Riverside County Innovation Month Brochure

2.5 Million TOTAL POPULATION $79,024 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME

4 th Largest COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA 28% INCOME GROWTH (2015-2020)

10 th Largest COUNTY IN USA Top 11 % INCOME COUNTY IN USA

With a 2021 Gross Regional Product (GRP) of $104 billion, Riverside County is in the top 1.5% of all US Counties, ranking 44th out of 3,114. Riverside County had the 10th largest total GRP of all California Counties. Riverside County’s 2021 GRP is larger than 13 states. The Southern California region (LA, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura and

Imperial counties) in 2021 made up 47.9% of California’s total GDP. For job growth, Riverside County grew county resident employment by 190,800 from April 2020 to April 2022, making the county the fourth fastest growing of all counties in California, regardless of size.

The top five fastest growing counties for this time period in resident employment includes our neighboring counties Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange and San Bernardino. This makes Southern California the fastest growing job area in the state. Growing by over 1.6 million jobs from April 2020 to April 2022.

Sources: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Census 2020, US Bureau of Economic Activity, State of California Employment Development Department