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San Benito County is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of
Mortgage Net Branch
California, south of
San Jose. As of 2000 the population was 53,234. The county seat is Hollister.
As housing costs
Real Estate Home Values
have gone up in the San Francisco Bay Area, commuters have begun moving to San Benito County.
San Benito County was formed from parts of Monterey County in 1874.
The county is named
Mortgage Refinance
after the San Benito Valley. Father Juan Crespi, in his expedition in 1772, named a small river in honor of San Benidicto (Saint Benedict), the patron saint of the married, and it is from the contraction of this name that the county took its name.
In the county the population was spread out with 32.20% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 31.50% from
25 to 44, 19.30% from 45 to 64, and 8.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 102.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.60 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $57,469, and the median income for a family was $60,665. Males had a median income of $44,158 versus $29,524 for females. The per capita income for the county
was $20,932. About 6.70% of families and 10.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.40% of those under age 18 and 8.50% of those age 65 or over.