Arroyo Grande Map
Arroyo Grande is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 17,252 at the 2010 census.
Arroyo Grande is a small coastal town with historic, suburban, and rural elements located at 35°7?15?N 120°35?12?W / 35.12083°N 120.58667°W / 35.12083; -120.58667 (35.120878, -120.586799). It is one of the cities on the Central Coast known as the Five Cities (Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Oceano, Shell Beach, and Pismo Beach). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15.1 km²), all of it land.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Arroyo Grande had a population of 17,252. The population density was 2,956.5 people per square mile (1,141.5/km²). The racial makeup of Arroyo Grande was 14,710 (85.3%) White, 156 (0.9%) African American, 125 (0.7%) Native American, 595 (3.4%) Asian, 14 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 856 (5.0%) from other races, and 796 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,707 persons (15.7%).
Nearby cities include Guadalupe, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Margarita, Los Osos.