Everything about Inland Empire California totally explained
The
Inland Empire is a region in
Southern California mainly located in
Riverside and
San Bernardino Counties in the
United States. The Inland Empire is centered on the oldest cities in the region:
Ontario,
San Bernardino, and
Riverside. These cities were established at about the end of the 19th century and were major centers of agriculture including citrus, dairy, and wine-making. The name "Inland Empire" was first used in the 1950s to distinguish the region from other communities of the
Greater Los Angeles Area, and
Los Angeles itself.
The "Inland" part of the name is derived from the region's location about inland from the Pacific Ocean (from
Huntington Beach) and east of
downtown Los Angeles. The most accepted physical boundary between Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and the Inland Empire is the definition of the Inland Empire consisting of two counties: Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Between the Los Angeles area and the Inland Empire there was limited development and so, until about the 1970s, this relatively open, rural space between two 'developed' regions served as a convenient boundary. However, since then rapidly growing population and, therefore, residential, commercial, and industrial development, has led to cities being established in this rural, 'intermediate' area. Interconnectivity provided by a vast automobile-oriented transportation network, including one of the most comprehensive freeway systems in the United States, has further eroded any real or perceived boundary. The best boundary might be considered to be the county line that separates Los Angeles County and San Bernardino/Riverside Counties. Cities in southeastern Los Angeles County lying east of the
San Jose Hills, such as
Pomona,
Diamond Bar,
La Verne, and
Claremont, are often included because of their proximity to the Riverside/San Bernardino county line. Also, the vegetation and climate changes from the coastal to desert regions can act as boundary, though a less precisely defined one than the county lines. Towards inland the climate gets colder in the winter and hotter in the summer.
More recently, the name has also been used to distinguish the area from the coastal communities of
Orange County which are located to the west of the Inland Empire and south of
Los Angeles County. However, because of the Santa Ana Mountains, the boundary between Orange County and the Inland Empire is more clear and obvious.
With a population of over 4 million people, the Inland Empire is the 14th largest
metropolitan area in the United States.
History
Prior to the mid-19th century, the area was sparsely populated by
Native Americans; the
Spanish and
Mexicans who once controlled the area considered it largely unsuitable for colonization. The first group of White American settlers arrived over the
Cajon Pass in 1851, in the form of
Mormon pioneers who were the first settlers of San Bernardino. Although the Mormons left a scant six years later, recalled to
Salt Lake by
Brigham Young during the church's
standoff with the US government, more settlers soon followed.
The entire landmass of
Southern California was
subdivided according to the
San Bernardino Meridian, which was first plotted as part of the
Public Land Survey System in November 1852, by Col. Henry Washington. Base Line road, a major thoroughfare, today runs from
Highland to
San Dimas, intermittently along the absolute
baseline coordinates plotted by Col. Washington.
San Bernardino County was first formed out of parts of
Los Angeles County on
April 26,
1853. While the partition once included what is today most of
Riverside County, the region isn't as monolithic as it may sound. Rivalries between
Colton,
Redlands,
Riverside and
San Bernardino over the location of the
county seat in the 1890s caused each of them to form their own
civic communities, each with their own newspapers. On
August 14,
1893 the
Senate allowed Riverside County to form out of land previously in San Bernardino and San Diego counties, after rejecting a bill for
Pomona to split from LA County and become the seat of what would have been called San Antonio County.
The arrival of
railroads and the importation of
navel and
Valencia orange trees in the 1870s touched off explosive growth, with the area quickly becoming a major center for
citrus production. This agricultural boom continued with the arrival of water from the
Colorado River and the rapid growth of Los Angeles in the early 20th century, with
dairy farming becoming another staple
industry. In 1926,
Route 66 (now known as
Foothill Boulevard) came through the northern parts of the area, bringing a stream of
tourists and
migrants to the region. Still, the region endured as the key part of the Southern California "Citrus belt" until the end of
World War II, when a new generation of
real-estate developers
bulldozed acres of agricultural land to build
suburbs. The precursor to the
San Bernardino Freeway, the Ramona Expressway, was built in 1944, and further development of the
freeway system facilitated the expansion of suburbs and
human migration throughout the Inland Empire and Southern California.
