Riverside County

Riverside County is one of the fastest growing counties and the fourth largest in California. Situated in the hub of the Inland Empire, which includes the Coachella Valley, Riverside County is one of the largest counties in California at 7,207 square miles. Riverside County boasts a richly diverse cultural and economic region.

Besides its growing manufacturing, business and retail centers, Riverside County also is known for tourism, primarily because of the hotel, golf and entertainment attractions of the Coachella Valley. Recreational and winter sports, boating and fishing make Lake Arrowhead and Lake Skinner, Diamond Valley, popular attraction destinations. From balloon festivals to award-winning wineries to nationally televised golf and tennis tournaments, Riverside County draws about 100 new people daily to enjoy the Southern California lifestyle and to relocate their businesses.

With affordable housing, Riverside County has become “home” to a well-educated and well-trained work force with about an hour-drive time to the Coachella Valley.

Population: 1,871,950. (21 percent growth rate since 2000)