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Riverside County
County
FlagSeal
Interactive map of Riverside County
Location in the state of California
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionInland Empire
IncorporatedMay 9, 1893
Named afterThe City of Riverside, and the city's location beside the Santa Ana River
County seatRiverside
Largest city (population)Riverside
Largest city (area)Palm Springs
Government
 • TypeCouncil–CEO
 • ChairKaren Spiegel
 • Vice ChairYxstian Gutierrez
 • Board of Supervisors Supervisors[1]
  • Jose Medina
  • Karen Spiegel
  • Chuck Washington
  • V. Manuel Perez
  • Yxstian Gutierrez
 • Chief executive officerJeff Van Wagenen
Area
 • Total7,303 sq mi (18,910 km2)
 • Land7,207 sq mi (18,670 km2)
 • Water96 sq mi (250 km2)
Highest elevation[2]10,834 ft (3,302 m)
Lowest elevation−234 ft (−71 m)
Population (2020)[3]
 • Total2,418,185
 • Estimate (2024)2,529,933
 • Density335.5/sq mi (129.5/km2)
GDP[4]
 • Total$95.159 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
FIPS code06-065
Congressional districts25th, 35th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 48th
Websiterivco.org

Riverside County is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,418,185,[5][6] making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the United States. Located in Southern California, the county is named for the city of Riverside, which is its county seat.[7]

Riverside County is included in the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Inland Empire included in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Roughly rectangular, Riverside County covers 7,208 square miles (18,670 km2) in Southern California, spanning from the greater Los Angeles area to the Arizona border. Geographically, the western region of the county is chaparral with a Mediterranean climate, while the central and eastern regions of the county are predominantly desert or mountainous. Most of Joshua Tree National Park is located in the county. The desert resort cities of Indio, Coachella, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs are located in the Coachella Valley region of central-eastern Riverside County.

Between 2007 and 2011, large numbers of Los Angeles-area workers moved to the county to take advantage of more affordable housing.[8] Along with neighboring San Bernardino County, it was one of the fastest-growing regions in the state prior to the recent changes in the regional economy. In addition, smaller, but significant, numbers of people have been moving into southwest Riverside County from the San Diego metropolitan area.[9][10][11]

Location

Riverside County is bordered on the north by San Bernardino County; on the east by La Paz County, Arizona; on the southeast by Imperial County; on the southwest by San Diego County; and on the west by Orange County.

Etymology

When Riverside County was formed in 1893, it was named for the city of Riverside, the county seat. That city, founded in 1870, was so named because of its location near the Santa Ana River.[12][13]

History

Indigenous

The Indigenous peoples of the valleys, mountains and deserts of what is now Riverside County are the Serrano, the Payómkawichum, the Mohave, the Cupeno, the Chemehuevi, the Cahuilla, and the Tongva.[14][15] The Aguanga and Temecula Basins, Elsinore Trough and eastern Santa Ana Mountains are the traditional homelands of the Payómkawichum. The inland valleys in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains and the desert of the Salton Sink are the traditional homelands of the Cahuilla.

Spanish era

The first European settlement in the county was a Mission San Luis Rey de Francia estancia or farm at the Luiseño village of Temescal. In 1819, the Mission granted Leandro Serrano permission to occupy the land for the purpose of grazing and farming, and Serrano established Rancho Temescal. Serrano was mayordomo of San Antonio de Pala Asistencia for the Mission of San Luis Rey.

Mexican era

With the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba in 1821, Mexico gained its independence from Spain, but the San Gabriel Mission near what is now Los Angeles, California, continued to expand, and established Rancho San Gorgonio in 1824. The ranch was to be one of the Mission's principal rancherias, and the most distant, and it occupied most of today's San Gorgonio Pass area.[16][17]

Following the Mexican secularization act of 1833 by the First Mexican Republic, a series of rancho land grants were made throughout the state. In the Riverside County this included; Rancho Jurupa in 1838, El Rincon in 1839, Rancho San Jacinto Viejo in 1842, Rancho San Jacinto y San Gorgonio in 1843, Ranchos La Laguna, Pauba, Temecula in 1844, Ranchos Little Temecula, Potreros de San Juan Capistrano in 1845, Ranchos San Jacinto Sobrante, La Sierra (Sepulveda), La Sierra (Yorba), Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero in 1846.

New Mexican colonists founded the town of La Placita on the east side of the Santa Ana River at the northern extremity of what is now the city of Riverside in 1843.

