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Ventura County

county in California, United States
Organization county_of_california Q108127
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Summary

Ventura County is a county of California[1]. It draws 3,554 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #9 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Ventura[5]
  • Shares border with: Santa Barbara County[6], Kern County[7], Los Angeles County[8]
  • Named after: Mission San Buenaventura[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Ventura[10], Ojai[11], Camarillo[12], Fillmore[13], Moorpark[14], Oxnard[15], Port Hueneme[16], Santa Paula[17], Simi Valley[18], Thousand Oaks[19]
  • Child organization or unit: Ventura County District Attorney's Office[20], Ventura County Fire Department[21], Ventura County Health Care Agency[22], Ventura County Library[23], Ventura County Sheriff's Office[24]
  • Commons category: Ventura County, California[25]
  • Inception: January 1, 1873[26], 1850[27]
  • Coordinate location: 34.36, -119.15[28]
  • Authority: County of Ventura[29]
  • Separated from: Santa Barbara County[30]
  • Official website: https://venturacounty.gov/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ventura County, California[32]
  • Population: 823,318[33], 825,312[34], 830,623[35], 834,398[36], 839,620[37], 18,347[38], 14,367[39], 850,536[40], 856,598[41], 846,006[42], 843,843[43]
  • Topic has template: Template:Ventura County, California[44]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ventura County, California[45]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ventura County, California[46]
  • Number of households: 271,639[47]
  • Native label: Ventura County[48]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107929[49]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Ventura County, California[50]
  • Owner of: Ojai Library[51]
  • Area: 5719[52]
  • Water as percent of area: 16.54[53]

Why It Matters

Ventura County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Related Entities

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References

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Class ancestry

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Ventura County, Cal
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Ventura County, California.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States preside"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ventura-county
    Wikidata description → county in California, United States
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ventura-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966736|ventura county (#289966736)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Ventura County, California
    Topic's main category → Category:Ventura County, California
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+16.54'}
    Instance of → county of California
    + 44 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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