Area Information

The economy of Oxnard is driven by international trade, agriculture, manufacturing, defense, and tourism. Oxnard is one of the key manufacturing centers in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Port of Hueneme is the busiest and only deep-harbor commercial port between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is vital to trade with the Pacific Rim economies. Companies utilizing the Port include Del Monte Foods, Chiquita, BMW, Land Rover, and Jaguar. Other key industries driving Oxnard's existence include finance, transportation and the high tech industry.

According to the City's 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

#	Employer	# of Employees
1	St. John's Regional Medical Center	1,994
2	Oxnard High School District	1,500
3	Waterway Plastics	1,300
4	City of Oxnard	1,167
5	Haas Automation	996
6	Aluminum Precision	700

Some of the major companies headquartered in Oxnard are Haas Automation, Seminis, Raypak, Drum Workshop, Borla Performance, Boss Audio, and Vivitar which was bought by Sakar International in late 2008. Procter& Gamble and Sysco maintain their West Coast operations in Oxnard.

The Dallas Cowboys held their pre-season training camp at River Ridge Field in Oxnard in 2001, 2004-06, and 2008 (the Cowboys trained at California Lutheran University in nearby Thousand Oaks from 1964-89). The Los Angeles Raiders trained at River Ridge in the 1980s and 90s.

Ideally situated on California’s Central Coast two miles from the beach in Ventura County, Oxnard College is freeway close, located between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles by way of the Ventura Freeway and the easily accessible Pacific Coast Highway. The 118-acre OC campus was founded in 1975 and will undergo a major reconstruction over the next decade as part of the Measure S bond-funded expansion of the Ventura County Community College District.

Over 7500 students both day and evening and hundreds in faculty.