American era

When the initial 27 California counties were established in 1850, the area today known as Riverside County was divided between Los Angeles County and San Diego County. In 1853, the eastern part of Los Angeles County was used to create San Bernardino County. Between 1891 and 1893, several proposals and legislative attempts were put forth to form new counties in Southern California. These proposals included one for a Pomona County and one for a San Jacinto County. None of the proposals were adopted until a measure to create Riverside County was signed by Governor Henry H. Markham on March 11, 1893.[18]

County formation

The new county was created from parts of San Bernardino County and San Diego County. On May 2, 1893, seventy percent of voters approved the formation of Riverside County. Voters chose the city of Riverside as the county seat, also by a large margin. Riverside County was officially formed on May 9, 1893, when the Board of Commissioners filed the final canvass of the votes.[18]

Riverside county was a major focal point of the Civil Rights Movements in the US, especially the African-American sections of Riverside and heavily Mexican-American communities of the Coachella Valley visited by Cesar Chavez of the farm labor union struggle.

Riverside county has also been a focus of modern Native American Gaming enterprises. In the early 1980s, the county government attempted to shut down small bingo halls operated by the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians and the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians. The tribes joined forces and fought the county all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in the tribes' favor on February 25, 1987.[19] In turn, Congress enacted the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988 to establish a legal framework for the relationship between Indian gaming and state governments. Naturally, both tribes now operate large casinos in the county: the Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa and the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino adjacent to Spotlight 29 Casino.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 7,303 square miles (18,910 km2), of which 7,206 square miles (18,660 km2) is land and 97 square miles (250 km2) (1.3%) is water.[20] It is the fourth-largest county in California by area. At roughly 180 miles (290 km) wide in the east–west dimension, the area of the county is massive. Riverside County, California is roughly the size of the State of New Jersey in total area. County government documents frequently cite the Colorado River town of Blythe as being a "three-hour drive" from the county seat, Riverside. Some view the areas west of San Gorgonio Pass as the Inland Empire portion of the county and the eastern part as either the Mojave Desert or Colorado Desert portion. There are probably at least three geomorphic provinces: the Inland Empire western portion, the Santa Rosa Mountains communities such as Reinhardt Canyon, and the desert region. Other possible subdivisions include tribal lands, the Colorado River communities, and the Salton Sea.

Flora and fauna

There is a diversity of flora and fauna within Riverside County. Vegetative plant associations feature many desert flora, but there are also forested areas within the county. The California endemic Blue oak, Quercus douglasii is at the southernmost part of its range in Riverside County.[21]

National protected areas

There are 19 official wilderness areas in Riverside County that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Some are integral parts of the above protected areas, most (11 of the 19) are managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management, and some share management between the BLM and the relevant other agencies. Some extend into neighboring counties:

State parks

County parks and trails

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
190017,897[26]—
191034,696[26]93.9%
192050,297[26]45.0%
193081,024[26]61.1%
1940105,524[26]30.2%
1950170,046[26]61.1%
1960306,191[26]80.1%
1970459,074[26]49.9%
1980663,166[26]44.5%
19901,170,413[27][26]76.5%
20001,545,387[27]32.0%
20102,189,641[28]41.7%
20202,418,185[29]10.4%
2024 (est.)2,529,933[30] 4.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[31]
1790–1960[32]

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 2,418,185. The median age was 36.8 years, with 24.6% of residents under the age of 18 and 15.3% 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.4 males.[33]

The racial makeup of the county was 41.2% White, 6.5% Black or African American, 1.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.1% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 26.4% from some other race, and 16.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 49.7% of the population.[34]

94.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 5.5% lived in rural areas.[35]

There were 763,283 households in the county, of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 24.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[33]

There were 848,549 housing units, of which 10.0% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 66.6% were owner-occupied and 33.4% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.4%.[33]

Racial and ethnic composition

Riverside County, California – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[36] Pop 1990[37] Pop 2000[38] Pop 2010[28] Pop 2020[29] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 490,144 754,140 788,831 869,068 788,235 73.91% 64.43% 51.04% 39.69% 32.60%
Black or African American alone (NH) 30,088 59,966 92,403 130,823 146,762 4.54% 5.12% 5.98% 5.97% 6.07%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 7,204 8,393 10,135 10,931 11,960 1.09% 0.72% 0.66% 0.50% 0.49%
Asian alone (NH) 9,210 38,349 55,199 125,921 164,889 1.39% 3.28% 3.57% 5.75% 6.82%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [39] x [40] 3,284 5,849 6,767 0.21% 0.27% 0.21% 0.27% 0.28%
Other race alone (NH) 2,103 2,051 2,425 3,682 12,365 0.32% 0.18% 0.16% 0.17% 0.51%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [41] x [42] 33,535 48,110 84,912 x x 2.17% 2.20% 3.51%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 124,417 307,514 559,575 995,257 1,202,295 18.76% 26.27% 36.21% 45.45% 49.72%
Total 663,166 1,170,413 1,545,387 2,189,641 2,418,185 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census

