Riverside County, California: Difference between revisions

| name = Riverside County

| official_name = County of Riverside

| settlement_type = [[List of counties in California|County]]

| image_skyline = {{photomontage|position=center

| image_caption = Images, from top down, left to right: [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]'s [[The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa|Mission Inn]] Festival of Lights, North face of the [[San Jacinto Mountains]] in the [[Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument]], [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]], [[Temecula Valley AVA|Temecula Valley]] [[Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival|Balloon and Wine Festival]], [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]] [[Palm Springs Aerial Tramway|aerial tramway]], [[Joshua Tree National Park]], [[Riverside National Cemetery]] [[Medal of Honor]] memorial

| image_flag = Flag of Riverside County, California.png

| image_seal = Seal of Riverside County, California.png

| named_for = The [[Riverside, California|City of Riverside]], and the city's location beside the [[Santa Ana River]]

| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]

| subdivision_name = [[United States]]

| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]

| subdivision_name1 = [[California]]

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire]]

| seat_type = [[County seat]]

| seat = [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]

| seat1_type = Largest city (population)

| seat1 = Riverside

| seat2_type = Largest city (area)

| seat2 = [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]]

| unit_pref = US

| area_total_sq_mi = 7303

| area_land_sq_mi = 7206

| area_water_sq_mi = 97

| elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1480|title=San Jacinto Peak|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref>

| elevation_max_ft = 10843

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_ft = &minus;234

| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]

| population_footnotes = <ref name="QF">{{cite web|website=United States Census Bureau |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Riverside County, California|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/riversidecountycalifornia/POP010220|access-date=7 November 7, 2021}}</ref>

| population_total = 2418185

| population_density_sq_mi = 336

| leader_title4 = [[Chief executive officer]]

| leader_name4 = Jeff Van Wagenen

| timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone]]

| utc_offset = &minus;8

| timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time]]

| utc_offset_DST = &minus;7

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| map_caption = Interactive map of Riverside County

| image_map1 = Map of California highlighting Riverside County.svg

| mapsize1 = 200px

| map_caption1 = Location in the state of California

| blank_name_sec1 = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code

| blank_info_sec1 = 06-065

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| blank_name_sec2 = Congressional districts

| blank_info_sec2 = [[California's 25th congressional district|25th]], [[California's 35th congressional district|35th]], [[California's 39th congressional district|39th]], [[California's 40th congressional district|40th]], [[California's 41st congressional district|41st]], [[California's 48th congressional district|48th]]

| website = {{URL|httphttps://www.countyofriverside.us/|www.CountyOfRiversiderivco.usorg}}

Riverside County is included in the Riverside-Riverside–[[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]]-–[[Ontario, California|Ontario]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]], also known as the [[Inland Empire]]. The county is also included in the [[Los Angeles]]-–[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] [[Greater Los Angeles Area|Combined Statistical Area]].

Roughly rectangular, Riverside County covers {{convert|7208|sqmi|km2}} in [[Southern California]], spanning from the greater Los Angeles area to the [[Arizona]] border. Geographically, the western region of the county is mostly[[chaparral]] with a [[desertMediterranean climate]], inwhile the central and eastern portions,regions butof hasthe acounty are predominantly [[Mediterranean climatedesert]] in the westernor portionmountainous. Most of [[Joshua Tree National Park]] is located in the county. The desert [[resort cities]] of [[Indio, California|Indio]], [[Coachella, California|Coachella]], [[Palm Springs]], [[Palm Desert]], [[Indian Wells, California|Indian Wells]], [[La Quinta, California|La Quinta]], [[Rancho Mirage, California|Rancho Mirage]], [[Cathedral City, California|Cathedral City]] and [[Desert Hot Springs]] are all located in the [[Coachella Valley]] region of central-eastern Riverside County.

Between 2007 and 2011, large numbers of [[Los Angeles metropolitan area|Los Angeles]]-area workers moved to the county to take advantage of more affordable housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://la.curbed.com/2014/2/6/10146308/why-are-people-fleeing-los-angeles-for-san-bernardino|title=Why Are People Fleeing Los Angeles For San Bernardino?|first=Bianca|last=Barragan|date=February 6, 2014|website=La.curbed.com}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite book | author1 = Robert E. Lang | author2 = Jennifer B. LeFurgy | date = 1 October 1, 2007 | title = Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities | publisher = Brookings Institution Press | pages = 169– | isbn = 978-0-8157-5112-0 | oclc = 1005941809 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vvnlW-9NKrUC&pg=PA169}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Downey |first=Dave |date=March 8 March, 2011 |title=REGION: Riverside County's population jumps by 42 percent in last decade |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-region-riverside-countys-population-jumps-by-42-2011mar08-story.html |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |location= |access-date=4 November 4, 2021}}<br/>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=8 March 8, 2011 |title=2000: Temecula's growth hailed, decried |url=https://www.pe.com/2011/03/08/2000-temeculas-growth-hailed-decried/ |work=Press-Enterprise |location=Riverside |access-date=November 4 November, 2021}}</ref> The cities of [[Temecula]] and [[Murrieta]] accounted for 20% of the increase in population of the county between 2000 and 2007.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

