2024 population: 4,744,214 ( 142,583 from 2020)
Land area: 27277.2 square miles
Population density: 173.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,290,658	27.20%	8.6%
Black:	336,952	7.10%	0.6%
Indian:	19,470	0.41%	2.3%
Asian:	404,989	8.54%	15.2%
2+ races:	114,923	2.42%	5.5%
Hispanic:	2,577,222	54.32%	8.6%

Total non-White:	3,453,556	72.80%	8.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	227,226	12.3
Deaths:	167,603	9.1
Net Migration:	30,277	1.6
Net Immigration:	50,635	2.8

Change in White population:	-121,748	-2.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	264,331	5.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
4,601,631
1,412,406	30.69%
334,785	7.28%
19,928	0.43%
351,465	7.64%
108,897	2.37%
2,374,150	51.59%
3,189,225	69.31%

2010
4,224,851
1,546,666	36.61%
301,523	7.14%
19,454	0.46%
261,593	6.19%
91,476	2.17%
1,996,402	47.25%
2,678,185	63.39%

2000
3,254,821
1,541,053	47.35%
242,604	7.45%
19,939	0.61%
141,024	4.33%
75,775	2.33%
1,228,962	37.76%
1,713,768	52.65%

1990
2,588,793
1,622,539	62.68%
170,415	6.58%
19,802	0.76%
100,119	3.87%
n/a
675,918	26.11%
966,254	37.32%

1980
1,558,182
1,146,886	73.60%
77,191	4.95%
14,253	0.91%
26,829	1.72%
n/a
289,803	18.60%
411,296	26.40%

1970
1,143,146
890,892	77.93%
42,065	3.68%
5,316	0.47%
6,482	0.57%
n/a
188,883	16.52%
252,254	22.07%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
560,691	13.3
271,619	6.4
111,265	2.6
26,965	0.6

-134,260	-3.2
511,040	12.1

Number	Rate
2000's
577,348	17.7
236,537	7.3
469,093	14.4
94,356	2.9

5,613	0.2
964,417	29.6

Number	Rate
1990's
548,678	21.2
212,393	8.2
189,805	7.3
131,508	5.1

-81,486	-3.1
747,514	28.9

Number	Rate
1980's
384,045	24.6
159,287	10.2
827,914	53.1
n/a

475,653	30.5
554,958	35.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
305,465	26.7
n/a

255,994	22.4
159,042	13.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
35.2
1,162,268	24.5%
3,581,946	75.5%
619,089	13.0%

1,409,904
3.21

1,061,187	75.3%
754,022	71.1%
98,965	9.3%
348,717	24.7%

2010
Number	Percent
32.7
1,214,696	28.8%
3,010,155	71.2%
439,934	10.4%

1,297,878
3.20

980,681	75.6%
703,308	71.7%
104,176	10.6%
317,197	24.4%

2000
Number	Percent
31.7
1,018,189	31.3%
2,236,632	68.7%
340,280	10.5%

1,035,620
3.07

782,412	75.6%
591,987	75.7%
83,903	10.7%
253,208	24.4%

1990
Number	Percent
30.3
771,848	29.8%
1,816,945	70.2%
277,728	10.7%

868,303
2.91

654,251	75.3%
524,501	80.2%
57,917	8.9%
214,052	24.7%

1980
Number	Percent
30.0
454,642	29.2%
1,103,540	70.8%
187,194	12.0%

552,392
2.76

416,706	75.4%
351,288	84.3%
34,074	8.2%
135,686	24.6%

2022 Housing Data for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	60,243	4.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	43,913	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	40,628	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	46,061	3.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	49,617	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	48,554	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	45,933	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	46,455	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	47,588	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	91,974	6.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	132,768	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	188,367	13.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	156,331	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	113,346	8.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	142,477	10.1%
$200,000 or more	155,649	11.0%

Median Household Income	81,190
Per Capita Income	33,479

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	107

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	86,335	6.1%
Public Assistance	58,380	4.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	193,690	13.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	872,684	64.4%
Unemployed	65,586	4.8%
In Armed Forces	13,526	1.0%

Total Labor Force	951,796	70.2%
Not in Labor Force	403,150	29.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	811,858	580,026	58.3%
Non-Profit	46,880	73,309	39.0%
Self-Employed	127,363	71,340	64.1%

Local Government	77,984	117,103	40.0%
State Government	30,996	47,427	39.5%
Federal Government	23,554	16,987	58.1%

Total Private + Self	939,221	651,366	59.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	179,414	254,826	41.3%
Total	1,118,635	906,192	55.2%

Pct. Govt.	15.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	260,374	12.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	439,257	21.6%
Professional, Technical	378,570	18.7%
Service Occupations	384,941	19.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	12,910	0.6%
All others	565,859	27.9%

White Collar		53.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	258,001	12.7%
Retail trade	251,109	12.4%
Construction	178,411	8.8%
Transportation and warehousing	173,581	8.6%
Educational services	169,076	8.3%
Manufacturing	163,844	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	155,223	7.7%
Public administration	108,140	5.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	101,284	5.0%
Other services	100,732	5.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	97,919	4.8%
Wholesale trade	59,818	2.9%
Finance and insurance	57,120	2.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	49,190	2.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	37,222	1.8%
Information	28,441	1.4%
Utilities	18,600	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	18,378	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,681	0.1%
Management	1,231	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,086,735	45.26%
Puerto Rican	33,300	0.72%
Cuban	16,776	0.36%
Dominican	3,265	0.07%

