a county located in the state of California, United States, along the Pacific coast.
Santa Cruz County is officially known as the County of Santa Cruz.
The population was counted as 270,861 during the census taken in the year 2020.
Santa Cruz is the principal city of the county.
Santa Cruz County is a part of both the Santa Cruz–Watsonville, California Metropolitan Statistical Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, California Combined Statistical Area. Santa Cruz County is located in the state of California.
The county may be found on the Central Coast of California, which is located further south of the San Francisco Bay Area region.
This county forms the Monterey Bay’s northern coast, whereas Monterey County forms the bay’s southern coast. Monterey County is located to the south.
Here is a list of some cities, towns, places and villages in Santa Cruz County, California: