Is Ventura part of Santa Barbara County?

Ventura County was formed from Santa Barbara County on January 1, 1872 after being approved by the legislature on March 22, 1872. Below are some facts and information about our County as of September 2005.

Total Population813,052Area of County1,873 sq. miles, 1,198,779 acresForest Reserve860 sq. miles, 550,211 acresUnincorporated Area818.35 sq. milesCoast Line42 milesState Beach Parks411 acresPublic Beaches7.48 miles of shorelineCounty Parks26.65 sq. miles, 5,705 acresElevationSea Level to Mt. Pinos: 8,831 feetLocated 69 miles Northwesterly from Los Angeles on U.S. Hwy 101 & State Routes 1,23,33,118,126 and 150

NameAcresCalifornia State University Channel Islands670Ventura School - California Youth Authority109Ventura Community College - Moorpark154Ventura Community College - Oxnard118Ventura Community College - Ventura112

NameAcresConst. Battalion Ctr - Port Hueneme1,626Naval Air Station - Point Mugu4,331

NameAcresCounty Airport - Camaillo670County Airport - Oxnard216

NameLocationSquare MilesAcresCamarillo Regional Rec.Camarillo0.51327.0Camp ComfortOak View / Ojai0.0638.4Casitas Springs Comm. Ctr.Casitas Springs0.001.0Dennison ParkOjai/Hwy 1500.5033.9Roger Jones Comm.Ctr.El Rio0.001.0Faria ParkRincon No. 30.002.4Foster ParkFoster Park0.32204.6Happy CampMoorpark4.693,000.0Hobson ParkRincon No. 40.001.7Jose Flores Comm. Ctr.El Rio0.001.0Kenny GroveFillmore0.0215.4Mandalay Beach ParkVentura0.1595.0Oak ParkSimi Valley0.1279.8Oak View Comm. CenterOak View0.002.3Ojai Valley TrailOjai0.1064.0Rincon ParkwayRincon0.0529.0Rustic Canyon Golf CourseMoorpark1.09700.0Santa Rosa Valley ParkSanta Rosa0.0850.6Saticoy Golf CourseSaticoy0.30193.2Saticoy ParkSaticoy0.013.3Steckel ParkSanta Paula0.22142.5Sulphur Mountain TrailOjai0.0851.0Tapo Canyon ParkSimi Valley0.32204.2Toland ParkSanta Paula / Fillmore0.33212.9Warring Park/Comm. Ctr.Piru0.013.9Total:5,458.1

LocationMilesCamarillo200Fillmore35Moorpark112Ojai40.13Oxnard400Port Hueneme42San Buenaventura650Santa Paula55Simi Valley300Thousand Oaks380Unicorporated1109.71Total:3323.84

NameAcresPoint Mugu13,300McGrath295San Buenaventura116

NameAcresAnacapa - Channel Islands700San Nicholas - Reserved1,400

NameAcresValue (in $1000s)Fruit and Nut Crops60,190$740,039Vegetable Crops34,474354,514Livestock, Poultry & Dairy1,942Nursery Stock3,861222,214Cut Flowers1,07865,663Field Crops101,6902,270Apiary Products362,000Timber71Total:201,2931,748,713

NamePopulationSquare MilesInc. DateCamarillo62,73919.651964Fillmore15,2223.231914Moorpark35,90812.471983Ojai8,1534.371921Oxnard188,84926.901903Port Hueneme22,4454.511948Santa Paula29,2814.691902San Buenaventura106,09621.931866Simi Valley121,42742.031969Thousand Oaks127,11254.861964Total:717,232194.64

DistrictSq. MilesAcresSupervisorDistrict 1 - Ventura161103,192Steve BennettDistrict 2 - Thousand Oaks188120,230Linda ParksDistrict 3 - Ojai, Santa Paula1308837,338Kathy LongDistrict 4 - Simi Valley174111,195Peter FoyDistrict 5 - Oxnard4427,945John Flynn

Employer NameSize ClassNaval Air Warfare Ctr Weapons5,000 - 9,999Amgen, Inc.1,000 - 4,999Blue Cross of California1,000 - 4,999John R Read III Law Offices1,000 - 4,999Community Memorial Hospital1,000 - 4,999Los Robles Regional Medical1,000 - 4,999St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital1,000 - 4,999St. John's Regional Medical Center1,000 - 4,999Farmers Insurance Group1,000 - 4,999Technicolor Video Service1,000 - 4,999Cardservice International500 - 999Central Purchasing Inc.500 - 999Simi Valley Hospital & Health Care500 - 999

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. As of the 2010 census, the population was 423,895. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria.

