Indio, California

Indio, California
Nickname: 
The City of Festivals
Motto(s): 
"take center stage," "The Place to Be"
Location of Indio in Riverside County, California
Indio
Location in the United States
Indio
Indio (California)
Indio
Indio (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°43′14″N 116°12′56″W / 33.72056°N 116.21556°W / 33.72056; -116.21556
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyRiverside
Native American Reservation (partial)Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians & Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
IncorporatedMay 16, 1930
Government
 • TypeCity Council–City Manager
 • MayorElaine Holmes
 • Mayor Pro TemWaymond Fermon
 • City CouncilOscar Ortiz
Benjamin Guitron
Glenn Miller
Area
 • City
33.24 sq mi (86.08 km2)
 • Land33.23 sq mi (86.06 km2)
 • Water0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2)  0.02%
Elevation
−13 ft (−4 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City
89,137
 • Rank82nd in California
 • Density2,683/sq mi (1,036/km2)
 • Urban
361,075 (US: 114th)
 • Urban density2,378/sq mi (918.3/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes
92201–92203
Area codes442/760
FIPS code06-36448
GNIS feature IDs1652727, 2410101
Websiteindio.org

Indio (Spanish for "Indian") is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region. Indio is approximately 125 miles (201 km) east of Los Angeles, 23 miles (37 km) east of Palm Springs, and 98 miles (158 km) west of Blythe, California.

The population was 89,137 in the 2020 United States census, up from 76,036 at the 2010 census, an increase of 17%. Indio is the most populous city in the Coachella Valley, and was formerly referred to as the "Hub of the Valley," a Chamber of Commerce slogan used in the mid-twentieth century. Indio is now nicknamed the "City of Festivals," a reference to the numerous cultural events held in the city, most notably the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Festival.

Indio is the principal city of an urban area defined by the United States Census Bureau that is located in the Coachella Valley: the Indio–Palm Desert–Palm Springs CA urban area had a population of 361,075 as of the 2020 census, making it the 114th-most populous urban area in the United States.