A coastal metro where Democrats routinely post some of California's widest margins
Stretching from Oxnard's farmworker-dense flatlands to Thousand Oaks' affluent suburbs, this Ventura County metro combines Latino working-class communities with college-educated professionals in a mix that has produced double-digit Democratic leads for over a decade.
| Group | Local | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 49.1% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(19) | 39.4% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(6) | 6.6% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(11) | 1.9% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.8% | 4.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(10) | 1.6% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3) | 1.1% | 0.9% |
▶Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander(5) | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: +34.8pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Catholic-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Democratic-leaning urban and suburban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.8% | 58.0% | — | — | |
| 9.6% | 18.7% | — | — | |
| 8.9% | 17.3% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 2.4% | 4.6% | — | — |
| 1.6% | 3.2% | — | — | |
| 1.2% | 2.4% | — | — | |
| 0.3% | 0.5% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 48.6% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area? 3,226,089 residents across 4 counties.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | D+15.3 | D+10.9 | 4.3pp |