The 2010 United States census reported that Riverside County had a population of 2,189,641. The racial makeup of Riverside County was 1,335,147 (61.0%) White (40.7% Non-Hispanic White), 140,543 (6.4%) African American, 23,710 (1.1%) Native American, 130,468 (6.0%) Asian (2.3% Filipino, 0.8% Chinese, 0.7% Vietnamese, 0.6% Korean, 0.5% Indian, 0.2% Japanese, 0.1% Cambodian, 0.1% Laotian, 0.1% Pakistani), 6,874 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 448,235 (20.5%) from other races, and 104,664 (4.8%) from two or more races. There were 995,257 residents of Hispanic or Latino ancestry, of any race (45.5%); 39.5% of Riverside County was of Mexican origin, 0.8% Salvadoran, 0.7% Honduran, 0.6% Puerto Rican, 0.3% Cuban, and 0.2% Nicaraguan descent.[43]

Population reported at 2010 United States census
The County Total
Population		 White African
American		 Native
American		 Asian Pacific
Islander		 other
races		 two or
more races		 Hispanic
or Latino
(of any race)
Riverside County 2,189,641 1,335,147 140,543 23,710 130,468 6,874 448,235 104,664 995,257
Incorporated
cities		 Total
Population		 White African
American		 Native
American		 Asian Pacific
Islander		 other
races		 two or
more races		 Hispanic
or Latino
(of any race)
Banning 29,603 19,164 2,165 641 1,549 39 4,604 1,441 12,181
Beaumont 36,877 23,163 2,276 544 2,845 83 6,058 1,908 14,864
Blythe 20,817 12,396 3,126 243 319 32 4,045 656 11,068
Calimesa 7,879 6,777 88 99 100 10 565 240 1,762
Canyon Lake 10,561 9,495 128 61 190 36 316 335 1,303
Cathedral City 51,200 32,537 1,344 540 2,562 55 12,008 2,154 30,085
Coachella 40,704 19,576 320 290 266 34 19,154 1,064 39,254
Corona 152,374 90,925 8,934 1,153 15,048 552 28,003 7,759 66,447
Desert Hot Springs 25,938 15,053 2,133 357 675 84 6,343 1,293 13,646
Eastvale 53,668 22,998 5,190 290 13,003 198 9,172 2,817 21,445
Hemet 78,657 53,259 5,049 1,223 2,352 284 12,371 4,119 28,150
Indian Wells 4,958 4,721 29 20 83 2 52 51 209
Indio 76,036 46,735 1,805 741 1,693 55 22,394 2,613 51,540
La Quinta 37,467 29,489 713 230 1,176 41 4,595 1,223 11,339
Lake Elsinore 51,821 31,067 2,738 483 2,996 174 11,174 3,189 25,073
Menifee 77,519 55,444 3,858 655 3,788 295 9,642 3,837 25,551
Moreno Valley 193,365 80,969 34,889 1,721 11,867 1,117 51,741 11,061 105,169
Murrieta 103,466 72,137 5,601 741 9,556 391 8,695 6,345 26,792
Norco 27,063 20,641 1,893 248 844 59 2,514 864 8,405
Palm Desert 48,445 39,957 875 249 1,647 55 4,427 1,235 11,038
Palm Springs 44,552 33,720 1,982 467 1,971 71 4,949 1,392 11,286
Perris 68,386 28,937 8,307 589 2,461 286 24,345 3,461 49,079
Rancho Mirage 17,218 15,267 256 94 651 14 598 338 1,964
Riverside 303,871 171,669 21,421 3,467 22,566 1,219 68,111 15,418 148,953
San Jacinto 44,199 25,272 2,928 812 1,341 124 11,208 2,514 23,109
Temecula 100,097 70,880 4,132 1,079 9,765 368 7,928 5,945 24,727
Wildomar 32,176 22,372 1,065 376 1,454 69 5,124 1,716 11,363
Census-designated
places		 Total
Population		 White African
