1. Chuck Maxey - School of Business - California Lutheran University Ventura County Demographics A Presentation to the Ventura County Leadership Academy September 2005

2. Ventura County Ventura County’s our name. Quality of Life is our game.

3. Ventura County, California

4. Golf Courses

5. County Line Beach

6. Wide-Open Freeways

7. But we also have…

8. Growing Traffic Problems

9. Not all beaches are created equal!

10. Farm worker Poverty

11. Variations in School Effectiveness

12. In some sense, we are at a crossroads Where we don’t want to end up!

13. source: US Census American Communty Survey Ventura Compared to Other US Counties - 2003 Language –35th - Speak Language Other Than English at Home (34.0%) –20th - Speak Spanish at Home (27.2%) Foreign Born –37th @ 20.3% Education –120th - % with Bachelor Degree (28.2%) –61st - @ with less than High School Diploma (17.1%) Economic Well Being –14th - Housing Value of Those with Mortgage –55th - Median Family Income ($68,334) –166th - % of Children in Poverty (10.0%) Commute –83rd - @26.0 Minutes

14. Some CA County Comparisons

15. Source: California Quick Facts, US Census Ventura County - Some Basics 2004 Population = 797,699 Ranks 11th among California Counties Growth rate about 1.7% per year Land Area = 1845 Square Miles Persons per Square Mile = 408.2 400,000 Workers; 300,000 Jobs

16. VC - Ethnically Diverse Ethnicity (2000) –56.8% White Non Hispanic –33.4% Hispanic or Latino Origin –9.8% Other 20.7% Foreign Born 33% Speak Language Other Than English at Home

17. And Becoming More Diverse

18. VC Population Change Sources

19. VC Immigration Changes

20. VC Educational Attainment 7.8% - K-9 9.5% - 9-11 19.7% HS Grad Some College 25.5% AA Degree 7.9% BS/BA 17,4% Grad Degree 9.5%

21. Why Educational Attainment Matters

22. Family Economics 12.1% - Children in Poverty 31.1% Children in Low Income $6,022 Annual Cost of FT Child Care 26.3% Food Insecurity 8,807 Reports of Abuse 22% Students Who Are English Learners 31% Disadvantaged Student at 50th % on 4th grade reading 34% DS @ 50th % on 8th Grade Math 2.4% Annual Latino HS Drop Out rate

24. VC Unemployment

25. The Size of the County’s Economy

26. Real Growth Rate of GCP

27. Job Growth in VC and CA

29. VC Jobs by Sector

30. VC Salaries by Sector

31. VC Job Growth

32. VC 5 Year Job Changes

33. California - Home Ownership 2003 States range from 78.1% to 54.3% US average is 68.3% California ranks 48th California’s rate is 58.9

34. Median House Prices 2003 noCountyMedianLower BoundUpper Bound 1San Mateo County, CA664,180649,495678,865 2San Francisco County, CA597,493585,173609,813 3Santa Clara County, CA587,034572,204601,864 4Santa Cruz County, CA575,097540,041610,153 5Westchester County, NY502,822475,415530,229 6Santa Barbara County, CA461,593403,331519,855 7Alameda County, CA456,643445,324467,962 8Contra Costa County, CA430,312416,366444,258 9Sonoma County, CA428,523411,990445,056 10Monterey County, CA426,103397,073455,133 11San Luis Obispo County, CA420,129394,373445,885 12Orange County, CA418,712409,482427,942 13Fairfield County, CT406,071386,246425,896 14Ventura County, CA394,318384,634404,002 15San Diego County, CA385,798379,879391,717

36. Housing Prices in VC

37. Housing Permits in 3 Counties

38. Home Prices - VC and CA

39. Median Priced Home?

40. Affordability: VC and CA

44. One More Topic: Civic Engagement

45. Voter Registration 2004

46. Source: California Abstract VC Voter Participation - March 2004 Ventura Voting –47.0% of Registered –34.1% of Eligible California Voting –44.3% of Registered –30.5% of Eligible

48. Thank You!