San Benito County, California

San Benito County
County
County of San Benito
Images, from top down, left to right: San Benito County Courthouse, Mission San Juan Bautista, New Idria grounds
Flag Seal
Interactive map of San Benito County
Location in the state of California
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Central Coast
CSA	San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
Metro	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
Incorporated	February 12, 1874
Named for	San Benito River
County seat	Hollister
Largest city	Hollister
Government
• Type	Council–CEO
• Body	Board of Supervisors
• Chair	Mindy Sotelo
• Vice Chair	Angela Curro
• Board of Supervisors[1]	Supervisors Dom Zanger Kollin Kosmicki Mindy Sotelo Angela Curro Bea Gonzales
• County Administrative Officer	Ray Espinosa
Area
• Total	1,390 sq mi (3,600 km2)
• Land	1,389 sq mi (3,600 km2)
• Water	1.8 sq mi (5 km2)
Highest elevation [2]	5,245 ft (1,599 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	64,209
• Density	46/sq mi (18/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Area code	831
FIPS code	06-069
GNIS feature ID	277299
Congressional district	18th
Website	www.cosb.us

San Benito County (/ˌsæn bəˈniːtoʊ/ ^ⓘ; San Benito, Spanish for "St. Benedict"), officially the County of San Benito, is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,209.^[3] The county seat is Hollister.^[4]

San Benito County is included in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area.

El Camino Real passes through the county and includes one mission in San Juan Bautista.