The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan is located just east of Los Angeles in Southern California. It covers over 27,000 square miles, and is commonly referred to as The Inland Empire.

The Inland Empire consists of two major counties: Riverside County, and San Bernardino county. It is the 13th most populated MSA as well as one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. It also has one of the fastest growing populations among metropolitan areas in the country.

Total Population: 4,653,105

(An increase of 1.16 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

• Foreign Born - 911,725
• Language Spoken at Home - 1,556,170

[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]

Quick Facts

• It is Geographically larger than ten states in the U.S.


• It has a population that is greater than almost half the states in the United States.


• It is the largest metropolitan statistical area that does not have an individual city with a population over 1 million in the United States.


• The largest demographic entity in the metropolitan area is Hispanic at 43.2%.


• Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario boasts the 5th largest Mexican population in America.


• San Bernardino County is the largest county in the United States at over 20,000 square miles.


• Latinos make up 50.5% of the population in San Bernardino county making it the second largest county in the nation with a majority Latino population.


• Iraqi's constitute the largest refugee group in the Inland Empire.


• The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA has the highest poverty rate among MSA's in the nation.


• It is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas over the past decade at 29.8%.