American		 Native
American		 Asian Pacific
Islander		 other
races		 two or
more races		 Hispanic
or Latino
(of any race)
Aguanga 1,128 929 11 20 24 0 109 35 274
Anza 3,014 2,411 34 57 36 3 347 126 791
Bermuda Dunes 7,282 5,433 180 63 241 11 1,126 228 2,371
Cabazon 2,535 1,751 135 90 38 14 358 149 1,135
Cherry Valley 6,362 5,450 63 102 87 4 451 205 1,347
Coronita 2,608 1,649 38 31 108 12 688 82 1,349
Crestmore Heights 384 229 2 2 6 0 133 12 263
Desert Center 204 164 1 3 2 0 25 9 38
Desert Edge 3,822 3,051 14 34 28 1 624 70 1,220
Desert Palms 6,957 6,728 59 16 95 5 15 39 177
East Hemet 17,418 12,257 679 323 275 29 2,997 858 6,778
El Cerrito 5,100 3,542 91 54 95 11 1,122 185 2,657
El Sobrante 12,723 7,435 1,010 73 2,240 36 1,312 617 3,626
French Valley 23,067 14,827 1,828 229 2,672 134 1,889 1,488 6,318
Garnet 7,543 4,247 203 96 62 10 2,636 289 5,580
Glen Avon 20,199 10,272 805 216 462 34 7,567 843 13,766
Good Hope 9,192 4,156 669 98 64 4 3,885 316 7,319
Green Acres 1,805 1,192 34 41 25 2 396 115 856
Highgrove 3,988 2,104 162 41 113 13 1,388 167 2,604
Home Gardens 11,570 5,275 364 126 667 51 4,500 587 8,524
Homeland 5,969 3,727 130 85 49 15 1,673 290 3,110
Idyllwild-Pine Cove 3,874 3,434 32 30 135 6 88 149 479
Indio Hills 972 542 6 15 5 1 391 12 657
Lake Mathews 5,890 4,239 253 59 193 3 891 252 1,808
Lake Riverside 1,173 1,042 21 16 2 8 46 38 186
Lakeland Village 11,541 7,764 285 131 168 21 2,575 597 5,114
Lakeview 2,104 1,117 15 48 7 2 842 73 1,350
March ARB 1,159 811 171 10 35 2 93 37 172
Mead Valley 18,510 8,383 1,515 179 259 17 7,484 673 13,395
Meadowbrook 3,185 2,034 130 19 51 4 798 149 1,765
Mecca 8,577 2,686 40 47 17 7 5,543 237 8,462
Mesa Verde 1,023 589 8 9 4 1 373 39 715
Mira Loma 21,930 12,577 383 240 465 43 7,250 972 14,846
Mountain Center 63 60 0 1 1 0 0 1 15
North Shore 3,477 1,394 33 26 18 5 1,884 117 3,313
Nuevo 6,447 4,011 113 91 82 16 1,810 324 3,514
Oasis 6,890 1,693 22 96 42 0 4,927 110 6,731
Pedley 12,672 7,509 381 119 554 48 3,520 541 6,773
Ripley 692 393 103 2 1 4 165 24 537
Romoland 1,684 958 65 8 35 12 514 92 865
Rubidoux 34,280 16,935 1,850 391 855 136 12,469 1,644 23,322
Sky Valley 2,406 1,961 35 34 21 3 282 70 682
Sunnyslope 5,153 3,017 96 55 76 10 1,696 203 3,630
Temescal Valley 22,535 14,785 1,507 131 2,157 74 2,565 1,316 6,753
Thermal 2,865 1,034 28 30 32 1 1,685 55 2,730
Thousand Palms 7,715 5,763 105 75 129 10 1,422 211 4,051
Valle Vista 14,578 11,542 440 252 283 41 1,351 669 4,027
Vista Santa Rosa 2,926 1,699 8 140 6 0 942 131 2,487
Warm Springs 2,676 1,673 119 24 102 14 606 138 1,232
Whitewater 859 636 37 31 21 0 97 37 267
Winchester 2,534 1,577 38 17 46 2 728 126 1,233
Woodcrest 14,347 10,418 716 69 715 41 1,716 672 4,113
Other
unincorporated areas		 Total
Population		 White African
American		 Native
American		 Asian Pacific
Islander		 other
races		 two or
more races		 Hispanic
or Latino
(of any race)
All others not CDPs (combined) 73,117 51,422 2,231 2,102 3,794 206 10,105 3,257 24,128

