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Riverside County, CA

2,458,395 Population
7,209.3 square miles 341 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,069 ±$640 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$79,024 ±$1,674 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

11.6% ±0.8% (280,367  ±18,881) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

32.1 minutes ±0.5 (28,617,284  ±626,073) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 27.6 385,992,600 (±0.1 / ±2,410,052)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

765,673 ±5,559 Number of households
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
3.2 ±0 (2,417,942  ±5,566) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5% ±0.6% (29,475  ±3,400) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

858,681 ±1,762 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$465,400 ±$5,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

9.8% ±0.7% (239,448  ±15,702.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

83.3% ±1.2% (1,352,130  ±19,965.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
24% ±0.7% (389,359  ±11,005.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

42.1% ±0.8% (974,490  ±17,383.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little less than the rate in California: 43.9% 16,263,962 (±0.2% / ±66,032.3)
  • about double the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

22% ±0.5% (541,362  ±11,461) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.8% ±0.3% (107,839  ±5,554) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
107,839 Total veterans ±5,554 96,509 Male ±5,170 11,330 Female ±2,011

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