Perris, California

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Perris, California
City
City of Perris
Perris Civic Center
Seal
Location in Riverside County and the state of California
Perris Location in the United States Show map of California Perris Perris (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 33°47′48″N 117°13′28″W / 33.79667°N 117.22444°W / 33.79667; -117.22444
Country	United States
State	California
County	Riverside
Incorporated	May 26, 1911[1]
Government
• Type	Council-manager
• Mayor	Michael M. Vargas[2]
• Mayor Pro Tem	Marisela Nava
• City Council	David Starr Rabb Rita Rogers Malcolm Corona
Area [3]
• Total	31.68 sq mi (82.04 km2)
• Land	31.57 sq mi (81.76 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.28 km2)  0.35%
Elevation [4]	1,453 ft (443 m)
Population  (2020)[5]
• Total	78,700
• Estimate  (2022)[6]	80,263
• Density	2,542.38/sq mi (981.69/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	92570–92572, 92599
Area code	951
FIPS code	06-56700
GNIS feature IDs	1652772, 2411403
Website	www.cityofperris.org

Perris is an old railway city in Riverside County, California, United States, located 71 miles (114 km) east-southeast of Los Angeles and 81 miles (130 km) north of San Diego. It is known for Lake Perris, an artificial lake, skydiving, Southern California Railway Museum, and its sunny dry climate. Perris is within the Inland Empire metropolitan area of Southern California. Perris had a population of 78,700 as of the 2020 census.^[5]