2000 census

As of the census[44] of 2000, there were 1,545,387 people, 506,218 households, and 372,576 families residing in the county. The population density was 214 inhabitants per square mile (83/km2). There were 584,674 housing units at an average density of 81 per square mile (31/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 65.6% White, 6.2% Black or African American, 1.2% Native American, 3.7% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 18.7% from other races, and 4.4% from two or more races. 36.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 9.2% were of German, 6.9% English, 6.1% Irish and 5.0% American ancestry according to Census 2000. 67.2% spoke English and 27.7% Spanish as their first language.

In 2006 the county had a population of 2,026,803, up 31.2% since 2000. In 2005 45.8% of the population was non-Hispanic whites. The percentages of African Americans, Asians and Native Americans remained relatively similar to their 2000 figures. The percentage of Pacific Islanders had majorly risen to 0.4. Hispanics now constituted 41% of the population.

There were 506,218 households, out of which 38.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.0 and the average family size was 3.5.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,887, and the median income for a family was $48,409. Males had a median income of $38,639 versus $28,032 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,689. About 10.7% of families and 14.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government and law enforcement

Government

The Government of Riverside County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution and law as a general law county. The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. In addition the County serves as the local government for all unincorporated areas.

Government

Riverside County is organized as a General Law County under the provision of the California Government Code. The county has five supervisorial districts, and one supervisor is elected from each district every four years.[45]

In 1999, the County Board of Supervisors approved a multimillion-dollar planning effort to create the Riverside County Integrated Plan (RCIP) which was to encompass a completely new General Plan, regional transportation plan (CETAP) and Habitat Conservation Plan. The resultant General Plan adopted in 2003 was considered groundbreaking for its multidisciplinary approach to land use and conservation planning.[46][47]

Courts

The Riverside Superior Court is the state trial court for Riverside County with 14 courthouses: Riverside Historic Courthouse, Riverside Hall of Justice, Riverside Family Law Court, Riverside Juvenile Court, Southwest Justice Center – Murrieta, Moreno Valley Court, Banning Court, Hemet Court, Corona Court, Temecula Court, Larson Justice Center – Indio, Indio Juvenile Court, Palm Springs Court and Blythe Court.[48]

The main courthouse is the Riverside Historic Courthouse. This landmark, erected in 1903, was modeled after the Grand and Petit Palais in Paris, France. The courthouse, designed by Los Angeles architects Burnham and Bliesner, has a classical design – including a great hall that connects all the departments (courtrooms).[49] In 1994, the courthouse was closed for seismic retrofits due to the 1992 Landers and 1994 Northridge earthquakes. The courthouse was reopened and rededicated in September 1998.[50]

Riverside County hands down 1 in 6 death sentences in the US, in spite of it having less than 1% of the population.[51]

Law enforcement

Sheriff

The Riverside County Sheriff provides court protection, jail administration, and coroner services for all of Riverside County. It provides patrol, detective, and other police services for the unincorporated areas of the county plus by contract to the cities and towns of Coachella, Eastvale, Indian Wells, Jurupa Valley, La Quinta, Lake Elsinore, Moreno Valley, Norco, Palm Desert, Perris, Rancho Mirage, San Jacinto, Temecula and Wildomar. The Morongo Indian Reservation also contracts with the Sheriff's Office to provide police services to the reservation.[52]

Municipal Police

Municipal departments within the county are Banning, Beaumont, Blythe, Calimesa, Cathedral City, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Indio, Menifee, Murrieta, Palm Springs, Riverside, Riverside Community College and University California Riverside

Riverside County Probation Department https://rivcoprobation.org/

Politics

Voter registration

Population and registered voters
Eligible voters[53] 2,473,902
  Registered voters[54][note 1] 1,372,548 83.34%
    Democratic[55] 539,624 39.32%
    Republican[55] 447,217 32.58%
    Democratic–Republican spread[55] +92,407 6.74%
    American Independent[55] 63,621 4.64%
    Green[55] 5,329 0.39%
    Libertarian[55] 15,541 1.13%
    Peace and Freedom[55] 9,261 0.67%
    Unknown[55] 2,807 0.20%
    Other[55] 14,599 1.06%
    No party preference[55] 274,549 20.00%
Cities by population and voter registration
City Population[56] Registered voters[57][note 1] Democratic[57] Republican[57] D–R spread[57] Other[57] No party preference[57]
Banning 29,414 42.9% 38.9% 40.8% -1.9% 8.2% 15.4%
Beaumont 34,737 46.4% 33.6% 40.8% -7.2% 10.3% 19.4%
Blythe 21,102 23.1% 40.3% 36.0% +4.3% 9.2% 18.3%
Calimesa 7,923 53.7% 29.0% 48.8% -19.8% 10.1% 16.2%
Canyon Lake 10,663 57.3% 19.9% 57.5% -37.6% 9.7% 16.8%
Cathedral City 51,130 37.6% 46.9% 31.8% +15.1% 6.2% 17.5%
Coachella 39,442 25.0% 72.1% 13.1% +59.0% 2.9% 12.8%
Corona 158,391 43.0% 32.9% 43.3% -10.4% 7.2% 19.2%
Desert Hot Springs 25,793 35.5% 44.0% 32.7% +11.3% 8.3% 18.0%
Eastvale 53,437 40.6% 38.0% 34.2% +3.8% 6.9% 23.6%
Hemet 77,752 44.8% 34.0% 42.4% -8.4% 9.3% 18.1%
Indian Wells 4,937 59.8% 19.0% 62.7% -43.7% 6.5% 14.4%
Indio 74,402 39.7% 47.9% 33.0% +14.9% 6.0% 15.4%
Jurupa Valley[note 2] 57,464 58.4% 40.1% 37.1% +3.0% 7.1% 18.3%
La Quinta 36,600 52.8% 30.6% 47.4% -16.8% 8.1% 17.2%
Lake Elsinore 50,405 38.1% 33.8% 36.8% -3.0% 9.7% 23.4%
Menifee 75,023 52.0% 31.1% 44.2% -13.1% 9.6% 19.0%
Moreno Valley 190,977 43.5% 48.1% 33.5% +14.6% 5.6% 14.8%
Murrieta 99,476 48.8% 25.3% 48.2% -22.9% 9.2% 20.8%
Norco 27,131 45.0% 25.2% 52.5% -27.3% 8.2% 17.2%
Palm Desert 48,769 50.7% 31.5% 45.8% -14.3% 7.6% 18.1%
Palm Springs 45,045 53.7% 50.9% 26.7% +24.2% 7.3% 17.9%
Perris 65,993 36.3% 54.2% 27.8% +26.4% 5.1% 14.6%
Rancho Mirage 17,022 58.8% 33.2% 45.3% -12.1% 5.8% 18.0%
Riverside 303,569 44.0% 38.5% 39.0% -0.5% 7.5% 17.6%
San Jacinto 42,722 38.0% 36.5% 38.6% -2.1% 9.3% 19.1%
Temecula 98,189 48.0% 25.2% 47.6% -22.4% 9.7% 21.4%
Wildomar 31,452 47.4% 26.8% 45.4% -18.6% 10.3% 21.4%