Santa Barbara County comprises the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the county is part of the California Central Coast. Mainstays of the countyÕs economy include engineering, resource extraction (particularly petroleum extraction and diatomaceous earth mining), winemaking, agriculture, and education. The software development and tourism industries are important employers in the southern part of the county.

Southern Santa Barbara County is sometimes considered the northern cultural boundary of Southern California.

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between Santa Barbara county (CA) and Ventura county (CA) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.

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Population Estimates, July 1 2021, (V2021)446,47539,237,836839,784PeoplePopulation Estimates, July 1 2021, (V2021)446,47539,237,836839,784Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2021)448,22939,538,223843,843Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2021, (V2021)-0.4%-0.8%-0.5%Population, Census, April 1, 2020448,22939,538,223843,843Population, Census, April 1, 2010423,89537,253,956823,318Persons under 5 years, percent6.0%5.7%5.3%Persons under 18 years, percent22.3%22.4%22.2%Persons 65 years and over, percent16.0%15.2%16.7%Female persons, percent49.8%50.0%50.2%White alone, percent85.1%71.1%83.6%Black or African American alone, percent(a)2.4%6.5%2.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)2.2%1.7%1.9%Asian alone, percent(a)5.9%15.9%8.0%Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)0.3%0.5%0.3%Two or More Races, percent4.1%4.2%3.8%Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)47.2%40.2%44.1%White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent42.7%35.2%43.6%Veterans, 2017-202119,0611,467,02636,784Foreign born persons, percent, 2017-202122.4%26.5%21.1%Housing units, July 1, 2021, (V2021)159,79814,512,281294,681Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-202152.6%55.5%63.5%Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021$625,200$573,200$633,900Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021$2,530$2,548$2,752Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021$689$664$692Median gross rent, 2017-2021$1,810$1,698$1,976Building permits, 20211,152119,4361,477Households, 2017-2021147,44613,217,586274,471Persons per household, 2017-20212.892.923.03Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-202182.5%88.0%90.8%Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-202139.9%43.9%37.7%Households with a computer, percent, 2017-202195.0%95.2%94.5%Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-202190.8%90.4%91.1%High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-202181.9%84.2%85.6%Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-202135.1%35.3%34.0%With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-20216.8%6.8%6.8%Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent11.7%8.1%8.2%In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-202162.7%63.4%64.4%In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-202158.0%57.9%58.1%Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)2,149,894133,716,8702,147,360Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)3,661,965311,312,1565,017,718Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)719,28799,160,737760,352Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)5,267,801594,861,37713,115,583Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)$11,838$15,122$15,462Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-202120.729.526.8Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021$84,356$84,097$94,150Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021$40,634$41,276$41,863Persons in poverty, percent10.5%12.3%9.1%BusinessesTotal employer establishments, 202011,977981,36921,762Total employment, 2020156,49915,710,859264,604Total annual payroll, 2020 ($1,000)8,996,1981,132,425,66015,045,116Total employment, percent change, 2019-2020-0.3%1.3%-0.2%Total nonemployer establishments, 201935,3003,458,66771,248All employer firms, Reference year 201710,198742,13917,610Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 20175,540435,4559,941Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 20171,862150,5523,315Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017S237,4193,809Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 20177,118449,31711,860Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 201754834,619869Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 20178,350655,27514,997GeographyPopulation per square mile, 2020164.0253.7458.4Population per square mile, 2010155.0239.1446.7Land area in square miles, 20202,733.94155,858.331,840.79Land area in square miles, 20102,735.09155,779.221,843.13FIPS Code060830606111

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