Riverside, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Riverside had a population of 255,166 people^<1>. This represents 0.75% of the total population of California, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
8	Oakland	NW	378 mi [608 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
9	Santa Ana	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	339,130	0.34% increase
10	Anaheim	W	21 mi [33.8 km]	335,288	2.22% increase
-11-	Riverside			295,357	15.75% increase
12	Bakersfield	NW	132 mi [212.4 km]	321,078	29.96% increase
13	Stockton	NW	354 mi [569 km]	287,037	17.75% increase
14	Fremont	NW	353 mi [568 km]	202,867	0.27% decrease

Riverside had 85,974 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Riverside has an area^<4> of 78.1 square miles [202.3 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Riverside had a 2000 population density of 3,267 people per square mile [1,261 people/km²].

Riverside County

The city of Riverside is located in Riverside County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 1,559,277 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 255,166 people, Riverside contained 16.36% of the Riverside County total.

In addition, where the community of Riverside has a population density of 3,267 people per square mile [1,261 people/km²], Riverside County averages 216.3 people per square mile [83.5 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Riverside County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Riverside and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Riverside. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Riverside. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Riverside, it also contains a comparison between Riverside and the state of California.

Click here for the Riverside QuickFact (QF-0662000).

The following communities are nearby Riverside and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Colton	QF-0614890	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	50,517	5.99% increase
	Corona	QF-0616350	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	149,923	19.97% increase
	Moreno Valley	QF-0649270	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	190,871	34.06% increase
	Fontana	QF-0624680	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	184,984	43.48% increase
	Rialto	QF-0660466	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	98,700	7.43% increase
	Ontario	QF-0653896	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	171,691	8.66% increase
	Perris	QF-0656700	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	55,643	53.76% increase
	Redlands	QF-0659962	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	69,689	9.59% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Riverside.

A Census Quickfact is available for Riverside County (QF-06065).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Riverside County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	San Bernardino	QF-06071	N	2,015,355	17.26% increase
	Imperial	QF-06025	SE	163,972	15.14% increase
	San Diego	QF-06073	S	3,001,072	6.22% increase
	Orange	QF-06059	W	3,010,759	5.38% increase
	La Paz (AZ)	QF-04012	E	20,086	2.25% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Riverside:

Riverside is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Riverside.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Riverside. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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