blog post 2020 Census: Counting the Inland Empire By Tess Thorman, Vicki Hsieh, Sarah Bohn Sep 5, 2018 Counting Californians accurately in the 2020 Census is crucial. Many factors make the Inland Empire—home to more than 4.5 million Californians—a particularly challenging region.
blog post Video: Mobilizing the Inland Empire for the Census—and for the Future By Mary Severance Jun 19, 2019 At an event co-hosted by PPIC and the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Social Innovation, an expert panel discusses the Inland Empire’s community outreach approach for the 2020 Census and how the region aims to build this capacity for the long term.
blog post Job Growth Trends Have Diverged across California’s Regions By Andres Marquez, Julien Lafortune Jul 30, 2024 California in recent years has seen wide variation in employment trends across its major regions. Inland areas have seen the strongest job growth, though this is driven largely by gains in low-wage sectors of the economy.
California Counts, Report California’s Inland Empire: The Leading Edge of Southern California Growth By Anthony Downs Nov 21, 2005 Presents a demographic portrait of one of the fastest-growing regions of California, the semi-desert region east of Los Angeles and Orange Counties known as the Inland Empire. By 2005, it contained 3.8 million Californians, 10 percent of the entire state population, and more than a half-million more than lived there in 2000. Describes the area's distinct geographic and economic subregions. Affordable housing has been the main driving force for this phenomenal growth, but jobs, infrastructure and social services to support it have lagged behind, presenting a formidable challenge to leaders in the region and the state.
blog post A Regional Look at the Availability of Well-Paying Jobs after COVID By Rachel Lawler, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Sarah Bohn Dec 1, 2022 The nature of job loss and recovery during the pandemic varies across California’s regions. And these differences are reflected in residents’ views on employment opportunities in their part of the state.
Fact Sheet Poverty in California By Sarah Bohn, Caroline Danielson, Sara Kimberlin, Patricia Malagon Oct 18, 2023 With the end of many pandemic relief programs, poverty rates—especially for children—have gone up in the last two years.
blog post Tourism and Logistics Shape Southern California’s Pandemic Economy By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Apr 28, 2021 The labor market weakened in major Southern California metros when leisure and hospitality businesses closed. But these job losses have been offset by growth in transportation and warehousing, especially in the Inland Empire.