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Riverside California
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Riverside is located at 90km east of Los Angeles.
Riverside is another piece of Southern California's
urban sprawl. Riverside is best known for its culturally
rich downtown district, including the historic Mission
Inn hotel, host to countless 20th-century luminaries,
from the Carnegies, Fords and Rockefellers to Amelia
Earhart and Humphrey Bogart. Southeast of Riverside, in
Perris, is the Orange Empire Railway Museum, which has a
vast collection of vintage streetcars and rail cars.
- Founded: 1870 (incorporated, 1883)
- Head Official: Mayor Ronald O. Loveridge
(since 1994)
- City Population
- 1980: 170,591
- 1990: 226,546
- 2000: 255,166
- 2003 estimate: 281,514
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 12.6%
- U.S. rank in 1980: 83rd
- U.S. rank in 1990: 68th
- U.S. rank in 2000: 78th
- Metropolitan Area Population (PMSA)
- 1980: 1,558,000
- 1990: 2,588,793
- 2000: 3,254,821
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 25.7%
- U.S. rank in 1980: 2nd (CMSA)
- U.S. rank in 1990: 2nd (CMSA)
- U.S. rank in 2000: 2nd (CMSA)
- Area: 85.6 square miles
- Elevation: 847 feet above sea level
- Average Annual Temperature: 66.0° F
- Average Annual Precipitation: 10.2 inches
- Major Economic Sectors: Light and medium
manufacturing, retail trade, education, and government
- Unemployment Rate: 5.5% (January 2005)
- Per Capita Income: $17,882 (1999)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 15,161
- Major Colleges and Universities: University
of California, Riverside; California Baptist
University, La Sierra University, Riverside Community
College
- Daily Newspaper: The Press-Enterprise
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