San Luis Obispo County, officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo. Junípero Serra founded the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 1772, and San Luis Obispo grew around it. The small size of the county's communities, scattered along the beaches, coastal hills, and mountains of the Santa Lucia range, provides a wide variety of coastal and inland hill ecologies to support fishing, agriculture, and tourist activities. California Polytechnic State University has almost 20,000 students. Tourism, especially for the wineries, is popular. Grapes and other agriculture products are an important part of the economy. San Luis Obispo County is the third largest producer of wine in California, surpassed only by Sonoma and Napa counties. Strawberries are the largest agricultural crop in the county.

Country: United States
State: California
Region: California Central Coast
Incorporated: February 18, 1850
Named for: Saint Louis, Bishop of Toulouse
County seat: San Luis Obispo
Largest city (Population): San Luis Obispo
• Type: Council–Administration
• Body: San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors
• Chair: John Peschong (R)
• Vice Chair: Debbie Arnold (R)
• County Administrator: Wade Horton
Population (2020): 282,424
Time zone: Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST): Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Area code(s): 805
Congressional district: 24th
Wikidata description: county in California, United States
Wikidata id: Q49014
Wikidata label: San Luis Obispo County
Wikidata aliases: Array
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