Overview

Prior to 2008, Riverside County was a Republican stronghold in presidential and congressional elections. Between its creation in 1893[58] and 2004, it voted for the Democratic presidential nominee only three times:[59] Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 (by a margin of 337 votes, or 0.99%), Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 (by a margin of 19,363 votes, or 13.65%), and Bill Clinton in 1992 (by a margin of 6,784 votes, or 1.58%). In 1932, it was one of only two counties in the entire West Coast to vote for Republican president Herbert Hoover over Roosevelt during the latter's landslide victory.[60] In 2024, it was one of ten counties that flipped for Donald Trump after voting for Biden in 2020, and was one of six that voted for the Republican presidential candidate for the first time in 20 years since George W. Bush in 2004. At the state level, Riverside remains one of the most conservative counties in Southern California and is frequently the only county in the region to not vote for Democratic candidates, having not voted for a Democrat for governor since 1998 (and having only voted three times for Democrats in the past century).

At the local level, Democrats are strongest in Riverside County in large cities such as Riverside, Perris, and Moreno Valley, performing especially well in majority Black and Hispanic areas, although those have been shifting heavily to the right. Democrats are also strongest in progressive-leaning White areas and college campuses such as Downtown Riverside, the area surrounding UC Riverside, the LGBT enclave of Palm Springs and most of the Hispanic-majority Coachella Valley.[61]

Republicans perform especially well in the wealthy San Diegan exurbs in the Temecula Valley as well as more middle-class white cities such as Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, and Menifee. Republicans are also usually more successful in the rural areas of the county as well as wealthy retirement enclaves such as Canyon Lake and Bermuda Dunes.[61] Republicans have been consistently gaining in almost all areas of the county, however, and in 2024 put up massive gains in both affluent suburbs and blue-collar majority Hispanic areas, even flipping the city of Jurupa Valley, the most Hispanic city in Riverside County.[62]

United States presidential election results for Riverside County, California[63]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No.  % No.  % No.  %
1896 2,063 53.06% 1,684 43.31% 141 3.63%
1900 2,329 61.14% 1,134 29.77% 346 9.08%
1904 2,638 65.23% 678 16.77% 728 18.00%
1908 3,229 57.24% 1,374 24.36% 1,038 18.40%
1912 124 1.23% 2,963 29.33% 7,016 69.44%
1916 7,452 54.64% 4,561 33.44% 1,626 11.92%
1920 9,124 69.55% 2,798 21.33% 1,196 9.12%
1924 9,619 61.99% 1,318 8.49% 4,579 29.51%
1928 17,600 77.94% 4,769 21.12% 212 0.94%
1932 14,112 50.20% 12,755 45.37% 1,245 4.43%
1936 16,674 48.89% 17,011 49.88% 422 1.24%
1940 21,779 51.39% 20,003 47.20% 598 1.41%
1944 23,168 53.94% 19,439 45.26% 346 0.81%
1948 32,209 55.66% 23,305 40.28% 2,350 4.06%
1952 51,692 65.08% 26,948 33.93% 788 0.99%
1956 56,766 62.16% 34,098 37.34% 465 0.51%
1960 65,855 56.15% 50,877 43.38% 544 0.46%
1964 61,165 43.14% 80,528 56.79% 95 0.07%
1968 83,414 52.90% 61,146 38.78% 13,110 8.31%
1972 108,120 58.00% 71,591 38.41% 6,693 3.59%
1976 97,774 49.24% 96,228 48.46% 4,556 2.29%
1980 145,642 59.87% 76,650 31.51% 20,986 8.63%
1984 182,324 63.48% 102,043 35.53% 2,835 0.99%
1988 199,979 59.46% 133,122 39.58% 3,247 0.97%
1992 159,457 37.06% 166,241 38.64% 104,577 24.30%
1996 178,611 45.61% 168,579 43.05% 44,423 11.34%
2000 231,955 51.42% 202,576 44.90% 16,596 3.68%
2004 322,473 57.83% 228,806 41.04% 6,300 1.13%
2008 310,041 47.90% 325,017 50.21% 12,241 1.89%
2012 318,127 47.97% 329,063 49.62% 15,926 2.40%
2016 333,243 44.35% 373,695 49.73% 44,453 5.92%
2020 449,144 45.04% 528,340 52.98% 19,672 1.97%
2024 463,677 49.30% 451,782 48.04% 25,051 2.66%

