Salida, California

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Salida is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 12,560. Cultivation of almonds has historically been a significant activity in the vicinity, including a major Blue Diamond processing facility nearby;^[1] in fact, this plant is involved exclusively in processing whole brown almond kernels with a "dry" process, involving no water, heat or chemicals. Salida is within the East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District, which comprises 984 square miles of land area, and attends to a variety of environmental conservation and best management agricultural practices.^[2]

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 References
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[edit] Geography

Salida is located at 37°42′36″N, 121°5′21″W (37.709877, -121.089286).^GR1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.6 km² (5.3 mi²). 13.0 km² (5.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (4.56%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 12,560 people, 3,617 households, and 3,157 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 966.0/km² (2,502.0/mi²). There were 3,740 housing units at an average density of 287.7/km² (745.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 68.69% White, 3.38% African American, 1.28% Native American, 4.74% Asian, 0.25% Pacific Islander, 15.64% from other races, and 6.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31.07% of the population.

There were 3,617 households out of which 55.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.0% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.7% were non-families. 8.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.44 and the average family size was 3.63.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 36.0% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 36.4% from 25 to 44, 15.3% from 45 to 64, and 5.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 101.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $57,874, and the median income for a family was $60,114. Males had a median income of $42,188 versus $30,521 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,173. About 6.3% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.