Census Data Map

American Community Survey 2019–2023

San Luis Obispo area census tracts by population

Population is highest in Arroyo Grande city (east) (7,831). This table ranks 69 eligible mapped census tracts.

Population values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Population rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaPopulation
1Arroyo Grande city (east)7,831
2California Polytechnic State University CDP (north-northeast 1)7,246
3Grover Beach city (east-southeast)7,066
4Edna CDP (southeast)6,358
5San Simeon CDP (south)6,345
6Santa Margarita CDP (northwest)6,198
7Creston CDP (south-southwest)6,185
8San Simeon CDP (southeast)6,139
9Shandon CDP (west-southwest 1)6,081
10Santa Margarita CDP (southeast)5,954
11Creston CDP (west)5,928
12Los Berros CDP (south-southeast)5,846
13Shandon CDP (west)5,839
14Nipomo CDP5,784
15El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city (south-southwest)5,568
16Creston CDP (east)5,529
17Grover Beach city (west-northwest)5,413
18San Miguel CDP (west)5,411
19Woodlands CDP (southwest)5,124
20San Luis Obispo city (east)4,811
21Edna CDP (west-northwest 2)4,806
22Los Osos CDP (northwest)4,731
23Creston CDP (west-northwest)4,661
24Grover Beach city (northeast)4,622
25Templeton CDP4,614
26California Polytechnic State University CDP (east-southeast)4,596
27California Polytechnic State University CDP (west-northwest)4,585
28Oak Shores CDP4,465
29California Polytechnic State University CDP (southwest)4,371
30Avila Beach CDP (west)4,288
31San Simeon CDP (northeast)4,165
32Edna CDP (south-southwest)4,129
33San Luis Obispo city (northwest)4,113
34Cambria CDP4,065
35San Simeon CDP (south-southeast 1)3,998
36Woodlands CDP (southeast)3,997
37El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city (northeast)3,988
38Shandon CDP (east-southeast)3,874
39Los Osos CDP (southeast)3,818
40San Luis Obispo city (west)3,720
41San Luis Obispo city (south-southwest)3,457
42Shandon CDP (west-southwest 2)3,388
43Oceano CDP3,333
44Morro Bay city (east-southeast)3,328
45California Polytechnic State University CDP (southeast)3,301
46Pismo Beach city (southeast)3,297
47Woodlands CDP (northwest)3,215
48Avila Beach CDP (southeast)3,212
49El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city (northwest)3,174
50San Miguel CDP (east-northeast)3,167
51Los Berros CDP (north-northwest)3,055
52El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city (west-southwest)3,052
53Shandon CDP (north-northeast)2,954
54Woodlands CDP (east-southeast)2,942
55California Polytechnic State University CDP (north-northeast 2)2,692
56Edna CDP (west-northwest 1)2,687
57Grover Beach city (south)2,649
58Cayucos CDP2,517
59San Simeon CDP (northwest 2)2,468
60Morro Bay city (west-northwest)2,229
61San Luis Obispo city (south)2,092
62Arroyo Grande city (west)2,015
63San Simeon CDP (northwest 1)1,973
64Avila Beach CDP (north-northeast)1,804
65San Miguel CDP (east-southeast)1,747
66Atascadero city1,534
67Grover Beach city (north-northwest)1,515
68San Simeon CDP (south-southeast 2)1,469
69Edna CDP (east)958

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.