In the United States House of Representatives, Riverside County is split between 6 congressional districts:[64]

In the California State Senate, the county is split between four legislative districts:[65]

In the California State Assembly, the county is split between six legislative districts:[66]

Crime

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

Population and crime rates
Population[56] 2,154,844
Violent crime[67] 7,284 3.38
  Homicide[67] 91 0.04
  Forcible rape[67] 424 0.20
  Robbery[67] 2,602 1.21
  Aggravated assault[67] 4,167 1.93
Property crime[67] 37,803 17.54
  Burglary[67] 17,308 8.03
  Larceny-theft[67][note 3] 35,135 16.31
  Motor vehicle theft[67] 8,641 4.01
Arson[67] 283 0.13

Cities by population and crime rates

Cities by population and crime rates
City Population[68] Violent crimes[68] Violent crime rate
per 1,000 persons 		Property crimes[68] Property crime rate
per 1,000 persons
Banning 30,541 148 4.85 708 23.18
Beaumont 38,072 103 2.71 1,342 35.25
Blythe 21,323 73 3.42 759 35.60
Calimesa 8,136 13 1.60 202 24.83
Canyon Lake 10,905 11 1.01 209 19.17
Cathedral City 52,867 204 3.86 1,576 29.81
Coachella 42,034 265 6.30 1,547 36.80
Corona 157,342 210 1.33 4,143 26.33
Desert Hot Springs 27,929 344 12.32 1,157 41.43
Eastvale 55,439 41 0.74 1,007 18.16
Hemet 81,213 406 5.00 3,486 42.92
Indian Wells 5,120 2 0.39 203 39.65
Indio 78,501 450 5.73 2,791 35.55
Jurupa Valley 97,577 312 3.20 3,174 32.53
Lake Elsinore 53,912 130 2.41 1,932 35.84
La Quinta 38,690 150 3.88 1,669 43.14
Menifee 80,047 87 1.09 1,942 24.26
Moreno Valley 199,673 706 3.54 6,371 31.91
Murrieta 106,839 70 0.66 1,715 16.05
Norco 27,850 56 2.01 580 20.83
Palm Desert 50,021 104 2.08 2,322 46.42
Palm Springs 45,996 302 6.57 2,232 48.53
Perris 70,616 240 3.40 2,081 29.47
Rancho Mirage 17,778 23 1.29 726 40.84
Riverside 313,532 1,389 4.43 10,818 34.50
San Jacinto 45,637 137 3.00 1,479 32.41
Temecula 103,414 97 0.94 2,440 23.59
Wildomar 33,227 53 1.60 707 21.28

Education

Universities and colleges

K-12 schools

Public school districts[85]

K-12 unified:

Secondary:

Elementary:

State-operated schools
Bureau of Indian Education-operated schools

Transportation

Major highways

Public transportation

Amtrak trains stop in Riverside and Palm Springs, and Amtrak California provides bus connections to the Gold Runner in Riverside–Downtown, Beaumont, Palm Springs, Thousand Palms, Indio, Moreno Valley, Perris, Sun City, and Hemet. Amtrak Thruway buses connect Fullerton tp Palm Springs and Indio.

Metrolink trains serve nine stations in Riverside County: Riverside–Downtown, Riverside–La Sierra, Corona–North Main, Corona–West, Jurupa Valley/Pedley, Riverside–Hunter Park/UCR, Moreno Valley/March Field, Perris–Downtown, and Perris–South.[86] These trains provide service to Orange, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties seven days a week, with a primarily commuter-oriented schedule.

Airports

Military air bases

Commercial airports

General aviation airports

Military installations

Points of interest

Communities

Cities

City Year
incorporated 		Population,
2020[91] 		Median household income,
2019[92]
Banning 1913 29,505 $42,274
Beaumont 1912 53,036 $84,105
Blythe 1916 18,317 $45,385
Calimesa 1990 10,026 $56,903
Canyon Lake 1990 11,082 $100,682
Cathedral City 1981 51,493 $46,521
Coachella 1946 41,941 $34,224
Corona 1896 157,136 $86,790
Desert Hot Springs 1963 32,512 $33,046
Eastvale 2010 69,757 $119,213
Hemet 1910 89,833 $39,653
Indian Wells 1967 4,757 $107,500
Indio 1930 89,137 $74,774
Jurupa Valley 2011 105,053 $76,090
Lake Elsinore 1888 70,265 $77,090
La Quinta 1982 37,558 $77,839
Menifee 2008 102,527 $77,033
Moreno Valley 1984 208,634 $65,449
Murrieta 1991 110,949 $100,080
Norco 1964 26,316 $102,817
Palm Desert 1973 51,163 $59,977
Palm Springs 1938 44,575 $53,441
Perris 1911 78,700 $70,714
Rancho Mirage 1973 16,999 $78,682
Riverside 1883 314,998 $71,967
San Jacinto 1888 53,898 $52,009
Temecula 1989 110,003 $95,918
Wildomar 2008 36,875 $74,991

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

Former census designated places

Ghost towns

Indian reservations

Riverside County has 12 federally recognized Indian reservations, which ties it with Sandoval County, New Mexico, for second most of any county in the United States. (Sandoval County, however, has two additional joint-use areas, shared between reservations. San Diego County, California has the most, with 18 reservations.)

