The Inland Empire offers a strategic West Coast location, vast amounts of available land for future growth, a highly-skilled and educated work force, a sophisticated transportation infrastructure, and access to 27 colleges and universities (including seven research institutions). The area features a changing economic landscape with emerging technological productivity, and employs an excess of one million people. The Inland Empire is also one of America 's most unique regions, featuring pristine mountains, lakes, deserts, and ample recreation and sporting activities, all within an hour's drive to the shores of the Pacific Ocean .

Source: Rand McNally Road Atlas