Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,189,641,[3] making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the United States. The name was derived from the city of Riverside, which is the county seat.[5]

Riverside County
County
County of Riverside
Flag
Seal
Location in the state of California
California's location in the United States
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionInland Empire
IncorporatedMay 9, 1893
Named forThe City of Riverside, and the city's location beside the Santa Ana River
County seatRiverside
Largest city (population)Riverside
Government
 • Board of Supervisors
Area
 • Total7,303 sq mi (18,910 km2)
 • Land7,206 sq mi (18,660 km2)
 • Water97 sq mi (250 km2)
Highest elevation10,843 ft (3,305 m)
Lowest elevation
−234 ft (−71 m)
Population
 • Total2,189,641
 • Estimate 
(2019)[4]
2,470,546
 • Density300/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
FIPS code06-065
Websitewww.CountyOfRiverside.us

Riverside County is included in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Inland Empire. The county is also included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Combined Statistical 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 county is mostly desert in the central and eastern portions, but has a Mediterranean climate in the western portion. Most of Joshua Tree National Park is located in the county. The resort cities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, and Desert Hot Springs are all located in the Coachella Valley region of central Riverside County.

Between 2007 and 2011, large numbers of Los Angeles-area workers moved to the county to take advantage of more affordable housing.[6] 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. The cities of Temecula and Murrieta accounted for 20% of the increase in population of the county between 2000 and 2007.

History

Etymology
Main article: List of Riverside County, California, placename etymologies

When Riverside County was formed in 1893 it was named for the city of Riverside, the county seat. The city, founded in 1870, received its name for its location beside the Santa Ana River.[7][8]

Early history

The indigenous peoples of what is now Riverside County are the Luiseño, Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians.[9] The Luiseño territory includes the Aguanga and Temecula Basins, Elsinore Trough and eastern Santa Ana Mountains and southward into San Diego County. The Cahuilla territory is to the east and north of the Luiseño in the inland valleys, in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains and the desert of the Salton Sink.

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.

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 principle rancherias, and the most distant, and it occupied most of today's San Gorgonio Pass area.[10][11]

Following Mexico's confiscation of Mission lands in 1833, 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.

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.[12]

County history

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.[12]

Riverside County is the birthplace of lane markings, thanks to Dr. June McCarroll in 1915 when she suggested her idea to the state government.

The county is also the location of the March Air Reserve Base, one of the oldest airfields continuously operated by the United States military. Established as the Alessandro Flying Training Field in February 1918, it was one of thirty-two U.S. Army Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917. The airfield was renamed March Field the following month for 2d Lieutenant Peyton C. March, Jr., the recently deceased son of the then-Army Chief of Staff, General Peyton C. March, who was killed in an air crash in Texas just fifteen days after being commissioned. March Field remained an active Army Air Service, then U.S. Army Air Corps installation throughout the interwar period, later becoming a major installation of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Renamed March Air Force Base in 1947 following the establishment of the U.S. Air Force, it was a major Strategic Air Command (SAC) installation throughout the Cold War. In 1996, it was transferred to the Air Force Reserve Command and gained its current name as a major base for the Air Force Reserve and the California Air National Guard.

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.[13] 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.

The county's population surpassed one million people in 1990 (year-round, would be 1980 with seasonal residents) when the current trend of high population growth as a major real estate destination began in the 1970s. Once strictly a place for long-distance commuters to L.A. and later Orange County, the county and city of Riverside started becoming more of a place to establish new or relocated offices, corporations and finance centers in the late 1990s and 2000s. More light industry, manufacturing and truck distribution centers became major regional employers in the county.

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.[14] 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
Yucca pines near Ryan Mountain Trail in Joshua Tree National Park

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.[15]

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

2011

Places by population, race, and income

2010
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
190017,897—
191034,69693.9%
192050,29745.0%
193081,02461.1%
1940105,52430.2%
1950170,04661.1%
1960306,19180.1%
1970459,07449.9%
1980663,16644.5%
19901,170,41376.5%
20001,545,38732.0%
20102,189,64141.7%
2019 (est.)2,470,546[4]12.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[27]
1790–1960[28] 1900–1990[29]
1990–2000[30] 2010–2018[3]

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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 995,257 persons (45.5%); 39.5% of Riverside County is Mexican, 0.8% Salvadoran, 0.7% Honduran, 0.6% Puerto Rican, 0.3% Cuban, and 0.2% Nicaraguan.[31]

2000

As of the census[32] of 2000, there were 1,545,387 people, 506,218 households, and 372,576 families residing in the county. The population density was 214 people 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

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.[33]

Riverside County Historic Courthouse

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.[34][35]

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.[36]

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).[37] 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.[38]

Riverside County hands down 1 in 6 death sentences in the US, in spite of it having less than 1% of the population.[39]

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, Menifee, Moreno Valley, Norco, Palm Desert, Perris, Rancho Mirage, San Jacinto, Temecula and Wildomar.[40]

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.

