Editing Watsonville, California (section)

==Economy==
[[File:USA-Watsonville-Veterans Memorial Building (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Spanish Colonial Revival style]] Veterans Memorial Building, built 1934]]
Watsonville's main industries are construction, agriculture and manufacturing. Some of the largest companies headquartered in Watsonville are [[Monterey Mushrooms]], [[Driscoll's]], [[Martinelli's]], Nordic Naturals, [[Graniterock]], [[Granite Construction]], [[West Marine]], California Giant, A&I Transport Inc. and [[Orion Telescopes & Binoculars]].<ref name=WED>{{cite web|title=Watsonville Economic Development|url=http://cityofwatsonville.org/business/economic-profile|website=cityofwatsonville.org|access-date=February 10, 2015|archive-date=February 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213024618/http://cityofwatsonville.org/business/economic-profile|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Watsonville is known for producing crops and goods in the agricultural business along the Northern Pacific Coast. Its economy depends on its agro-business market and on distributing crops to different parts of the world. Crops fundamental to the economy include strawberries, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, natural plants, and raspberries. Companies such as [[Driscoll's]] and California Giant spend around $280 million every year to processing and transport fresh food to cities in the area, such as [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[Castroville, California|Castroville]], and [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]], where the numbers of these fruits and vegetables do not meet the demand. The city ranks among the most important U.S. farming cities for its agro-business market.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Overmeyer|first1=Kurt|title=Economic Profile|url=http://growinwatsonville.com/quick-facts-about-watsonville/economic-profile|website=Grow in Watsonville|access-date=February 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211161042/http://growinwatsonville.com/quick-facts-about-watsonville/economic-profile|archive-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Watsonville, California (26035231572).jpg|thumb|right|Shops of West Lake Ave]]
Watsonville is the nation's 21st-largest city in which Latino workers are 75% of the total population.<ref name="Community Profile">{{cite web|title=Watsonville Economical Growth|url=http://cityofwatsonville.org/business/economic-dev-sub|year=2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206174522/http://cityofwatsonville.org/business/economic-dev-sub|archive-date=February 6, 2015|website=cityofwatsonville.org|publisher=City of Watsonville California|access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>

===Top employers===
[[File:Watsonville, California (26127730715).jpg|thumb|right|[[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture]] in Downtown Watsonville]]
According to the City of Watsonville's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="cafr2010">{{cite web|title=City of Watsonville Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019|url=https://cityofwatsonville.org/DocumentCenter/View/13219/Comprehensive-Annual-Financial-Report-for-FY-18-19|access-date=June 5, 2020|website=City of Watsonville, California}}</ref> the city's top employers are:
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|Pajaro Valley Unified School District
|4,108
|-
| 2
|Monterey Mushrooms Inc.
|870
|-
| 3
|Watsonville Community Hospital
|591
|-
| 4
|Granite Construction
|557
|-
| 5
|Lakeside Organic Gardens LLC
|450
|-
| 6
|City of Watsonville
|427
|-
| 7
|Salud Para La Gente
|422
|-
| 8
|S Martinelli & Co.
|290
|-
| 9
|Fox Factory
|265
|-
| 10
|West Marine Products
|247
|}