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The Cucamonga Valley is a region of southwestern
San Bernardino County San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,181, ...
and northwestern
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, in southern
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. It is located below the San Gabriel Mountains in the Inland Empire region.


Geography

It is a
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of the eastern
Pomona Valley The Pomona Valley is located in the Greater Los Angeles Area between the San Gabriel Valley and San Bernardino Valley in Southern California. The valley is approximately east of downtown Los Angeles. History On March 1, 1893 the California ...
and western
San Bernardino Valley The San Bernardino Valley ( es, Valle de San Bernardino) is a valley in Southern California located at the south base of the Transverse Ranges. It is bordered on the north by the eastern San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernardino Mountains; ...
. It is located between
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and
San Bernardino San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...
. The Cucamonga Valley AVA, a designated American Viticultural Area, is in the valley region. It was a major site of
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production in the late 19th through mid−20th centuries, before regional urban expansion with land development and
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spread into the area.


Cities

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Demographics

The demographics of the Cucamonga Valley have been shifting in recent years. The population of
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, who once constituted a large majority, is on the decline while the population of
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and African Americans is growing. Unlike most of
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, there is not a particularly strong representation of Asian Americans in the Cucamonga Valley, although it is steadily increasing. The city of Rancho Cucamonga has the highest population of Asian Americans in the Cucamonga Valley, at 9.0% of the population.


Transportation


Public transit

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Public transportation in Riverside County, California In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...
Two Metrolink commuter rail lines, the
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and the Riverside Line, serve the Cucamonga Valley area. The lines are named for their eastern terminal stations, with their shared western terminal being Los Angeles Union Station.


Highways

Freeways running in an east–west direction are (from northernmost to southernmost) State Route 210, Interstate 10, State Route 60 and State Route 91.
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is the valley's only north–south running freeway. Historic U.S. Route 66, as Foothill Boulevard, runs east–west through the region. Other major surface streets include Base Line Road, Arrow Route, 4th Street/San Bernardino Avenue, Van Buren/Mission Boulevard, and Valley Boulevard running east–west and Archibald Avenue, Sierra Avenue, and Riverside Avenue running north–south.


See also

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Notes and references

Valleys of Riverside County, California Valleys of San Bernardino County, California Pomona Valley California wine Inland Empire Regions of California {{RiversideCountyCA-geo-stub