Riverside is a large city located in the state of California. With a population of 255,093 people and 36 constituent neighborhoods, Riverside is the 11th largest community in California.

Riverside is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Riverside is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Riverside who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.12%), sales jobs (10.47%), and teaching (7.60%).

Even though Riverside is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Riverside Information and Demographics

The population of Riverside overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Riverside, 19.08% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Riverside in 2000 was $17,882, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,528 for a family of four.

Riverside is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Riverside home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Riverside is White, followed by African-American. Riverside also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.24% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Riverside include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

In addition, Riverside has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.92%).

The most common language spoken in Riverside is English. Some people also speak Spanish.