Carpinteria, California

Carpinteria, California
Carpinteria, California
City
	City of Carpinteria
	Top: Carpinteria State Beach; bottom: downtown.
	Location of Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County, California.
	Carpinteria, California Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 34°23′57″N 119°30′59″W / 34.39917°N 119.51639°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Santa Barbara
Incorporated	September 28, 1965
Named for	The carpentry shops in the former Chumash settlement of Mishopshno ("Correspondence")
Government
• Mayor	Wade Nomura
• State senator	Monique Limón (D)
• Assemblymember	Gregg Hart (D)
• U. S. rep.	Salud Carbajal (D)
Area
• Total	9.27 sq mi (24.02 km2)
• Land	2.59 sq mi (6.70 km2)
• Water	6.68 sq mi (17.31 km2) 72.11%
Elevation	33 ft (10 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	13,264
• Density	5,125.19/sq mi (1,978.51/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	93013-93014
Area code	805
FIPS code	06-11446
GNIS feature IDs	1652684, 2409990
GATV	Channel 18
Website	www.carpinteria.ca.us

Carpinteria (/kɑːrpɪntəˈriːə/; Spanish: Carpintería, meaning "Carpentry") is a small seaside city in southeastern Santa Barbara County, California. Located on the Central Coast of California, it had a population of 13,264 at the 2020 census. Carpinteria is a popular surf destination; the city embraced the slogan "World's Safest Beach" in 1912, which it still uses today.^[9]^[10]

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