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Riverside, California

Riverside
City
Mission Inn
Mission Inn
First Church of Christ
First Church of Christ
Riverside County Superior Court
Riverside County Superior Court
Riverside Art Museum
Riverside Art Museum
Flag of Riverside
Flag
Official seal of Riverside
Seal
Motto: 
City of Arts & Innovation
Map
Map
Map
Map
Riverside is located in California
Riverside
Riverside
Riverside is located in the United States
Riverside
Riverside
Coordinates: 33°56′53″N 117°23′46″W / 33.94806°N 117.39611°W / 33.94806; -117.39611
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyRiverside
IncorporatedOctober 11, 1883 (1883-10-11)[1]
CharteredMarch 5, 1907 (1907-03-05)[2]
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager[3]
 • MayorPatricia Lock Dawson (I)
 • City managerMike Futrell[4]
Area
[5]
 • City81.54 sq mi (211.18 km2)
 • Land81.23 sq mi (210.38 km2)
 • Water0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2)
Elevation
[6]
827 ft (252 m)
Population
 (2020)[7]
 • City314,998
 • Estimate 
(2021)[7]
317,261
 • Rank61st in the United States
12th in California
 • Density3,877.85/sq mi (1,497.28/km2)
 • Urban
[8]
2,276,703 (US: 19th)
 • Urban density3,741.1/sq mi (1,444.4/km2)
 • Metro
[9]
4,599,839 (US: 13th)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes
92501–92509, 92513–92519, 92521–92522
Area code951
FIPS code06-62000
GNIS feature IDs1661315, 2410965
Websiteriversideca.gov

Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River.[10] It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and in Riverside County, and is about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Riverside is the 61st-most-populous city in the United States and the 12th-most-populous city in California. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 314,998.[7] Along with San Bernardino, Riverside is a principal city in the nation's 13th-largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA); the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (pop. 4,599,839) ranks in population just below San Francisco (4,749,008) and above Detroit (4,392,041).

Riverside was founded in the early 1870s. It is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn, the nation's largest Mission Revival Style building.[11] It is also home to the Riverside National Cemetery and the Eastern Division of the Federal District Court for the Central District of California.

The University of California, Riverside, is in the northeastern part of the city. The university hosts the Riverside Sports Complex. Other attractions in Riverside include the Fox Performing Arts Center, Museum of Riverside, which houses exhibits and artifacts of local history, the California Museum of Photography, the California Citrus State Historic Park, Castle Park, and the Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree, the last of California's two original navel orange trees.[12]

  1. ^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "Over One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years of Service" (PDF). City of Riverside. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  3. ^ "Riverside City Charter" (PDF). City of Riverside. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. ^ "City Manager". Riverside, California. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "Riverside". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c "QuickFacts: Riverside city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  8. ^ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  10. ^ Gunther, pages 427–429.
  11. ^ "Riversideca.gov" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
  12. ^ August 5, 2004

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