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Salinas, CA
160,783 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0664224 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Salinas ranked #301 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Salinas and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Oxnard CA, Santa Maria CA, Ontario CA, West Covina CA, Pasadena CA, Garden Grove CA, Visalia CA, Pomona CA, Vista CA, Richmond CA, El Cajon CA, Fontana CA, Modesto CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #301 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #219 | #191 | #277 | #225 | #319 | #305 | #284 | #303 | #309 | #313 | #315 | #316 | #266 | #287 | #265 | #187 | #193 | #307 | #301 | #208 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 145,355 | 144,430 | 144,808 | 146,641 | 148,481 | 150,887 | 152,412 | 153,815 | 154,958 | 155,717 | 156,244 | 156,830 | 156,463 | 155,647 | 155,465 | 163,393 | 162,859 | 161,270 | 160,548 | 160,783 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #314 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -2.9 | -2.9 | -1.8 | -1.1 | -0.7 | — | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -1.8 | -1.4 | -1.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #227 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #258 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 21.8% | 24.7% | 21.9% | 22.7% | 25.1% | 24.4% | 30.1% | 26.3% | 29.4% | 25.8% | 27.7% | 25.0% | 27.6% | 27.9% | 27.4% | — | 25.5% | 27.4% | 29.3% | 26.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #116 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data | 4.8 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 12.6 | 9.8 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 9.6 | 25.6 | 22.3 | 17.9 | 12.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | — | 8.1 | 7.5 | 3.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #104 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35.5 | 31.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 56,267 | 55,264 | 52,550 | 55,269 | 54,165 | 53,895 | 53,742 | 48,023 | 47,610 | 49,440 | 53,768 | 51,841 | 53,199 | 61,415 | 59,088 | 56,837 | 58,660 | 61,773 | 58,550 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #309 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.0 | +1.5 | -3.7 | +3.6 | -1.6 | -2.5 | -0.6 | -11.0 | -2.8 | -1.3 | +4.2 | -5.7 | +3.8 | +13.0 | -0.1 | +4.3 | +1.8 | -2.6 | -3.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61,884 | 66,235 | 62,873 | 66,382 | 67,316 | 72,530 | 70,097 | 67,750 | 68,201 | — | 68,629 | 69,868 | 68,732 | 71,236 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #142 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.4% | 10.0% | 9.5% | 6.6% | 6.5% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 3.9% | — | 5.0% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #199 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 8 in its peer group with data | 18% | 20% | 24% | 16% | 7% | 2% | 15% | 9% | 13% | — | — | — | 19% | — | — | — | — | 19% | — | 17% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #52 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 8 in its peer group with data | $716 | $651 | $554 | $509 | $469 | $419 | $368 | $379 | $300 | — | — | — | $473 | — | — | — | — | $1,587 | — | $889 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Salinas. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.