Editing Salinas, California (section)

===2000===
The 2000 United States Census reported that Salinas had a population of 151,060. The population density was {{convert|7,948.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 39,659 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,086.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 65.2% 49.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.2% [[Asian American]], 3.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 38.7% from other races, and 5.1% from two or more races. 65.2% of the population was [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]], of any race.

49.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.69 people, and the average family contained 4.08 members.

The age distribution was 33.0% under the age of 19 or younger, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 15.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.7 males. For every 102 females age 18 and over, there were 117.4 males.

The median household [[income]] was $43,728, and the median family income was $44,669. Males had a median income of $35,641 versus $27,013 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,495. About 12.8% of families and 16.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.1% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

Household incomes in the city tended to be significantly higher alongside the city limits, especially in the northern Harden Ranch and Creekbridge neighborhoods. East Salinas and the downtown area suffered from a very low median household income as well as high crime rates. South and North Salinas featured roughly the same level of median households income with the latter being home to city's wealthiest newly constructed neighborhoods.<ref name="US Census Bureau, Income Map">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-tree_id=403&-_MapEvent=zoom&-errMsg=&-_useSS=N&-_dBy=150&-redoLog=false&-_zoomLevel=4&-tm_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_M00024&-tm_config=%7Cb=50%7Cl=en%7Ct=403%7Czf=0.0%7Cms=thm_def%7Cdw=0.3778881864165808%7Cdh=0.22403586680110513%7Cdt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent%7Cif=gif%7Ccx=-121.6414055%7Ccy=36.6865445%7Czl=5%7Cpz=5%7Cbo=%7Cbl=%7Cft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331%7Cfl=403:381:204:380:369:379:368%7Cg=16000US0664224%7Cds=DEC_2000_SF3_U%7Csb=50%7Ctud=false%7Cdb=150%7Cmn=0%7Cmx=83123%7Ccc=1%7Ccm=1%7Ccn=7%7Ccb=%7Cum=Dollars%7Cpr=0%7Cth=DEC_2000_SF3_U_M00024%7Csf=N%7Csg=&-PANEL_ID=tm_result&-_pageY=&-_lang=en&-geo_id=16000US0664224&-_pageX=&-_mapY=&-_mapX=&-_latitude=&-_pan=&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_longitude=&-_changeMap=Identify|title=US Census Bureau, Income Map|access-date=November 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202001134/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-tree_id=403&-_MapEvent=zoom&-errMsg=&-_useSS=N&-_dBy=150&-redoLog=false&-_zoomLevel=4&-tm_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_M00024&-tm_config=%7Cb=50%7Cl=en%7Ct=403%7Czf=0.0%7Cms=thm_def%7Cdw=0.3778881864165808%7Cdh=0.22403586680110513%7Cdt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent%7Cif=gif%7Ccx=-121.6414055%7Ccy=36.6865445%7Czl=5%7Cpz=5%7Cbo=%7Cbl=%7Cft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331%7Cfl=403:381:204:380:369:379:368%7Cg=16000US0664224%7Cds=DEC_2000_SF3_U%7Csb=50%7Ctud=false%7Cdb=150%7Cmn=0%7Cmx=83123%7Ccc=1%7Ccm=1%7Ccn=7%7Ccb=%7Cum=Dollars%7Cpr=0%7Cth=DEC_2000_SF3_U_M00024%7Csf=N%7Csg=&-PANEL_ID=tm_result&-_pageY=&-_lang=en&-geo_id=16000US0664224&-_pageX=&-_mapY=&-_mapX=&-_latitude=&-_pan=&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_longitude=&-_changeMap=Identify|archive-date=December 2, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>