Ventura County, California

Ventura County
County
Images, from top down, left to right: Ventura City Hall in Old Town Ventura, Ojai Arcade in Ojai, a view of Camarillo, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Point Mugu
Flag Seal
Interactive map of Ventura County
Location in the state of California
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Greater Los Angeles California Central Coast
Established	March 22, 1872[1]
Named for	Mission San Buenaventura, which was named after Saint Bonaventure
County seat	Ventura
Largest city	Oxnard (population) Thousand Oaks (area)
Area
• Total	2,208 sq mi (5,720 km2)
• Land	1,843 sq mi (4,770 km2)
• Water	365 sq mi (950 km2)
Highest elevation [2]	8,835 ft (2,693 m)
Population  (April 1, 2020)[3]
• Total	843,843
• Density	458/sq mi (177/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Area codes	805/820, 818/747
FIPS code	06-111
GNIS feature ID	277320
Website	www.countyofventura.org

Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, 843,843 people lived there.^[3] The county seat is Ventura.^[4]

Ventura County includes Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is the southernmost county along the California Central Coast.^[5]

1. ↑ "Ventura County". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. ↑ "Mount Pinos". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "QuickFacts: Ventura County, California". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
4. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
5. ↑ "Central Coast". California State Parks. California Department of Recreation. Retrieved July 26, 2014.