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Ventura County, California

Ventura County had 835,427 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,840.8 square miles of land. It ranks 12th of 58 in California by population and 26th by land area.

Population
835,427
#12 of 58 in California · #77 in US
Area
1,840.8 sq mi
#26 of 58 in California · #318 in US
Density
454 / sq mi
#14 of 58 in California · #309 in US
Median household income
$106,526
#10 of 58 in California · #83 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Ventura County within California. Pin: Sacramento.

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Ventura County population, land area and income

Ventura County had 835,427 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,840.8 square miles of land. It ranks 12th of 58 in California by population and 26th by land area. That works out to 453.8 people per square mile, 4.7 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in California has 187,274 residents, so Ventura County is 4.5 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $106,526 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

835,427

3144th1st

77th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

1,841 sq mi

3144th1st

318th of 3,144 (US)

Density

453.8 / sq mi

3144th1st

309th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$106,526

3143rd1st

83rd of 3,143 (US)

Rank within California (58)

Population

835,427

58th1st

12th of 58 (CA)

Land area

1,841 sq mi

58th1st

26th of 58 (CA)

Density

453.8 / sq mi

58th1st

14th of 58 (CA)

Median household income

$106,526

58th1st

10th of 58 (CA)

How Ventura County's population changed since 2020

Ventura County lost 8,381 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.0%. That ranks 36th of 58 in California for growth. The median California county changed by -0.6%, and the state as a whole by -0.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Ventura County recorded 36,310 births and 28,757 deaths, a natural change of +7,553. Net international migration added +10,129 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -27,180. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 27,180 people.

843.8k2020840.0k2021835.0k2022833.1k2023835.4k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
36,310
Deaths
28,757
Net international migration
+10,129
Net domestic migration
-27,180
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+2,356

Where Ventura County is

The Census internal point of Ventura County is at 34.358700, -119.133100. It sits in UTM zone 11N. The map shades California's 58 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Ventura County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Los Angeles County: -2.4%Kings County: +1.4%Sierra County: -3.6%Riverside County: +4.3%Santa Barbara County: -0.8%San Bernardino County: +1.4%Nevada County: -0.1%Santa Clara County: +0.1%Yuba County: +6.7%Fresno County: +1.4%Plumas County: -4.7%Monterey County: -1.0%Amador County: +3.6%Alameda County: -1.9%Tulare County: +2.0%San Joaquin County: +4.5%Alpine County: -6.8%Siskiyou County: -3.4%Butte County: -0.9%Kern County: +1.8%San Diego County: -0.1%Sacramento County: +1.5%Ventura County: -1.0%Yolo County: +3.4%Lake County: -0.6%Napa County: -3.4%Tehama County: -1.9%San Francisco County: -5.4%El Dorado County: +0.8%Calaveras County: +2.5%Inyo County: -2.7%Shasta County: -0.6%Lassen County: -12.3%San Luis Obispo County: -0.0%Mariposa County: -0.5%Trinity County: -2.8%Contra Costa County: +0.6%Mendocino County: -2.4%Imperial County: +1.1%Santa Cruz County: -3.4%Placer County: +6.9%Orange County: -0.5%San Benito County: +7.2%Marin County: -1.9%San Mateo County: -2.6%Colusa County: +0.9%Del Norte County: -2.2%Solano County: +0.5%Glenn County: -2.0%Tuolumne County: -2.7%Sonoma County: -0.6%Humboldt County: -2.9%Mono County: -1.8%Stanislaus County: +0.6%Merced County: +4.9%Sutter County: -0.9%Madera County: +5.8%Modoc County: -2.1%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -2.7%
  2. < -1.0%
  3. < -0.0%
  4. < +1.5%
  5. ≥ +1.5%
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Orange pin: Ventura County internal point. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Internal point

Decimal
34.358700, -119.133100
DMS
34°21'31.32"N 119°07'59.16"W
UTM
11N 303828.1E 3803990.6N
Geohash
9q573nccv
Plus code
85629V58+FQ

Towns in Ventura County

10 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Ventura County, 743,846 people together, or 89% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Ventura County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Oxnard with 200,616.

  1. 01Oxnard200,616
  2. 02Simi Valley125,778
  3. 03Thousand Oaks124,229
  4. 04San Buenaventura (Ventura)109,831
  5. 05Camarillo69,881
  6. 06Moorpark35,621
  7. 07Santa Paula31,786
  8. 08Port Hueneme21,325
  9. 09Fillmore17,216
  10. 10Ojai7,563
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Ventura County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Ventura County. The most populous is Los Angeles County, CA, with 9,757,179 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 319.6 miles NNW of Ventura County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA (population 109,831), 9.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Santa Paula, CA (population 31,786), 3.8 miles away.

Ventura County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Ventura County is 06111: state code 06 for California plus county code 111. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $106,526.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ventura County, California?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 835,427. That is down 8,381 people (1.0%) from the July 2020 estimate of 843,808.

What is the FIPS code of Ventura County?

06111. The first two digits (06) are California; the last three (111) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Ventura County?

Oxnard, with 200,616 residents inside Ventura County in 2024.

Which counties border Ventura County?

3 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Los Angeles County, CA; Kern County, CA; Santa Barbara County, CA.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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