Geography
Unlike most
metropolitan areas that have grown up around a central city, the Inland Empire is composed of many small and medium sized cities and unincorporated communities that together form the 14th-largest metropolitan area in the nation.
Los Angeles County and
Orange County border the Inland Empire to the West;
Inyo and
Kern to the North,
San Diego and
Imperial County to the South and the States of
Arizona and
Nevada to the East. The Inland Empire stretches from the
Pomona Valley through the
San Bernardino Valley, encompassing the
San Bernardino Mountains and the
high and
low deserts to the Nevada and Arizona state lines.
Suburban sprawl, centering around the cities of
Riverside,
San Bernardino, and
Ontario, spreads out to form a unified whole with the
Greater Los Angeles area, with further development encroaching past the mountains into the outlying desert areas. The San Bernardino valley floor houses roughly over 80% of the total human population in the IE.
Elevations range from 11,499 feet (3,505 metres) at the top of the
San Gorgonio Mountain to 282 ft (86 m) below sea level at the bottom of
Death Valley in the
Mojave Desert. The San Bernardino mountains are home to the
San Bernardino National Forest and the resort communities of
Big Bear Lake,
Lake Arrowhead, and
Running Springs. The
Santa Ana River extends from Mt. San Gorgonio for nearly through San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange counties before it eventually spills into the
Pacific Ocean at
Newport Beach and
Huntington Beach. While temperatures are generally cool to cold in the mountains, it can get hot in the valleys. In the desert resort of
Palm Springs, near
Joshua Tree National Park, summer temperatures can reach well over 110 degrees.
The developed area of the IE consists of the following valleys:
Chino Valley,
Coachella Valley,
Cucamonga Valley, Menifee Valley, Murrieta Valley, Perris Valley,
Pomona Valley,
San Bernardino Valley (Largest valley in the Inland Empire),
Temecula Valley, and
Victor Valley. The Inland Empire is popular for recreational activities such as skiing the
San Bernardinos or staying overnight at Riverside's
Mission Inn. In Southwestern Riverside County,
Lake Elsinore is popular among boating enthusiasts.
Only a few cities on the eastern edge of
Los Angeles County that share an area code with the rest of the region are also considered to be in the Inland Empire. Some residents call the area "
the 909" (after the region's primary telephone
area code,
909). This term has been picked up on popular radio and television programs such as
The O.C. (which centers on a character originally from
Chino who relocates to wealthy
Newport Beach). In 2004 because of growing demand for telephone numbers most of Riverside County was granted a new area code,
951.
Economics
Housing
Since the 1950s, the area has evolved from a
rural to a
suburban environment. In addition to existing cities such as
Riverside and
San Bernardino, the region is now comprised of numerous suburban cities known as
bedroom communities such as
Rancho Cucamonga. Affordable
home ownership is the primary motivation behind the growth in these Inland Empire communities as homes there are generally less expensive than comparable homes in
Orange and
Los Angeles Counties, however, still generally more expensive than the rest of the nation. The steady rise in population and the strong demand for housing has led to a dramatic increase in single-family residential construction on lots of 1/4 acre (1,000 m²) or more (as opposed to high-density development such as multi-level
apartments or
condominiums). Much of the vacant land is rapidly being developed to the chagrin of those who grew up living 'in the country'. In addition, much of the land that was used for
agriculture is now being sold by their owners and being converted for use for more intensive purposes such
shopping centers,
industrial warehouses, etc. This continuous development, due to the various interests involved, has become seemingly unplanned and uncontrolled
suburban sprawl.
Retail
Retailing in the area has increased to keep abreast with the rapidly growing suburban population. The region is home to several large upscale
shopping malls, including the
Montclair Plaza in
Montclair, the
Galleria at Tyler in
Riverside,
Ontario Mills in
Ontario, Dos Lagos in Corona,
Promenade Mall in
Temecula,
Moreno Valley Mall in
Moreno Valley,
Victoria Gardens Mall in
Rancho Cucamonga and the
Inland Center mall in
San Bernardino, California. In fiscal year 2006, retail sales in San Bernardino County grew by 11.9% to $31.2 billion, while sales in Riverside County were up 11.3% to $29.6 billion.
