Norco is a city in Riverside County California United States. Located roughly 40 miles (64 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean Norco is known as “Horsetown USA” and prides itself on being a "horse community”. The area is dotted with corrals farms hitching posts ranches riding trails and tack-and-feed supply stores; there are also city ordinances in-place requiring new construction to have a "traditional rustic... Western flavor". As of the 2020 census the city population was 26316 down from 27063 at the 2010 census.