What percent of jobs in the Oxnard, CA area are held by immigrants?

Data updated May 22, 2024
About 27.7% of jobs in the Oxnard, CA area in 2022. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born residents, including those who became US citizens, are authorized to work in the US, or are undocumented residents.
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In 2022

5 in 18

employed workers were immigrants
In 2022

27.7%

of employed workers were immigrants
In the Oxnard, CA area, immigrants hold 27.7% of jobs, while they make up 27.2% of the total working-age population. This indicates a slightly higher employment rate than expected. The working-age population includes everyone aged 16 and above.

In 2022, a larger percentage of jobs were held by immigrants in the Oxnard, CA area than the US average

Immigrant participation in the workforce varies across industries. In the Oxnard, CA area, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the agriculture/mining industry, where 15.1% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 1.7% of native-born workers. This significant gap highlights the differing roles that foreign-born and native-born workers play in the local economy.

The percentage of employed people varies between different sectors

Percentage of employed population in 2022

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The labor force participation rate — the percentage of the working-age population working or actively seeking work — for immigrants in the Oxnard, CA area was 65.3%, higher than the 63.6% rate for the native-born population. This shows that immigrants were seeking work at a higher rate than the native-born population in the state.

The percentage of jobs held by immigrants varies by metro area

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