Industry
Inexpensive land prices (compared to Los Angeles and Orange Counties), a large supply of vacant land, and a
transport network where many highways and railroads intersect have made the Inland Empire a major
shipping hub. Some of the nation's largest
manufacturing companies have chosen the Inland Empire for their
distribution facilities including
Toyota Motor Corporation's North American Parts and Logistics Distribution (NAPLD) center in
Ontario and APL Logistics in
Rancho Cucamonga.
Whirlpool Corporation recently leased a distribution center in
Perris that's larger than 31 football fields and one of the biggest warehouses in the country. These centers operate as part of the system that
transports finished goods and materials from the ports of
Los Angeles and
Long Beach to destinations to the north and east such as
Las Vegas,
Phoenix, and
Denver. More than 80% percent of the state's imported cargo is shipped through the Los Angeles/Inland Empire Corridor. Three major airports service the area, the
San Bernardino International Airport,
Palm Springs International Airport, and the
LA/Ontario International Airport.
While
urbanization continues to cut into agricultural lands, the Inland Empire still produces substantial crops, from
grapefruit in the
Coachella Valley to
milk in
Chino. Although of irrigated land was lost between 2002 and 2004, agriculture still brought in more than $1.6 billion in revenues to the two-county region in 2006.
Environmental quality
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| The Inland Empire is subject to smog conditions on a regular basis as seen here, looking south, from the north terminus of Haven Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga. Note how the street 'fades' into the smoggy haze and the Santa Ana Mountains are completely obscured. |
The Inland Empire is also subject to Santa Ana Winds that lead to generally clear days, free of smog or the marine layer. Note how the street that 'faded' into the smoggy haze and the Santa Ana Mountains that were completely obscured in the image to the left are now visible. |
The result of this ongoing development has resulted in greater
employment opportunities, increased
affluence of the populace, and homeownership. Unfortunately, increased
traffic congestion, degradation in
air quality, and loss of open and environmentally sensitive land has been the negative result. The solution to these problems isn't simple. The presence of so many municipal jurisdictions within the Inland Empire which often have different 'visions' for their respective futures means that no two cities can mutually agree on a solution or, just as common, have unequal means for implementing one. The lack of an organized or unequal enforcement of existing laws and policies further undermines any solution that could be proposed. Lastly, the pace at which development occurs (fast) versus the ability of government to respond to changes (slow) means that it could easily take years, if not decades, for a viable solution (such as new roads, pollution controls, etc.) to go into effect.
Air pollution
Air pollution, or
suspended particulate matter locally generated from the increased number of automobiles in the area, from point sources such as factories, dust carried into the air by construction activity, and the contribution of similar pollutants from the Los Angeles area has regularly caused the Inland Empire to be at, or near, the bottom of many air quality ratings. In 2004, the
EPA rated the
San Bernardino-
Riverside area as having the worst
particulate air pollution in the United States (although the
San Joaquin Valley in central California had the worst overall air pollution). The air pollution problem is exacerbated by the region's location which is surrounded by mountain ranges to the north and east; the mountains 'contain' these
aerosols which otherwise would be carried out of the region by the prevailing winds which typically flow from west to east.
Water pollution
Water pollution has also been found in the
Santa Ana River and Cajon wash, and pollutants from the
March Air Reserve Base and Stringfellow Acid Pits have contaminated much of the
groundwater in Riverside County. In 1997,
perchlorate, a chemical used to produce explosives, was discovered to be seeping into the groundwater under
Rialto in a plume that continues to grow. In 2007, the Rialto City council petitioned the
EPA for
Superfund status to clean up the origin site. The sites comprising March Air Reserve Base,
Norton Air Force Base and the Stringfellow Acid Pits have already been classified as EPA Superfund
toxic waste sites.
