2048

By 2048, Riverside and San Bernardino counties are expected to reach a combined population of 5,692,922 residents. It will be where Southern California's millennials and Generation Z will have settled down to raise families. According to California ...

The Inland Empire “has more people driving to work than any other place in the United States,” according to Green. “We’re going to be a region of 5 million plus,” he said. “The Latino population is leveling off, too: We thought (Latinos) were going to be 50% of California, but they’re not.” In the 1980s, more than half of California’s growth was from people coming from elsewhere in the country or from outside the U.S. Latinos already make up half of the Inland Empire’s population. California’s growth was due in part to the state’s defense contractors and Cold War-era defense spending. That spike was due to the poorer economic conditions in the rest of the country, and not a typical state of affairs, according to Myers. In the 1990s, that dropped to 22% and to 20% in the 2000s, according to Myers. in the 1980s. “There was massive migration in the 1980s. In the 1980s, California grew by more than 6 million residents. That’s because of its potential for more housing and job creation compared to other parts of the region.