Santa Barbara is located outside of Southern California.
The region is traditionally described as eight counties , based on demographics and economic ties : Imperial , Los Angeles , Orange , Riverside , San Bernardino , San Diego , Santa Barbara , and Ventura .	Imperial	Imperial County, California	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County	Orange	Orange County, California	Riverside	Riverside County, California	San Bernardino	San Bernardino County	San Diego	San Diego County, California	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara County	Ventura	Ventura, California	counties	List of counties in California
Santa Barbara County , California , officially the County of Santa Barbara , is a county located in the southern portion of the state of California , in the United States .	County	County (United States)	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	county	County (United States)	southern portion	Southern California	state	U.S. state	California	California	United States	United States