Traffic congestion
Traffic congestion problems on the roadways, as with elsewhere in
Southern California, is, simply stated, the result of the steady increase in the number of vehicles and a transportation infrastructure network that hasn't been expanded accordingly. Many of the existing
freeways were completed in the late 1970s. With the exception of the segment of the
Foothill Freeway,
State Route 210 (SR 210) between
San Dimas and
San Bernardino recently completed in July, 2007, no new freeways or highways are planned in the Inland Empire. Another problem is the jobs vs. housing imbalance. In general, most of the higher paying jobs are located in Los Angeles and Orange County. Thus, workers must
commute daily up to two hours (each direction) on the existing network. As the population increases, the problem is most certainly going to increase as well.
Forbes Magazine recently ranked the area first in its list of America's most unhealthy commutes, beating out every other major metropolitan area in the county, as Inland area drivers breathe the unhealthiest air and have the highest rate of fatal
auto accidents per capita.
Demographics
The Inland Empire is described as a
Metropolitan Statistical Area by the
U.S. Census Bureau, notated as Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. With 4.03 million people, it's the
14th largest metropolitan area in the United States. In addition, according to the 2000 Census, it's the fastest growing area in the state. Between 1990 and 2000, Riverside and San Bernardino counties added 700,000 to their population totals, an increase of 26%. 1.60 million of the IE's 3.71 million residents as of 2004 were
White (43.2%), slightly more than the 1.56 million who culturally classified themselves as
Hispanic (42.0%).
African Americans were the next largest group at 267,479 (7.2%). They were followed by
Asian Americans at 188,736 (5.1%). All other groups represented 93,759 people (2.5%). From 1990-2004, the Inland Empire's White population declined slightly by 20,470 (-1.8%), while the number of Blacks grew by 97,064 (8.7%), Asians grew by 93,864 (8.4%) and Hispanics grew 881,307 (78.7%).
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2006, 33.1% of people in the San Bernardino-Ontario area were
overweight, and 30.8% were
obese.
Forbes Magazine ranks the area as the fourth fattest in the country.
A substantial majority of residents (76.6%), last comparatively surveyed in 2001, rated their respective counties as good places to live. Over 81% of Riverside County residents indicated that their county is a very good or fairly good place to live, while about 72% of residents in San Bernardino County felt the same way. Survey respondents cited "nice living area," "good climate," and "affordable housing" as the top positive factors in assessing their respective communities. Smog was by far the most important negative factor affecting respondents’ ratings in both counties, while traffic was the 2nd highest concern in Riverside County and crime the 2nd highest concern among San Bernardino County residents.
Politics
While the region as a whole has traditionally leaned more
Republican than the rest of California, newer residents are less likely to identify with the Republican party than longer-term residents (36 percent to 42 percent), and the total number of residents identifying with the
Democrats (34%) now slightly edges over the number identifying with the Republican party (33%). However,
voting rates are lower than in the rest of the state, and as the population grows there's also a trend away from
civic engagement entirely. Among more recent residents, only 19% belong to civic organizations and 9% have served as a
volunteer in a community organization. By contrast, 28% of long-term residents belong to community organizations and 15% have volunteered. Whites and African Americans have the highest participation rates for nearly every type of political activity, while Latinos and Asian Americans lag significantly behind other groups in terms of volunteerism and organizational membership. However, the 2006
immigration protests have significantly boosted political participation among Latinos, with nearly one in seven participating in demonstrations and marches that year.
Religion
78% of Inland residents view themselves as
Christians. 39% identify as
Catholic, 14% as
Protestant, and 25% as some other type of Christian. (36% of total Inland Christians view themselves as "
born again.") 1% of the population are
Jewish, 6% belong to some other religion, and 14% profess no religion. 27% of Inland residents attend some form of
religious service once a week, 14% attend more than once a week, 15% once a month, and 14% only attend services on major religious holidays.
Crime
While the
crime index in Riverside and Ontario tends slightly over the national average,
San Bernardino has a crime index consistently near or over twice that of the national average.
