Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

1965‑1971:		Oxnard-Ventura, CA SMSA
1971‑1975:		Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura, CA SMSA
1975‑1983:		Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura, CA SMSA in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA SCSA
1983‑1992:		Oxnard-Ventura, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA CMSA
1992‑2003:		Ventura, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA
2003‑2006:		Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Ventura County, CA	114,647	199,138	376,430	529,174	669,016	753,197	796,348



Total	-	-	376,430	529,174	669,016	753,197	796,348
Percent Change	-	-	-	40.6%	26.4%	12.6%	5.7%



Total (as currently defined)	114,647	199,138	376,430	529,174	669,016	753,197	796,348
Percent Change	-	73.7%	89.0%	40.6%	26.4%	12.6%	5.7%

Timeline

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Component

Ventura County, CA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000		2005


San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA	16,534	29,114	55,797	74,393	92,575	100,916	*	104,017	*

Camarillo, CA	(x)	2,359	19,219	37,797	52,303	57,077		61,576	*

Oxnard, CA	21,567	40,265	71,225	108,195	142,216	170,358		183,628	*

Thousand Oaks, CA	1,243	2,934	36,334	77,072	104,352	117,005		124,359	*



Total	0	0	0	0	0	100,916		473,580
Metro	0	0	376,430	529,174	669,016	753,197		796,348
Percent			0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	13.4%		59.5%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA

Camarillo, CA

Oxnard, CA

Thousand Oaks, CA

Urban/Rural Population



1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			347,234	92.2%
		UA Population		298,729	79.4%
	Rural Population			29,196	7.8%

	Inside Central Cities				0.0%
	Outside Central Cities			376,430	100.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			376,430	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Oxnard-Ventura-Thousand Oaks, CA		244,653	241,793	98.8%
	Simi Valley, CA		56,936	56,936	100.0%

	Total			298,729


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			500,572	94.6%
		UA Population		442,688	83.7%
	Rural Population			28,602	5.4%

	Inside Central Cities				0.0%
	Outside Central Cities			529,174	100.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			529,174	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Oxnard-Ventura-Thousand Oaks, CA		377,695	362,767	96.0%
	Simi Valley, CA		79,921	79,921	100.0%

	Total			442,688


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			637,842	95.3%
		UA Population		578,496	86.5%
	Rural Population			31,174	4.7%

	Inside Central Cities			92,575	13.8%
	Outside Central Cities			576,441	86.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			669,016	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Los Angeles, CA		11,402,946	758	0.0%
	Oxnard-Ventura, CA		480,482	449,695	93.6%
	Simi Valley, CA		128,043	128,043	100.0%

	Total			578,496


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			729,622	96.9%
		UA Population		686,921	91.2%
	Rural Population			23,575	3.1%

	Inside Principal Cities			445,356	59.1%
	Outside Principal Cities			307,841	40.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			753,197	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Camarillo, CA		62,798	62,798	100.0%
	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA		11,789,487	1,673	0.0%
	Oxnard, CA		337,591	337,591	100.0%
	Santa Barbara, CA		196,263	698	0.4%
	Simi Valley, CA		112,345	112,345	100.0%
	Thousand Oaks, CA		210,990	171,816	81.4%

	Total			686,921


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Feb 1965



-		New SMSA: Oxnard-Ventura, CA SMSA
-		Ventura County, CA included as original SMSA component


Nov 1971



-		Title of Oxnard-Ventura, CA SMSA changed to Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura, CA SMSA


Oct 1975



-		Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura, CA SMSA included in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA SCSA


Jun 1983



-		Title of Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura, CA SMSA in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA SCSA changed to Oxnard-Ventura, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA CMSA


Dec 1992



-		Title of Oxnard-Ventura, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA CMSA changed to Ventura, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA
-		San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA designated as central city of PMSA


Jun 2003



-		Ventura, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA became Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA
-		Camarillo, CA designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Oxnard, CA designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Thousand Oaks, CA designated as principal city of Metro Area

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