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Riverside County

California · 2,544,916 residents (2025 est.) · 7,209 sq mi
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With 2,478,600 people, Riverside County is a county in California. Since 2000 the county has risen by half, up 933,213 people. Few US counties rank higher on income. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $557,300. The foreign-born share is 22%.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $93,074, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 127%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Riverside County

What changed most since 1990

  • White share64.7% → 31.0% (−33.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
  • Hispanic share25.8% → 51.3% (+25.4 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
  • Population1,170,413 → 2,478,600 (+112%)US over the same years: +35%

Among the 58 counties in California

  • 22nd in household income$93,074
  • 30th in share with a bachelor's degree25.6%
  • 25th in home value$557,300
  • 15th in diversity score78.8
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
2,478,600
+60%since 2000
from 1,545,387 in 2000
2,544,916 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
344 / sq mi
+60%since 2000
from 214 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
37.0
+12%since 2000
from 33.1 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
7,209 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
1.0M1.4M1.8M2.2M2.6M19902000201020202024Riverside County
20242.5M
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.8%(144,366)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.5%(160,700)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147.3%(181,028)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 197.3%(180,219)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.6%(162,452)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3413.8%(341,105)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4413.5%(335,782)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.2%(301,447)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6411.6%(288,613)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 748.9%(220,674)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844.8%(120,198)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.7%(42,016)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$93,074
+19%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $42,887 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$38,317
+105%since 2000
from $18,689 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
59.6%
+21.9 ptssince 2009
from 37.7% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
10.6%
−3.5 ptssince 2000
from 14.2% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.438
Unchangedsince 2010
from 0.439 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information12.2%
US avg: 10.8%
Wholesale trade9.2%
US avg: 6.9%
Retail trade7.9%
US avg: 9.9%
Finance & insurance7.9%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical7%
US avg: 5.1%
Other services4.8%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration3%
US avg: 4.8%
Transportation & warehousing2.6%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.4%
US avg: 1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing1.4%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction1.3%
US avg: 1.2%
Education & health services0.9%
US avg: 0.9%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$557,300
+127%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $135,000 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,901
+58%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $660 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
69.1%
+0.3 ptssince 2000
from 68.9% in 2000
30.9% rent
Vacancy rate
10.8%
−3.1 ptssince 2009
from 13.9% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
3.15 people
+1%since 2009
from 3.11 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
32.9%
−13.4 ptssince 2009
from 46.2% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
56.2%
+0.5 ptssince 2009
from 55.7% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
6.0
−2%since 2009
from 6.1 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
56
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic51%(788,831)
Black6%(92,403)
Hispanic / Latino36.2%(559,575)
Asian3.6%(55,199)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic31%(767,384)
Black6%(149,713)
Hispanic / Latino51.3%(1,270,563)
Asian6.9%(170,935)
Other4.8%(120,005)
Diversity Score
79
+1%since 2009
from 78 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
36
+1%since 2020
from 36 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican44%(1,090,978)
Central American3.1%(77,501)
Salvadoran1.3%(33,069)
Guatemalan1.1%(27,543)
South American1%(24,881)
Puerto Rican0.7%(17,705)
Spaniard0.5%(12,611)
Colombian0.4%(9,008)
Cuban0.3%(8,043)
Nicaraguan0.3%(6,357)
Peruvian0.2%(5,483)
Honduran0.2%(4,876)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Dominican0.1%(3,328)
Argentine0.1%(2,910)
Ecuadorian0.1%(2,834)
Panamanian0.1%(2,709)
Costa Rican0.1%(2,463)
Venezuelan0.1%(1,822)
Chilean0%(1,190)
Bolivian0%(1,174)
Paraguayan0%(115)
Uruguayan0%(102)
Asian origin
Filipino2.5%(61,708)
Chinese1.1%(27,530)
Asian Indian0.8%(19,898)
Vietnamese0.8%(18,709)
Korean0.4%(10,506)
Japanese0.2%(5,258)
Pakistani0.2%(4,940)
Taiwanese0.1%(3,095)
Cambodian0.1%(2,750)
Laotian0.1%(2,271)
Thai0.1%(2,030)
Indonesian0.1%(1,890)
+ 11 more asian origin groups with data
Kazakh0.1%(1,861)
Hmong0%(716)
Nepalese0%(597)
Sri Lankan0%(485)
Burmese0%(370)
Malaysian0%(131)
Uzbek0%(129)
Mien0%(13)
Mongolian0%(11)
Pacific Islander origin
Native Hawaiian0.2%(5,133)
Samoan0.2%(4,436)
Chamorro0.1%(2,710)
Tongan0.1%(1,769)
Guamanian0%(946)
Fijian0%(893)
Chuukese0%(40)
Ancestry
German6.6%(163,726)
English6.1%(152,281)
Irish5.3%(131,317)
Italian3%(74,701)
American2.7%(66,131)
French1.2%(28,554)
Scottish1.1%(27,986)
Polish1%(23,603)
Arab0.9%(21,208)
Norwegian0.8%(19,766)
Swedish0.7%(16,699)
Subsaharan African0.7%(16,575)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Dutch0.7%(16,335)
Russian0.4%(10,097)
Scotch-Irish0.4%(9,434)
Portuguese0.3%(7,590)
Welsh0.3%(7,383)
British0.3%(7,310)
Danish0.3%(7,238)
French Canadian0.2%(5,750)
Hungarian0.2%(5,572)
West Indian0.2%(5,289)
Greek0.2%(5,173)
Canadian0.2%(5,036)
Egyptian0.2%(5,012)