Latino gangs have been active in the region since the area's citrus days while a continual migration of African American gangs from LA has flowed into the area since the
Watts Riots. Today, the number of gangs with roots outside the area far exceeds the number of local gangs active in the IE, which is easily notable as gang members frequently identify themselves with
tattoos bearing their home turf and affiliations. The increased diversity in the region between 1990 and 2000 is also associated with a 20% increase in
hate crime in the same period, mostly ascribed to increased gang activity. According to data from the FBI's
Uniform Crime Reporting program, taken together,
Riverside and
San Bernardino counties showed a total of 51,237 crimes reported to county police/sheriffs (but not to city or other agencies) in 2006; this combined total exceeded the totals for all other California counties—considered individually—except for
Los Angeles and
Sacramento.
Education
There is a trend of lower educational attainment in the IE, which starts early. Only 37% of 3- and 4-year olds in the region are enrolled in
pre-school, with only one school in the region for every 343 children, as compared to 48% enrollment in
San Diego County. 35% of the IE's ninth graders don't graduate from
high school, and only 37% of its college age residents enroll in a
post-secondary education program of some sort. Only 24% of the IE's adult residents have attained a
college degree or better. 25% don't possess a high school diploma. According to
CSUSB President Al Karnig, "We have a very low college attendance rate that's scantly above half of what the average is in other states. We have only have about 20 percent college graduates in the Inland Empire while the average in other states is 38 percent." 21 inland area high schools rank in the top 100 in California for producing dropouts.
Of Inland residents 25 years and over in 2004, Asians were the best educated. 44.4% had bachelor’s or higher degrees, and nearly 70% had at least attended college. Among Whites, 22.8% had 4-year degrees or higher, and 60.8% at least attended college. In the
African American community, the number with bachelor’s or higher degree was 21.3%, and 65.2% had either a community college degree or had attended college. Only 6.9% of Hispanic adults had a 4-year or higher degree, and only 30.2% attended college at all.
Among students transferring from Inland community colleges to private schools in 2004-05, the most frequent choice was the
University of Phoenix.
Employment
While the Inland Empire led the state in job-growth with 275,000 new jobs between 1990 and 2000, most are in comparatively low-tech fields. San Bernardino and Riverside counties are primarily host to
service and
manufacturing- or
warehousing-oriented industries.
Food and
administrative services employ the most people in the Inland Empire, while for the state of California, the top industries are in administrative services and
professional,
scientific and
hi-tech-oriented fields. 79.8% of the IE's job growth from 1990-2003 was
in service-sector jobs. Low-wage industries are abundant in the IE, and the high-tech and professional industries that are in the area actually pay more in other regions of California. As many as one-third of working adults commute out of the region to find work, the highest proportion of any area in the country. Adding to
gridlock, less than 5% of the IE's 1,249,224 working-age residents use
public transportation to get to work each day. 14.5% carpool, while 79.7% typically drive alone to work in their cars.
The region has an unemployment rate of 6.1%, while overall jobless claims in California are at 5.4 percent and 4.4 percent nationally.
Culture
While not widely known as a cultural mecca, various locations in the Inland Empire provide venues for cultural performances and entertainment. The
Hyundai Pavilion in Devore is the nation's largest outdoor
amphitheater.
Ontario Mills draws more visitors annually than
Disneyland, and San Bernardino's "Route 66 Rendezvous," an annual street fair and
classic car show, draws a half-million people from around the world.
Cuisine
The Mission Inn and Mario's Place in Riverside are known for great cuisine. The Sycamore Inn and the Magic Lamp Inn are well known historic restaurants in Rancho Cucamonga. San Bernardino's hilltop Castaway Inn is also renowned as one of the IE's best restaurants.
Music
Established bands from the IE include
Alien Ant Farm,
The Bellrays and the
Voodoo Glow Skulls, from Riverside, and
Cracker from Redlands.
House music pioneer
DJ Lynnwood got his start at the age of ten spinning records at
KUOR in Redlands. Local
hip-hop artists such as
Saint Dog,
Suga Free, Miah Lanski,
Sly Boogy,
Lighter Shade of Brown, and artists represented by
Homeless Records, have brought about much attention to the growing rap community in and around the area, some rock journalists dubbing it a new genre, "
Cali 909." A number of artists associated with the
Palm Desert Scene have also forged a new genre, "
Desert rock." A
Danish record label, Musikministeriet, recently opened up an office in Redlands in hopes of further cultivating the IE music scene.
