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Riverside County, located in the southeastern part of California, stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. It is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. Riverside County has a population of 1,545,387 residents, and a median household income is $42,887.

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Geographically, the county is mostly desert. Joshua Tree National Park is located in the county. Riverside County lies inland of Los Angeles, and large numbers of Los Angeles workers have moved to the county in recent years to take advantage of relatively affordable housing costs. It is one of the fastest growing parts of Greater Los Angeles.

The county is a vast area of some 7,303 square miles. At roughly 180 miles wide in the east-west dimension, the area of the county is massive. It includes such famous golf resorts as Indian Wells, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs and Palm Desert to fast-growing new communities in Corona.