Riviera Beach is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.

[2] Prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, racially restrictive covenants were used in Maryland to exclude African-Americans and other minorities.

A July 8, 1928 advertisement in the Baltimore Sun for houses in Riviera Beach described the community as a "refined, restricted" neighborhood.

[3] Riviera Beach is located at 39°09′43″N 76°31′05″W / 39.162008°N 76.517982°W / 39.162008; -76.517982,[4] on the southwest shore of the tidal Patapsco River, the waterway which forms Baltimore's harbor to the northwest.

22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.