The [[Indigenous peoples of California|Indigenous peoples]] of the valleys, mountains and deserts of what is now Riverside County are the [[Serrano people|Serrano]], the [[Payómkawichum]], the [[Mohave people|Mohave]], the [[Cupeño|Cupeno]], the [[Chemehuevi]], the [[Cahuilla]], and the [[Tongva]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Trafzer |first=Clifford E. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80766874 |title=Native Americans of Riverside County |date=2006 |publisher=Arcadia Pub |others=Jeffrey A. Smith |isbn=978-0-7385-4685-8 |location=Charleston, SC |pages=7 |oclc=80766874}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-October 11, 2019 |title=Riverside County History {{!}} County of Riverside, CA |url=https://rivco.org/riverside-county-history |access-date=January 6, 2023-01-06 |website=rivco.org |language=en}}</ref> The Aguanga and Temecula Basins, [[Elsinore Trough]] and eastern [[Santa Ana Mountains]] are the traditional homelands of the Payómkawichum. The inland valleys in the [[Santa Rosa Mountains (California)|Santa Rosa]] and [[San Jacinto Mountains]] and the desert of the [[Salton Sink]] are the traditional homelands of the Cahuilla.

With the signing of the [[Treaty of Cordoba]] in 1821, Mexico gained its independence from Spain, but the [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel|San Gabriel Mission]] near what is now [[Los Angeles, California]], continued to expand, and established [[Rancho San Gorgonio (San Gabriel Mission)|Rancho San Gorgonio]] in 1824. The ranch was to be one of the Mission's principal ''rancherias'', and the most distant, and it occupied most of today's [[San Gorgonio Pass]] area.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gunther |first1=Jane Davies |title=Riverside County, California, Place Names; Their Origins and Their Stories |date=1984 |location=Riverside, California |pages=456–461}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gudde |first1=Erwin G. |title=California Place Names |date=1949 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley and Los Angeles |page=305 |edition=1st}}</ref>

* Hurkey Creek Park<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rivcoparks.org/parks/hurkey/hurkey-creek/ |title=Hurkey Creek – Home « Riverside County Regional Park & Open-Space District |access-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042915/http://www.rivcoparks.org/parks/hurkey/hurkey-creek/ |archive-date=December 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

* Idyllwild Park<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rivcoparks.org/parks/idyllwild/idyllwild-park-home/ |title=Idyllwild Park – Home « Riverside County Regional Park & Open-Space District |access-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223043738/http://www.rivcoparks.org/parks/idyllwild/idyllwild-park-home/ |archive-date=December 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

* McCall Memorial Equestrian Park<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rivcoparks.org/parks/mccall-equestrian-campground/mccall-equestrian-campground/ |title=McCall Equestrian Campground « Riverside County Regional Park & Open-Space District |access-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223043803/http://www.rivcoparks.org/parks/mccall-equestrian-campground/mccall-equestrian-campground/ |archive-date=December 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

|estyear=20222023

|footnote= U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>{{fvfailed verification|date=June 2023|reason=No mention of Riverside County at the given link}}<br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=October 3, 2015}}</ref>

|1900n=<ref name="ca190090">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970729060307/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|archive-date=July 29, 1997|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=October 3, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{dead link|date=June 2023}}

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!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>

!Pop 20101990<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web |title=P2California: HISPANIC OR LATINO1990, ANDPart NOT1 HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Riverside County, California|url=https://datawww2.census.gov/cedscilibrary/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06065&tid=DECENNIALPL2010publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-6-1.P2pdf |websiteaccess-date=[[UnitedJuly States Census14, Bureau]]2024}}</ref>

!Pop 20202000<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web |title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020California: DEC2000 Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Riverside County, California|url=https://datawww2.census.gov/cedscilibrary/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06065&tid=DECENNIALPL2020publications/2002/dec/phc-1-6.P2pdf |websiteaccess-date=[[UnitedJuly States Census14, Bureau]]2024}}</ref>