Politics

Voter registration

Cities by population and voter registration

Overview

Until 2008, Riverside County has historically been a Republican stronghold in presidential and congressional elections. Between its creation in 1893[42] and 2004, it voted for the Democratic presidential nominee only three times:[43] 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 on the entire West Coast to vote for Republican president Herbert Hoover over Roosevelt.[44]

However, in 2008, consistent with a trend in California and nationwide suburbs towards the Democratic Party,[45] Barack Obama narrowly carried the county with 14,976 votes, a 2.32% margin over Republican John McCain. Obama retained it in 2012 with a plurality, as did Hillary Clinton in 2016, who became the first and only losing Democratic nominee to win the county. Former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden won it in 2020 with a 79,196 lead over then-President Donald Trump, the largest ever raw vote margin for a Democrat.

Presidential election results
Riverside County vote
by party in presidential elections[46]
Year GOP DEM Others
2020 45.0% 449,144 52.9% 528,340 1.9% 19,672
2016 44.3% 333,243 49.7% 373,695 5.9% 44,453
2012 47.9% 318,127 49.6% 329,063 2.4% 15,926
2008 47.9% 310,041 50.2% 325,017 1.8% 12,241
2004 57.8% 322,473 41.0% 228,806 1.1% 6,300
2000 51.4% 231,955 44.9% 202,576 3.6% 16,596
1996 45.6% 178,611 43.0% 168,579 11.3% 44,423
1992 37.0% 159,457 38.6% 166,241 24.3% 104,577
1988 59.4% 199,979 39.5% 133,122 0.9% 3,247
1984 63.4% 182,324 35.5% 102,043 0.9% 2,835
1980 59.8% 145,642 31.5% 76,650 8.6% 20,986
1976 49.2% 97,774 48.4% 96,228 2.2% 4,556
1972 58.0% 108,120 38.4% 71,591 3.5% 6,693
1968 52.9% 83,414 38.7% 61,146 8.3% 13,110
1964 43.1% 61,165 56.7% 80,528 0.0% 95
1960 56.1% 65,855 43.3% 50,877 0.4% 544
1956 62.1% 56,766 37.3% 34,098 0.5% 465
1952 65.0% 51,692 33.9% 26,948 0.9% 788
1948 55.6% 32,209 40.2% 23,305 4.0% 2,350
1944 53.9% 23,168 45.2% 19,439 0.8% 346
1940 51.3% 21,779 47.2% 20,003 1.4% 598
1936 48.8% 16,674 49.8% 17,011 1.2% 422
1932 50.2% 14,112 45.3% 12,755 4.4% 1,245
1928 77.9% 17,600 21.1% 4,769 0.9% 212
1924 61.9% 9,619 8.4% 1,318 29.5% 4,579
1920 69.5% 9,124 21.3% 2,798 9.1% 1,196
1916 54.6% 7,452 33.4% 4,561 11.9% 1,626
1912 1.2% 124 29.3% 2,963 69.4% 7,016
1908 57.2% 3,229 24.3% 1,374 18.4% 1,038
1904 65.2% 2,638 16.7% 678 18.0% 728
1900 61.1% 2,329 29.7% 1,134 9.0% 346
1896 53.0% 2,063 43.3% 1,684 3.6% 141

In the United States House of Representatives, Riverside County is split between 4 congressional districts:[47]

In the California State Senate, the county is split between 3 legislative districts:[48]

In the California State Assembly, the county is split between 7 legislative districts:[49]

Riverside County voted 64.8% in favor of Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.

Crime

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

Cities by population and crime rates

Education

Universities and colleges
The 161-foot, 48-bell, carillon tower at the University of California, Riverside.

Transportation

Major highways
See also: Mid County Parkway

Public transportation

Amtrak trains stop in Riverside and Palm Springs, and Amtrak California provides bus connections to the San Joaquins in Riverside, Beaumont, Palm Springs, Thousand Palms, Indio, Moreno Valley, Perris, Sun City, and Hemet.

Metrolink trains serve nine stations in Riverside County: Riverside-Downtown, Riverside-La Sierra, North Main-Corona, West Corona, Jurupa Valley/Pedley, Hunter Park/UCR, March Field-Moreno Valley, Perris-Downtown, and Perris-South.[66] These trains provide service to Orange, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties seven days a week, with a primarily commuter-oriented schedule.