Total Central American	151,725	3.29%
Costa Rican	4,100	0.09%
Guatemalan	48,894	1.06%
Honduran	11,122	0.24%
Nicaraguan	15,203	0.33%
Panamanian	3,185	0.07%
Salvadoran	68,642	1.49%
Other Central American	579	0.01%

Total South American	46,139	1.00%
Argentinean	6,829	0.15%
Bolivian	2,054	0.04%
Chilean	1,839	0.04%
Colombian	13,413	0.29%
Ecuadorian	6,199	0.13%
Paraguayan	385	0.01%
Peruvian	12,310	0.27%
Uruguayan	346	0.01%
Venezuelan	2,356	0.05%
Other South American	408	0.01%

Other Hispanic	95,484	2.07%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	107,879	2.34%
Chinese	71,153	1.54%
Vietnamese	33,776	0.73%
Indian	30,152	0.65%
Korean	24,962	0.54%
Japanese	9,751	0.21%
Indonesian	7,387	0.16%
Taiwanese	6,969	0.15%
Cambodian	5,743	0.12%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,488,948	57.6%
Spanish	1,511,967	35.0%
Tagalog	63,322	1.5%
Chinese	60,357	1.4%
Other Indo-European	49,254	1.1%
Other Asian	35,346	0.8%
Vietnamese	27,442	0.6%
Arabic	25,436	0.6%
Korean	19,494	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	292,417	6.3%
Irish	234,419	5.1%
English	232,291	5.0%
Italian	129,367	2.8%
American	120,827	2.6%
European	69,599	1.5%
French	56,568	1.2%
Scottish	42,764	0.9%
Polish	39,852	0.9%
Norwegian	34,987	0.8%
Dutch	33,882	0.7%
Swedish	29,359	0.6%
African	19,899	0.4%
Scotch-Irish	17,977	0.4%
British	16,531	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,155,486	90.1%
Not a citizen	454,564	9.9%

Native	3,623,235	78.6%
Foreign-born	986,815	21.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
260,571	8.7%	266,848	8.9%	804,951	27.0%	955,546	32.0%	446,076	15.0%	248,750	8.3%
Average years of education: 12.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	260,571	8.7%
9-12 Years	266,848	8.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	804,951	27.0%
Some College	955,546	32.0%
Bach. Degree	446,076	15.0%
Grad Degree	248,750	8.3%
Average years of education: 12.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,342,800	2,194,812	147,988	6.3%
1991	2,394,914	2,174,468	220,446	9.2%
1992	2,489,034	2,222,588	266,446	10.7%
1993	2,515,860	2,240,092	275,768	11.0%
1994	2,536,634	2,291,192	245,442	9.7%
1995	2,567,104	2,346,088	221,016	8.6%
1996	2,589,974	2,384,828	205,146	7.9%
1997	2,685,160	2,497,048	188,112	7.0%
1998	2,763,372	2,593,618	169,754	6.1%
1999	2,885,432	2,735,776	149,656	5.2%

2000	2,838,232	2,696,144	142,088	5.0%
2001	2,940,936	2,784,858	156,078	5.3%
2002	3,065,660	2,872,682	192,978	6.3%
2003	3,156,404	2,952,744	203,660	6.5%
2004	3,293,002	3,099,438	193,564	5.9%
2005	3,408,656	3,228,980	179,676	5.3%
2006	3,488,060	3,316,484	171,576	4.9%
2007	3,532,950	3,329,430	203,520	5.8%
2008	3,549,270	3,253,266	296,004	8.3%
2009	3,568,476	3,089,518	478,958	13.4%

2010	3,738,412	3,214,164	524,248	14.0%
2011	3,729,266	3,234,810	494,456	13.3%
2012	3,751,524	3,312,022	439,502	11.7%
2013	3,773,266	3,397,330	375,936	10.0%
2014	3,825,622	3,511,852	313,770	8.2%
2015	3,905,532	3,647,116	258,416	6.6%
2016	3,963,704	3,727,148	236,556	6.0%
2017	4,028,552	3,821,608	206,944	5.1%
2018	4,090,380	3,914,330	176,050	4.3%
2019	4,141,438	3,972,174	169,264	4.1%

2020	4,147,858	3,745,272	402,586	9.7%
2021	4,250,548	3,937,306	313,242	7.4%
2022	4,321,176	4,142,456	178,720	4.1%
2023	4,343,072	4,137,616	205,456	4.7%
2024	4,418,238	4,187,680	230,558	5.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,584,750
Median Value	$451,381

Occupied	1,409,904	89.0%
Vacant	174,846	11.0%

Owned	916,926	65.0%
Rented	492,978	35.0%
Median Rent	$1,652

Single-Family Units	1,175,340	74.2%
Detached	1,096,247	69.2%
Attached	79,093	5.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	204,693	12.9%
Mobile Homes	115,226	7.3%

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area