Oxnard, California | |
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Clockwise: Channel Islands Harbor; Carnegie Art Museum; hotel at the beach | |
Nickname(s): Gateway to the Channel Islands, The Nard[1] | |
Coordinates: 34°11′29″N 119°10′57″W / 34.19139°N 119.18250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Ventura |
Region | Oxnard Plain |
Incorporated | June 30, 1903[2] |
Named for | Henry T. Oxnard |
Area | |
• City | 39.14 sq mi (101.38 km2) |
• Land | 26.53 sq mi (68.70 km2) |
• Water | 12.62 sq mi (32.68 km2) 31.41% |
Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
Population | |
• City | 202,063 |
• Rank | 1st in Ventura County 22nd in California 117th in the United States |
• Density | 7,616.40/sq mi (2,940.71/km2) |
• Urban | 376,117 (US: 109th) |
• Urban density | 4,909.7/sq mi (1,895.6/km2) |
• Metro | 843,843 (US: 71st) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes[6] | 93030–93036 |
Area codes | 805 and 820 |
FIPS code | 06-54652 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1652766, 2411347 |
Website | www |
Oxnard is the largest city in Ventura County, California. Over 200,000 people live there.[5] Founded in 1903. It is at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is one of the world's most important agricultural places, that has the strawberry and lima bean capital.