The County is comprised of fifteen towns and covers all of the land area typically identified as Cape Cod. Cape Cod and Barnstable County refer to the same area. With 228,996 people, Barnstable County is the 9th most populated county in the state of Massachusetts out of 14 counties (2020 U.S. Census). In 2020, Barnstable County had the fourth-highest in migration in the country (U.S. Postal Service).