Frank Zappa lived in the Pomona Valley area and owned a restaurant in Upland on Foothill Boulevard during the early 1960s where he played shows on a makeshift stage for college crowds.
From the late 80s until the late 90s, many up-and-coming musical acts, such as
Rage Against the Machine,
Blink-182 and
No Doubt cut their teeth playing venues in Riverside. However, these historic venues (Spanky's Cafe, the Barn at UCR, and the De Anza Theatre) have since been closed and converted to other purposes. Emerging music venues in the IE include the Showcase Theatre in Corona, Red Planet Records in Riverside, the Vault in Redlands, the Buffalo Inn in Upland, the Twins Club in Rancho Cucamonga, the Press Restaurant in Claremont, and the Glass House in Pomona.. The
List of bands from Inland Empire has artists and musicians that are from the
Inland Empire.
Performing arts
Orchestras in the IE include the Redlands Symphony, which performs at the
University of Redlands, the Riverside County Philharmonic, which performs at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium, the San Bernardino Symphony, which performs at the
California Theatre, and the Victor Valley Symphony, which performs at
Victor Valley College Theatrical Arts International is housed at the
California Theatre as well. With the largest subscriber base in the Inland Empire, Theatrical Arts International presents the largest caliber tours available including such blockbusters as "Cats," "Mamma Mia," And "Miss Saigon."
Sports
Media
Newspapers
The Inland Empire is served by three major local newspapers. The
San Bernardino County Sun, which serves primary the
San Bernardino Valley region, and the
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, which serves the
Pomona Valley, are both part of the
Los Angeles Newspaper Group owned by
MediaNews Group. The Riverside-based
Press-Enterprise also has a few editions over the area. For the
High Desert, The Daily Press is the local newspaper.
Palm Springs and the greater
Coachella Valley are served by
The Desert Sun. There is also an Inland Empire edition of the
Los Angeles Times.
The
Westside Story Newspaper
is a local San Bernardino paper published by Mr. Wallace Allen. It provides literature for and about the African-American community.
Radio
The Inland Empire is ranked 25th (April 2007) in the national radio market. San Bernardino classic hits station
KOLA 99.9 has the biggest reach of all Inland Empire stations, the size of its signal carrying it as far south as
San Diego, as far north as
Kern County, to the northwest to
Ventura County, and east to
Indio and
Salton Sea. KOLA is also one of the oldest and longest-running radio stations in Southern California. X103.9
KCXX represents the alternative rock radio format in the area, and is owned and operated by former Green Bay Packer and NFL Hall of Famer Willie Davis.
KVCR (FM) 91.9 is the Inland Empire's public radio station, broadcasting NPR, BBC World Service and other public radio programming. Many stations in the area don't transmit far, in part owing to the physical geography of the area, possibly in part because of the strength of the radio transmitters.
UC Riverside's KUCR is the IE's most popular college radio station, although
KSPC Claremont 88.7 FM (based at the Claremont Colleges) provides a station for independent music fans. The newest radio station is [HotSpot Radio]
(External Link)
Television
While the Inland Empire has television channels licensed to their cities, only two channels, PBS member station
KVCR-TV & Inland Hot Spot TV
[KIHS-TV], broadcasts directly to the Inland Empire. The other channels broadcast to the greater Southern California market.
FCC regulations prevent the Inland Empire from having a major network broadcast channel. Thus the Inland Empire's source for most of its television comes from Los Angeles. The southern section of the Inland Empire may have San Diego television as their main source. In some areas just east of Yucaipa primary television coverage is from the Palm Springs market.
Film
While there are no large
film production companies or studios based in the Inland Empire,
on-location shoots accounted for a total economic impact of $65.2 million in the two-county region in 2006. From 1994 to 2005, filming accounted for over a billion dollars ($1,228,977,456) in total revenues spent in the area. Some famous films shot in the Inland Empire include
Executive Decision,
U-Turn,
Erin Brokovich, and
The Fast and the Furious.