!{{partial|% 2020}}

|style='background: #ffffe6; |788,235

|style='background: #ffffe6; |146,762

|style='background: #ffffe6; |164,889

|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/ or Multi-Racial]] (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,202,295

|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''2,418,185'''

The [[Superior Courts of California|Riverside Superior Court]] is the state [[trial court]] for Riverside County with 14 [[courthouse]]s: [[Riverside County Historic Courthouse|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/address.htm|title=Locations|access-date=August 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221190312/http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/address.htm|archive-date=December 21, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The main courthouse is the Riverside Historic Courthouse. This landmark, erected in 1903, was modeled after the [[Grand Palais|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 ([[courtroom]]s).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riversideca.gov/museum/rmm/crthse.html|title=Rededication of the Historic Riverside County Courthouse|access-date=August 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322180154/http://www.riversideca.gov/museum/rmm/crthse.html|archive-date=March 22, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1994, the courthouse was closed for seismic retrofits due to the [[1992 Landers earthquake|1992 Landers]] and [[1994 Northridge earthquake]]s. The courthouse was reopened and rededicated in September 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/dayarch/rivday2.htm|title=California Courts Online - The most comprehensive resource on California court information|date=August 17, 2018|website=Courtinfo.ca.gov|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>

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.

Prior to 2008, Riverside County was historically a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold in [[President of the United States|presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections. Between its creation in 1893<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lech|first=Steve|date=February 7, 2019|title=In 1893, Riverside County's first few laws targeted alcohol, infectious bee disease|url=https://www.pe.com/in-1893-riverside-countys-first-few-laws-targeted-alcohol-infectious-bee-disease|access-date=January 26, 2021|website=[[Press Enterprise]]|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[2004 United States presidential election in California|2004]], it voted for the Democratic presidential nominee only three times:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kestenbaum|first=Lawrence|author-link=Lawrence Kestenbaum|date=|title=The Political Graveyard: Riverside County, Calif.|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-votes.html|access-date=January 26, 2021|website=[[The Political Graveyard]]}}</ref> [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in [[1936 United States presidential election in California|1936]] (by a margin of 337 votes, or 0.99%), [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in [[1964 United States presidential election in California|1964]] (by a margin of 19,363 votes, or 13.65%), and [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1992 United States presidential election in California|1992]] (by a margin of 6,784 votes, or 1.58%). In [[1932 United States presidential election in California|1932]], it was one of only two counties onin the entire [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] to vote for Republican president [[Herbert Hoover]] over Roosevelt during the latter's landslide victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1932.htm|title = Presidential election of 1932 - Map by counties}}</ref>

However, in [[2008 United States presidential election in California|2008]], consistent with a trend in California and nationwide suburbs towards the Democratic Party,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Matsumoto|first=Ryan|date=January 2, 2021|title=Why Democratic gains in the suburbs will outlast Trump|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/532359-why-democratic-gains-in-the-suburbs-will-outlast-trump|access-date=January 27, 2021|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en}}</ref> [[Barack Obama]] narrowly carried the county with 14,976 votes, a 2.32% margin over Republican [[John McCain]]. [[MittObama Romney]] lostwon the county again in [[2012 United States presidential election in California|2012]] inby a plurality. [[Hillary Clinton]] continued the Democratic winvictory streak in the [[2016 United States presidential election in California|2016 election]], and became the first and only losing Democratic nominee ever to win the county while losing their presidential election. Former Democratic [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] won the county outright in [[2020 United States presidential election in California|2020]] with a 79,196 lead over President [[Donald Trump]], the largest ever raw vote margin for a Democrat.

Despite the federal trend towards Democrats, Republicans have continued to win Riverside County at the state level. DuringIn the [[2018 California gubernatorial election|2018 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[John H. Cox]] (50.2%) narrowly defeated Democrat [[Gavin Newsom]] (49.8%) in the county despite losing in ahis landslide statewideloss.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/21-governor.pdf |title=Governor - Statewide Results PDF |publisher=California Secretary of State |access-date= January 15, 2022}}</ref> DuringIn the [[2021 California gubernatorial recall election|2021 gubernatorial recall election]] against Newsom held three years later, Riverside County narrowly voted in favor of recalling Newsom despite the recall failing in another landslide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2021-recall/sov/complete-sov.pdf|title=STATEMENT OF VOTE, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL RECALL ELECTION|publisher=Office of the [[California Secretary of State]]|last=Weber|first=Shirley|author-link=Shirley Weber|date=October 22, 2021|accessdate=January 15, 2022}}</ref> In the [[2022 California gubernatorial election|2022 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Brian Dahle]] defeated Newsom in the county despite the latter's victory statewide; Dahle won the county by a wider margin compared to Newsom's previous losses in 2018 and 2021.

