Coachella Valley Region Economic Development Strategy

Table 1. Selected Economic Characteristics From U.S. Census Bureau

San Bernardino County

Riverside Compared to Other Counties

Riverside County

Imperial County

Los Angeles County

Orange County

San Diego County

EMPLOYMENT STATUS (POPULATION 16 YEARS AND OVER) Labor Force Participation Rate 60.9% 52.7%

64.8%

65.6%

62.2% 66.3%

Jobs/Housing Ratio

0.95

1.16

1.23

1.43

1.15

1.18

INDUSTRY (CIVILIAN EMPLOYED POPULATION 16 YEARS AND OVER) Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.3% 9.8% 0.5%

0.7%

0.7%

0.7%

Construction Manufacturing Wholesale trade

9.3% 8.1% 2.7%

5.6% 4.1% 2.5%

6.2% 8.6% 3.0% 9.8%

6.0%

8.1% 7.6% 3.0%

6.4%

11.8%

10.0%

3.1%

1.9%

Retail trade

12.1% 11.7%

10.1%

12.3% 10.0%

Transportation and warehousing, and utilities

7.7%

6.7%

6.6%

4.2%

12.0% 4.5%

Information

1.5%

0.8%

4.5%

1.9%

1.2%

2.0%

Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing Prof., scientific, and mgmt, and admin and waste mgmt srvcs

4.9%

3.2%

5.8%

8.4%

4.2%

6.1%

10.5% 7.4%

13.8%

14.9%

9.6%

16.5%

Educational services, and healthcare and social assistance

21.1% 23.8%

21.7%

21.0%

22.0% 21.9%

Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food srvcs Other services, except public administration

10.7% 9.3%

10.6%

10.1%

8.8%

10.2%

5.0%

4.4%

5.4%

4.8%

5.1%

4.8%

Public administration

5.2%

10.7%

3.6%

3.2%

5.4%

5.0%

Note: Values provided as shares unless where noted. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019-2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates; TNDG.

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