Ventura is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 101,155 people and 26 constituent neighborhoods, Ventura is the 56th largest community in California.

Ventura is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ventura is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ventura who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.24%), sales jobs (11.35%), and management occupations (9.87%).

Also of interest is that Ventura has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the nice things about Ventura is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Ventura Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Ventura citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.25% of adults in Ventura have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Ventura in 2000 was $25,065, which is upper middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,260 for a family of four.

Ventura is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ventura home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ventura is White, followed by Asian. Ventura also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.31% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Ventura include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Ventura is English. Some people also speak Spanish.