Riverside-San Bernardino Metro Area Population 1950-2020
NOTE: All data from 2020 and beyond are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Riverside-San Bernardino metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Riverside-San Bernardino in 2020 is 2,469,000, a 1.94% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Riverside-San Bernardino in 2019 was 2,422,000, a 2.02% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Riverside-San Bernardino in 2018 was 2,374,000, a 2.55% increase from 2017.
- The metro area population of Riverside-San Bernardino in 2017 was 2,315,000, a 2.52% increase from 2016.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
18,804,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,447,000 |
| Chicago |
8,865,000 |
| Houston |
6,371,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,301,000 |
| Miami |
6,122,000 |
| Atlanta |
5,803,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,717,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,322,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,511,000 |
| Boston |
4,309,000 |
| Detroit |
3,548,000 |
| Seattle |
3,433,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,314,000 |
| San Diego |
3,251,000 |
| Minneapolis |
2,926,000 |
| Tampa |
2,877,000 |
| Denver |
2,827,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,699,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,469,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,325,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,320,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,213,000 |
| Portland |
2,151,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,123,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,054,000 |
| Austin |
2,053,000 |
| Orlando |
1,964,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,807,000 |
| San Jose |
1,791,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,763,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,746,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,704,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,686,000 |
| Columbus |
1,644,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,477,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,444,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,439,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,280,000 |
| Nashville |
1,249,000 |
| Providence |
1,200,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,169,000 |
| Memphis |
1,150,000 |
| Richmond |
1,105,000 |
| Louisville |
1,089,000 |
| McAllen |
1,012,000 |
| Hartford |
999,000 |
| New Orleans |
992,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
989,000 |
| Tucson |
982,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
953,000 |
| El Paso |
951,000 |
| Albuquerque |
915,000 |
| Honolulu |
892,000 |
| Buffalo |
891,000 |
| Cape Coral |
851,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
848,000 |
| Birmingham |
842,000 |
| Omaha |
835,000 |
| Fresno |
769,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
766,000 |
| Tulsa |
766,000 |
| Allentown |
763,000 |
| Rochester |
743,000 |
| Dayton |
741,000 |
| Knoxville |
741,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
736,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
734,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
716,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
711,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
708,000 |
| Bakersfield |
691,000 |
| Concord |
683,000 |
| Springfield |
669,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
668,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
636,000 |
| Albany |
630,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
599,000 |
| New Haven |
593,000 |
| The Woodlands |
570,000 |
| Akron |
565,000 |
| Worcester |
548,000 |
| Des Moines |
544,000 |
| Harrisburg |
542,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
537,000 |
| Greenville |
529,000 |
| Kissimmee |
528,000 |
| Wichita |
527,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
521,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
519,000 |
| Little Rock |
514,000 |
| Toledo |
509,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
509,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
507,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
504,000 |
| Reno |
504,000 |
| Lancaster |
497,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
491,000 |
| Madison |
487,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
476,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
467,000 |
| Boise City |
447,000 |
| Spokane |
447,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
445,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
444,000 |
| Stockton |
436,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
421,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
420,000 |
| Syracuse |
420,000 |
| Durham |
418,000 |
| Modesto |
411,000 |
| Concord |
401,000 |
| Visalia |
401,000 |
| Oxnard |
397,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
392,000 |
| Huntsville |
384,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
377,000 |
| Scranton |
375,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
370,000 |
| Greensboro |
361,000 |
| Lafayette |
358,000 |
| Youngstown |
357,000 |
| Pensacola |
355,000 |
| Asheville |
354,000 |
| Antioch |
353,000 |
| Montgomery |
352,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
347,000 |
| Fayetteville |
347,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
347,000 |
| Flint |
345,000 |
| Lakeland |
344,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
340,000 |
| Fort Collins |
337,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
334,000 |
| Mobile |
333,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
331,000 |
| Trenton |
329,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
328,000 |
| Lansing |
326,000 |
| Rockford |
324,000 |
| Savannah |
324,000 |
| Shreveport |
322,000 |
| Laredo |
315,000 |
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Riverside-San Bernardino - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2020 |
2,469,000 |
1.94% |
| 2019 |
2,422,000 |
2.02% |
| 2018 |
2,374,000 |
2.55% |
| 2017 |
2,315,000 |
2.52% |
| 2016 |
2,258,000 |
2.54% |
| 2015 |
2,202,000 |
2.51% |
| 2014 |
2,148,000 |
2.48% |
| 2013 |
2,096,000 |
2.54% |
| 2012 |
2,044,000 |
2.51% |
| 2011 |
1,994,000 |
2.52% |
| 2010 |
1,945,000 |
2.53% |
| 2009 |
1,897,000 |
2.54% |
| 2008 |
1,850,000 |
2.49% |
| 2007 |
1,805,000 |
2.56% |
| 2006 |
1,760,000 |
2.50% |
| 2005 |
1,717,000 |
2.51% |
| 2004 |
1,675,000 |
2.51% |
| 2003 |
1,634,000 |
2.51% |
| 2002 |
1,594,000 |
2.57% |
| 2001 |
1,554,000 |
2.51% |
| 2000 |
1,516,000 |
2.57% |
| 1999 |
1,478,000 |
2.50% |
| 1998 |
1,442,000 |
2.56% |
| 1997 |
1,406,000 |
2.63% |
| 1996 |
1,370,000 |
2.54% |
| 1995 |
1,336,000 |
2.53% |
| 1994 |
1,303,000 |
2.60% |
| 1993 |
1,270,000 |
2.50% |
| 1992 |
1,239,000 |
2.57% |
| 1991 |
1,208,000 |
2.55% |
| 1990 |
1,178,000 |
4.53% |
| 1989 |
1,127,000 |
5.23% |
| 1988 |
1,071,000 |
5.21% |
| 1987 |
1,018,000 |
5.17% |
| 1986 |
968,000 |
5.22% |
| 1985 |
920,000 |
5.14% |
| 1984 |
875,000 |
5.29% |
| 1983 |
831,000 |
5.19% |
| 1982 |
790,000 |
5.19% |
| 1981 |
751,000 |
5.18% |
| 1980 |
714,000 |
2.73% |
| 1979 |
695,000 |
1.91% |
| 1978 |
682,000 |
1.94% |
| 1977 |
669,000 |
1.83% |
| 1976 |
657,000 |
1.86% |
| 1975 |
645,000 |
2.06% |
| 1974 |
632,000 |
1.77% |
| 1973 |
621,000 |
1.97% |
| 1972 |
609,000 |
1.84% |
| 1971 |
598,000 |
2.05% |
| 1970 |
586,000 |
3.72% |
| 1969 |
565,000 |
4.44% |
| 1968 |
541,000 |
4.44% |
| 1967 |
518,000 |
4.44% |
| 1966 |
496,000 |
4.64% |
| 1965 |
474,000 |
4.41% |
| 1964 |
454,000 |
4.37% |
| 1963 |
435,000 |
4.57% |
| 1962 |
416,000 |
4.26% |
| 1961 |
399,000 |
4.45% |
| 1960 |
382,000 |
9.14% |
| 1959 |
350,000 |
10.76% |
| 1958 |
316,000 |
10.88% |
| 1957 |
285,000 |
10.89% |
| 1956 |
257,000 |
10.78% |
| 1955 |
232,000 |
10.48% |
| 1954 |
210,000 |
11.11% |
| 1953 |
189,000 |
10.53% |
| 1952 |
171,000 |
11.04% |
| 1951 |
154,000 |
10.79% |
| 1950 |
139,000 |
0.00% |
