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PLACE Southern California’s Riverside andT H E I N L A N D E M P I R ESan Bernardino counties, also known as the InlandEmpire, are among the fastest-growing counties inthe United States. The region is of special interestto Irvine because of its disproportionately largenumber of low-income residents and because thedynamics of growth and demography are creatingsignificant pressures on the community, includingincreasing demands on local schools. High schoolcompletion rates are shockingly low in someInland Empire school districts, and the percentageof young people who attend college falls belowstate and national averages.7