City Population And Economic Context
Salinas, CA
Salinas, CA city profile with direct Population Pulse only when verified, plus named parent-county economic context.
Overview
Salinas, CA city profile with direct Population Pulse only when verified, plus named parent-county economic context.
Current Population And County Economic Pulse
Direct city population values appear only when the Census place match is verified. Jobs and earnings use named parent-county context.
Population
Direct source match2025 population estimate
159,134
One-year change -0.4%
Five-year change -2.6%
Published from the active current-data Pulse release. This does not change the annual Combined Score.
County Jobs Context
Parent-county contextQ1 2026 average covered employment
Monterey County: 179,497
Q1 2025 +2.0%
2025 annual context 198,525
Monterey County data is shown as context; it is not claimed as a city estimate.
View Monterey County profile →