While the
David Lynch film
Inland Empire is named after the region, no scenes were actually shot in the Inland Empire.
Incorporated cities
Riverside County
Cities |
Year
Incorporated |
Population,
2007 |
Median Income,
2006 |
| Banning |
1913 |
28,272 |
$41,268 |
| Beaumont |
1912 |
28,250 |
$39,553 |
| Blythe |
1916 |
22,178 |
$45,302 |
| Calimesa |
1990 |
7,415 |
$47,406 |
| Canyon Lake |
1990 |
10,939 |
$70,106 |
| Cathedral City |
1981 |
51,081 |
$50,654 |
| Corona |
1896 |
144,661 |
$72,162 |
| Coachella |
1946 |
35,207 |
$33,402 |
| Desert Hot Springs |
1963 |
22,011 |
$33,263 |
| Hemet |
1910 |
69,544 |
$31,749 |
| Indian Wells |
1967 |
4,865 |
$120,074 |
| Indio |
1930 |
71,654 |
$45,143 |
| Lake Elsinore |
1888 |
40,985 |
$54,595 |
| La Quinta |
1982 |
38,340 |
$71,127 |
| Moreno Valley |
1984 |
174,565 |
$52,426 |
| Murrieta |
1991 |
92,933 |
$75,102 |
| Norco |
1964 |
27,262 |
$62,652 |
| Palm Desert |
1973 |
49,539 |
$61,789 |
| Palm Springs |
1938 |
46,437 |
$46,399 |
| Perris |
1911 |
47,139 |
$35,338 |
| Rancho Mirage |
1973 |
16,672 |
$78,434 |
| Riverside |
1883 |
287,820 |
$52,023 |
| San Jacinto |
1888 |
31,066 |
$39,235 |
| Temecula |
1989 |
93,923 |
$71,754 |
San Bernardino County
Cities |
Year
Incorporated |
Population,
2007 |
Median Income,
2006 |
| Adelanto |
1970 |
27,139 |
$41,444 |
| Apple Valley |
1988 |
70,297 |
$46,751 |
| Barstow |
1947 |
23,943 |
$44,737 |
| Big Bear Lake |
1981 |
6,207 |
$43,983 |
| Chino |
1910 |
81,224 |
$70,994 |
| Chino Hills |
1991 |
78,668 |
$100,394 |
| Colton |
1887 |
51,797 |
$45,911 |
| Fontana |
1952 |
181,640 |
$60,722 |
| Grand Terrace |
1978 |
12,380 |
$69,806 |
| Hesperia |
1988 |
85,876 |
$43,018 |
| Highland |
1987 |
52,186 |
$53,917 |
| Loma Linda |
1970 |
22,451 |
$49,211 |
| Montclair |
1956 |
36,622 |
$52,768 |
| Needles |
1913 |
5,759 |
$35,338 |
| Ontario |
1891 |
172,701 |
$56,688 |
| Rancho Cucamonga |
1977 |
172,331 |
$75,429 |
| Redlands |
1888 |
71,375 |
$63,463 |
| Rialto |
1911 |
99,064 |
$45,759 |
| San Bernardino |
1854 |
205,010 |
$36,676 |
| Twentynine Palms |
1987 |
24,830 |
$36,471 |
| Upland |
1906 |
75,169 |
$64,894 |
| Victorville |
1962 |
102,538 |
$50,531 |
| Yucaipa |
1989 |
51,784 |
$50,529 |
| Yucca Valley |
1991 |
21,044 |
$38,092 |
Los Angeles County
Cities |
Year
Incorporated |
Population |
Median Income |
| Claremont |
1887 |
33,999 |
$81,129 |
| Diamond Bar |
1989 |
56,287 |
$83,614 |
| La Verne |
1906 |
31,638 |
$61,326 |
| Pomona |
1889 |
165,695 |
$40,502 |
| San Dimas |
1960 |
34,980 |
$62,885 |
Unincorporated communities
Freeways
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