Military air bases

Commercial airports

General aviation airports

Military installations

Points of interest
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Riverside County, California
See also: List of museums in the Inland Empire (California)

Communities

Cities
City Year
incorporated		 Population,
2019[71]		 Median household income,
2013[72]
Banning 1913 31,221 $36,509
Beaumont 1912 51,063 $69,151
Blythe 1916 19,682 $43,472
Calimesa 1990 9,160 $44,911
Canyon Lake 1990 11,280 $80,145
Cathedral City 1981 55,007 $46,282
Coachella 1946 45,743 $40,299
Corona 1896 169,868 $80,557
Desert Hot Springs 1963 28,878 $32,260
Eastvale 2010 64,157 $113,154
Hemet 1910 85,334 $29,679
Indian Wells 1967 5,470 $111,078
Indio 1930 91,765 $41,082
Jurupa Valley 2011 109,527 $61,250
Lake Elsinore 1888 69,283 N/A
La Quinta 1982 41,748 $67,444
Menifee 2008 94,756 $56,735
Moreno Valley 1984 213,055 $53,018
Murrieta 1991 116,223 $72,496
Norco 1964 26,604 $79,279
Palm Desert 1973 53,275 $50,267
Palm Springs 1938 48,518 $45,418
Perris 1911 79,291 $36,229
Rancho Mirage 1973 18,528 $76,261
Riverside 1883 331,360 $51,331
San Jacinto 1888 49,215 $44,851
Temecula 1989 114,761 $66,869
Wildomar 2008 37,229 $60,125

Unincorporated communities

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 2010 census of Riverside County.[74]

† county seat

Rank City/Town/etc. Municipal type Population (2010 Census)
1 † Riverside City 303,871
2 Moreno Valley City 193,365
3 Corona City 152,374
4 Murrieta City 103,466
5 Temecula City 100,097
6 Hemet City 78,657
7 Menifee City 77,519
8 Indio City 76,036
9 Perris City 68,386
10 Eastvale City 53,668
11 Lake Elsinore City 51,821
12 Cathedral City City 51,200
13 Palm Desert City 48,445
14 Palm Springs City 44,552
15 San Jacinto City 44,199
16 Coachella City 40,704
17 La Quinta City 37,467
18 Beaumont City 36,877
19 Jurupa Valley City 34,280
20 Wildomar City 32,176
21 Banning City 29,603
22 Norco City 27,063
23 Desert Hot Springs City 25,938
24 Agua Caliente Indian Reservation[75] AIAN 24,781
25 French Valley CDP 23,067
26 Temescal Valley CDP 22,535
27 Mira Loma (became part of Jurupa Valley in 2011) CDP 21,930
28 Blythe City 20,817
29 Glen Avon (became part of Jurupa Valley in 2011) CDP 20,199
30 Mead Valley CDP 18,510
31 East Hemet CDP 17,418
32 Rancho Mirage City 17,218
33 Valle Vista CDP 14,578
34 Woodcrest CDP 14,347
35 Pedley (became part of Jurupa Valley in 2011) CDP 12,672
36 El Sobrante CDP 12,669
37 Home Gardens CDP 11,570
38 Lakeland Village CDP 11,541
39 Canyon Lake City 10,561
40 Good Hope CDP 9,192
41 Mecca CDP 8,577
42 Calimesa City 7,879
43 Thousand Palms CDP 7,715
44 Garnet CDP 7,543
45 Bermuda Dunes CDP 7,282
46 Desert Palms CDP 6,957
47 Oasis CDP 6,890
48 Nuevo CDP 6,447
49 Cherry Valley CDP 6,362
50 Homeland CDP 5,969
51 Lake Mathews CDP 5,890
52 Torres-Martinez Reservation[76] AIAN 5,594
53 Sunnyslope CDP 5,153
54 El Cerrito CDP 5,100
55 Indian Wells City 4,958
56 Highgrove CDP 3,988
57 Idyllwild-Pine Cove CDP 3,874
58 Desert Edge CDP 3,822
59 North Shore CDP 3,477
60 Meadowbrook CDP 3,185
61 Anza CDP 3,014
62 Vista Santa Rosa CDP 2,926
63 Thermal CDP 2,865
64 Warm Springs CDP 2,676
65 Coronita CDP 2,608
66 Cabazon CDP 2,535
67 Winchester CDP 2,534
68 Sky Valley CDP 2,406
69 Lakeview CDP 2,104
70 Green Acres CDP 1,805
71 Colorado River Indian Reservation[77] AIAN 1,687
72 Romoland CDP 1,684
73 Lake Riverside CDP 1,173
74 March ARB CDP 1,159
75 Aguanga CDP 1,128
76 Mesa Verde CDP 1,023
77 Indio Hills CDP 972
78 Morongo Reservation[78] AIAN 913
79 Whitewater CDP 859
80 Cabazon Reservation[79] AIAN 835
81 Ripley CDP 692
82 Soboba Reservation[80] AIAN 482
83 Crestmore Heights CDP 384
84 Pechanga Reservation[81] AIAN 346
85 Desert Center CDP 204
86 Cahuilla Reservation[82] AIAN 187
87 Santa Rosa Reservation[83] AIAN 71
88 Mountain Center CDP 63
89 Romona Village[84] AIAN 13
90 Twenty-Nine Reservation[85] AIAN 12
91 Augustine Reservation[86] AIAN 11

Climate
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Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [87]

See also

Notes
  1. Other = Some other race + Two or more races
  2. Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native
  3. Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.
  4. Population for this city obtained by summing the populations of Glen Avon, Mira Loma, Pedley, Rubidoux and Sunnyslope; see Jurupa Valley
  5. Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.

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