Nigerian0.2%(4,787)
Lebanese0.2%(4,718)
Iranian0.2%(4,533)
Romanian0.2%(4,229)
Czech0.2%(4,083)
Ukrainian0.1%(2,995)
Swiss0.1%(2,971)
Austrian0.1%(2,798)
Armenian0.1%(2,633)
Croatian0.1%(2,390)
Jamaican0.1%(2,269)
Syrian0.1%(2,041)
Lithuanian0.1%(1,953)
Finnish0.1%(1,879)
Palestinian0.1%(1,647)
Brazilian0.1%(1,593)
Iraqi0.1%(1,437)
Jordanian0.1%(1,396)
Slovak0.1%(1,386)
Turkish0.1%(1,278)
Haitian0%(1,201)
Bulgarian0%(1,112)
Belgian0%(1,044)
Serbian0%(1,016)
Ghanaian0%(978)
Kenyan0%(867)
Australian0%(763)
Ethiopian0%(524)
Israeli0%(455)
Slovene0%(400)
Macedonian0%(331)
Moroccan0%(224)
Latvian0%(208)
Somali0%(207)
Guyanese0%(74)
Barbadian0%(65)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
25.6%
+8.9 ptssince 2000
from 16.6% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
83.5%
+8.5 ptssince 2000
from 75.0% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
9.2%
+3.3 ptssince 2000
from 5.9% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
33.8 min
+44%since 2000
from 23.5 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
73.3%
−1.9 ptssince 2009
from 75.3% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
11.0%
−4.3 ptssince 2009
from 15.3% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.7%
−0.7 ptssince 2009
from 1.4% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
12.3%
+7.3 ptssince 2009
from 4.9% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.2%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 1.6% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.3% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
4.3%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 4.6% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
6.5%
−6.4 ptssince 2011
from 12.9% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
61.2%
−0.9 ptssince 2011
from 62.1% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
69.3%
+2.3 ptssince 2020
from 67.0% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
14.5%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 13.5% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
33.6%
+4.7 ptssince 2009
from 28.9% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
50.2%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 50.0% in 2009
Female
49.8%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 50.0% in 2009
Foreign born
21.9%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 22.0% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
5.8%
−4.0 ptssince 2009
from 9.8% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
12.2%
+1.7 ptssince 2012
from 10.5% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
7.7%
−12.5 ptssince 2013
from 20.2% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
93.6%
+11.0 ptssince 2017
from 82.6% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.0%
+2.5 ptssince 2020
from 94.5% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
90.6%
+2.7 ptssince 2020
from 87.9% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
57.6%
−2.4 ptssince 2016
from 60.0% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
35.0%
+1.8 ptssince 2016
from 33.2% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married39%(387,450)
Married51.5%(512,541)
Widowed2.1%(20,970)
Divorced7.4%(73,727)
Women 15+
Never married32.8%(327,286)
Married49%(489,338)
Widowed7.5%(74,851)
Divorced10.7%(106,343)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
7.7%
−12.5 ptssince 2013
from 20.2% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
48.8%
+0.2 ptssince 2020
from 48.6% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
11.6%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 10.7% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
16.3%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 15.6% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
29.0%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 28.4% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.1%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 2.1% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
59.0%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 59.0% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
42.7%
+1.2 ptssince 2020
from 41.5% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)28.7%(31,345)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.8%(27,129)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.5%(34,427)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.5%(5,956)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(819)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 109,216 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Riverside County, decade by decade

Riverside County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
19901,170,413$79,397$333,13014.6%63.8
20001,545,387$78,125$245,92316.6%75.3
20102,189,641$83,103$467,96720.5%78.5
20202,418,185$85,730$446,15223.2%79.6
20242,478,600$93,074$557,30025.6%78.8

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Income$57,681−38%
Home value$309,600−44%
Population181,411−93%
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY VS
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Income$106,268+14%
Home value$854,700+53%
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Income$85,478−8%
Home value$505,000−9%
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Frequently asked

How many people live in Riverside County, California?

Riverside County, California has about 2,478,600 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Riverside County, California?

The typical household in Riverside County, California earns about $93,074 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Riverside County, California expensive?

In Riverside County, California, the median home is worth about $557,300, and the typical rent is about $1,901 a month.

How educated are people in Riverside County, California?

About 25.6% of adults age 25 and over in Riverside County, California hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Riverside County, California?

About 10.6% of people in Riverside County, California live below the federal poverty line.

Has Riverside County, California grown since 1990?

Yes, Riverside County, California has grown since 1990. The population has added about 1,308,187 residents, a change of about 112 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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