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of Riverside County.[93]

† county seat

Rank City/Town/etc. Municipal type Population (2020 Census)
1 † Riverside City 314,998
2 Moreno Valley City 208,634
3 Corona City 157,136
4 Murrieta City 110,949
5 Temecula City 110,003
6 Jurupa Valley City 105,053
7 Menifee City 102,527
8 Hemet City 89,833
9 Indio City 89,137
10 Perris City 78,700
11 Lake Elsinore City 70,265
12 Eastvale City 69,757
13 San Jacinto City 53,898
14 Beaumont City 53,036
15 Cathedral City City 51,493
16 Palm Desert City 51,163
17 Palm Springs City 44,575
18 Coachella City 41,941
19 La Quinta City 37,558
20 Wildomar City 36,875
21 French Valley CDP 35,280
22 Desert Hot Springs City 32,512
23 Banning City 29,505
24 Agua Caliente Indian Reservation[94] AIAN 27,090
25 Norco City 26,316
26 Temescal Valley CDP 26,232
27 Mead Valley CDP 19,819
28 East Hemet CDP 19,432
29 Blythe City 18,317
30 Rancho Mirage City 16,999
31 Valle Vista CDP 16,194
32 Woodcrest CDP 15,378
33 El Sobrante CDP 14,039
34 Lakeland Village CDP 12,364
35 Home Gardens CDP 11,203
36 Canyon Lake City 11,082
37 Calimesa City 10,026
38 Good Hope CDP 9,468
39 Bermuda Dunes CDP 8,244
40 Mecca CDP 8,219
41 Thousand Palms CDP 7,967
42 Highgrove CDP 7,515
43 Garnet CDP 7,118
44 Homeland CDP 6,772
45 Nuevo CDP 6,733
46 Desert Palms CDP 6,686
47 Cherry Valley CDP 6,509
48 Lake Mathews CDP 5,972
49 El Cerrito CDP 5,058
50 Indian Wells City 4,757
51 Oasis CDP 4,468
52 Desert Edge CDP 4,180
53 Idyllwild-Pine Cove CDP 4,163
54 North Shore CDP 3,585
55 Torres-Martinez Reservation[95] AIAN 3,454
56 Sage CDP 3,370
57 Meadowbrook CDP 3,142
58 Anza CDP 3,075
59 Winchester CDP 3,068
60 Green Acres CDP 2,918
61 Thermal CDP 2,676
62 Coronita CDP 2,639
63 Cabazon CDP 2,629
64 Vista Santa Rosa CDP 2,607
65 Sky Valley CDP 2,411
66 Romoland CDP 2,005
67 Lakeview CDP 1,977
68 Warm Springs CDP 1,586
69 Colorado River Indian Reservation[96] AIAN 1,395
70 Lake Riverside CDP 1,375
71 Morongo Reservation[97] AIAN 1,243
72 Indio Hills CDP 1,048
73 Aguanga CDP 989
74 Whitewater CDP 984
75 March ARB CDP 809
76 Mesa Verde CDP 766
77 Pechanga Reservation[98] AIAN 582
78 Soboba Reservation[99] AIAN 567
79 Ripley CDP 538
80 Desert Center CDP 256
81 Cahuilla Reservation[100] AIAN 229
82 Cabazon Reservation[101] AIAN 192
83 Santa Rosa Reservation[102] AIAN 131
84 Mountain Center CDP 66
85 Twenty-Nine Reservation[103] AIAN 5
86 Augustine Reservation[104] AIAN 0
87 Ramona Village[105] AIAN 0

Climate

Riverside County
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
    8     20 7     12     24 9     4     31 13     3     37 17     1     45 21     1     44 27     16     46 28     19     44 27     8     45 25     2     36 20     6     28 11     15     20 6
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [106]
Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
    0.3     68 45     0.5     75 48     0.2     88 55     0.1     99 63     0     113 70     0     111 81     0.6     115 82     0.7     111 81     0.3     113 77     0.1     97 68     0.2     82 52     0.6     68 43
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

Notes

  1. Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.
  2. Population for this city obtained by summing the populations of Glen Avon, Mira Loma, Pedley, Rubidoux and Sunnyslope; see Jurupa Valley
  3. Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.

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