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In the [[California State Senate]], the county is split between 4four legislative districts:<ref>{{cite web

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In the [[California State Assembly]], the county is split between 6six legislative districts:<ref>{{cite web

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Riverside County voted 64.8% in favor of [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]] which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages. Only the city of [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]] voted against the measure. {{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

* [https://www.brandman.edu Brandman University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021134832/https://www.brandman.edu/ |date=October 21, 2017 }}, part of the [[Chapman University#Colleges and programs|Chapman University]] System<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandman.edu/about/system.asp|title=About - Brandman University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013204204/http://www.brandman.edu/about/system.asp|archive-date=October 13, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> – Moreno Valley, Palm Desert, Riverside and Temecula

* [[College of the Desert]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collegeofthedesert.edu/visitors/aboutcod/Pages/default.aspx|title=About College of the Desert|website=Collegeofthedesert.edu|access-date=August 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229044709/http://www.collegeofthedesert.edu/visitors/aboutcod/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=December 29, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> – Palm Desert and Indio

* [[Olivet University]] – Anza<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Sites |url=https://www.olivetuniversity.edu/sites/ |website=Olivet University |publisher=Olivet University |access-date=May 17 May, 2022}}</ref>

* [[Riverside Community College District]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcc.edu/district/index.cfm|title=Riverside Community College District|access-date=August 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929205436/http://www.rcc.edu/district/index.cfm|archive-date=September 29, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

* [[Santa Barbara Business College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbbcollege.edu/history.asp|title=Why SBBCollege In California?|website=Sbbcollege.edu|access-date=October 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205154108/http://www.sbbcollege.edu/history.asp|archive-date=December 5, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> – Palm Desert

; Public school districts<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06065_riverside/DC20SD_C06065.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Riverside County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-July 20, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06065_riverside/DC20SD_C06065_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

[[Amtrak]] trains stop in [[Riverside (Amtrak station){{amtk|Riverside]]}} and [[Palm Springs (Amtrak station){{amtk|Palm Springs]]}}, and [[Amtrak California]] provides bus connections to the ''[[San Joaquins]]'' in [[Riverside (Amtrak station){{scax|Riverside]]Riverside–Downtown}}, [[Beaumont, California|Beaumont]], [[Palm Springs Airport|Palm Springs]], [[Thousand Palms, California|Thousand Palms]], [[Indio, California|Indio]], [[Moreno Valley, California|Moreno Valley]], [[Perris, California|Perris]], [[Sun City, California|Sun City]], and [[Hemet, California|Hemet]].

[[Metrolink (Southern California)|Metrolink]] trains serve nine stations in Riverside County: [[Riverside (Amtrak station){{scax|Riverside-Downtown]]Riverside–Downtown}}, [[Riverside-La Sierra (Metrolink station){{scax|Riverside-LaRiverside–La Sierra]]}}, [[North Main Corona (Metrolink station){{scax|NorthCorona–North Main-Corona]]}}, [[West Corona (Metrolink station){{scax|West Corona]]Corona–West}}, [[Jurupa Valley/Pedley station{{scax|Jurupa Valley/Pedley]]}}, [[Riverside-Hunter Park/UCR station{{scax|HunterRiverside–Hunter Park/UCR]]}}, [[{{scax|Moreno Valley/March Field station|March Field-Moreno Valley]]}}, [[Perris-Downtown station{{scax|Perris-Downtown]]Perris–Downtown}}, and [[Perris-South station{{scax|Perris-South]]Perris–South}}.<ref>[http://www.compassblueprint.org/tools/perris Pages - Project Details]. Compassblueprint.org. Retrieved on July 29, 2013.</ref> These trains provide service to Orange, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties seven days a week, with a primarily commuter-oriented schedule.

* [[Gold Base]], international headquarters of the [[Church of Scientology]] and [[Golden Era Productions]]<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7187E1046BC11&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Rural Studio is Scientology Headquarters]." ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''. August 13, 1991. 6B California News. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.{{Subscription required}}</ref><ref>Kelly, David. "Scientology foes blast new Riverside County law." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. January 10, 2009. [httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/2009archives/la-xpm-2009-jan/-10/local/-me-scientology10-story.html 1]. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.</ref>

! Population, <br />2020<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Riverside County, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/riversidecountycalifornia/POP010220 |website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=7 November 7, 2021}}</ref>

! Median household income,<br />2019<ref>{{cite web |title=American Community Survey 1-Year and 5-Year Estimates |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/ |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref>

|source = <ref name = "nasa">{{Cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title= NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|access-date = 30 January 30, 2016 |publisher= NASA}}</ref>