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Oxnard, CA
200,616 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0654652 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Oxnard ranked #268 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Oxnard and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Garden Grove CA, Ontario CA, Salinas CA, Pasadena CA, Pomona CA, Garland TX, Riverside CA, Tempe AZ, Irving TX, Costa Mesa CA, Anaheim CA, Modesto CA, Glendale AZ · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #268 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #257 | #280 | #207 | #205 | #263 | #176 | #221 | #226 | #262 | #249 | #271 | #231 | #274 | #256 | #263 | #271 | #240 | #294 | #268 | #162 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 185,682 | 187,621 | 189,379 | 191,968 | 195,117 | 198,539 | 199,968 | 201,105 | 202,835 | 204,560 | 206,228 | 207,455 | 208,831 | 209,271 | 208,881 | 201,908 | 201,774 | 200,499 | 199,764 | 200,616 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #204 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 | — | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #142 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #193 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 26.3% | 23.4% | 24.6% | 24.1% | 28.0% | 23.9% | 25.8% | 26.8% | 26.4% | 27.1% | 28.2% | 27.2% | 26.6% | 26.5% | 23.4% | — | 24.8% | 27.5% | 26.8% | 25.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #77 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | 10.2 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 4.0 | — | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #129 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.0 | 45.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 54,388 | 53,331 | 54,298 | 54,841 | 53,371 | 53,541 | 53,087 | 54,865 | 56,983 | 59,015 | 59,500 | 60,649 | 60,819 | 63,640 | 64,227 | 60,376 | 60,893 | 64,037 | 59,799 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #327 of 329 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.1 | -2.0 | +1.6 | +1.8 | +0.7 | +0.9 | -1.1 | +2.5 | +0.5 | +2.1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | -0.5 | +2.9 | +1.1 | -0.9 | +1.4 | -1.3 | -7.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89,464 | 91,806 | 96,771 | 94,303 | 94,587 | 98,993 | 101,212 | 104,190 | 101,523 | — | 95,887 | 98,637 | 93,189 | 99,342 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #174 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.6% | 10.6% | 8.5% | 10.0% | 7.6% | 5.5% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 5.5% | — | 7.5% | 3.8% | 6.2% | 5.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #193 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 27% | 22% | 20% | 18% | 18% | 7% | 20% | 19% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 21% | 21% | 5% | 18% | 6% | 20% | -8% | 13% | 18% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #176 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | $2,978 | $3,507 | $3,629 | $3,393 | $3,547 | $3,545 | $3,477 | $3,290 | $3,292 | $3,061 | $2,969 | $2,806 | $2,713 | $4,769 | $4,710 | $4,703 | $4,037 | $3,528 | $3,251 | $2,972 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Oxnard. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.