2024 population: 767,816 ( 9,545 from 2020)
Land area: 5115.5 square miles
Population density: 150.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	277,311	36.12%	7.3%
Black:	13,068	1.70%	7.1%
Indian:	2,438	0.32%	6.7%
Asian:	43,944	5.72%	5.2%
2+ races:	19,700	2.57%	0.3%
Hispanic:	411,355	53.57%	2.8%

Total non-White:	490,505	63.88%	2.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	36,407	11.7
Deaths:	22,952	7.4
Net Migration:	-35,029	-11.3
Net Immigration:	11,995	3.9

Change in White population:	-21,767	-2.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	12,222	1.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
777,361
299,078	38.47%
14,072	1.81%
2,612	0.34%
41,774	5.37%
19,649	2.53%
400,176	51.48%
478,283	61.53%

2010
732,708
313,986	42.85%
13,959	1.91%
2,570	0.35%
37,958	5.18%
17,534	2.39%
345,281	47.12%
418,722	57.15%

2000
710,598
354,022	49.82%
16,720	2.35%
3,241	0.46%
34,762	4.89%
17,781	2.50%
281,971	39.68%
356,576	50.18%

1990
622,091
379,313	60.97%
23,928	3.85%
3,971	0.64%
35,980	5.78%
n/a
178,899	28.76%
242,778	39.03%

1980
503,590
340,072	67.53%
20,255	4.02%
2,285	0.45%
26,042	5.17%
n/a
113,654	22.57%
163,518	32.47%

1970
392,087
286,731	73.13%
10,487	2.67%
1,250	0.32%
12,466	3.18%
n/a
75,548	19.27%
105,356	26.87%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
92,520	12.6
42,219	5.8
-17,615	-2.4
4,961	0.7

-14,908	-2.0
59,561	8.1

Number	Rate
2000's
108,541	15.3
39,372	5.5
-94,878	-13.4
40,098	5.6

-40,036	-5.6
62,146	8.7

Number	Rate
1990's
117,319	18.9
42,071	6.8
-75,246	-12.1
48,227	7.8

-25,291	-4.1
113,798	18.3

Number	Rate
1980's
108,956	21.6
40,319	8.0
53,633	10.7
n/a

39,241	7.8
79,260	15.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
68,126	17.4
n/a

53,341	13.6
58,162	14.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.6
179,836	23.4%
587,980	76.6%
118,573	15.4%

247,312
2.99

172,396	69.7%
127,164	73.8%
15,059	8.7%
74,916	30.3%

2010
Number	Percent
34.4
182,497	24.9%
550,211	75.1%
78,940	10.8%

237,106
2.96

161,678	68.2%
120,200	74.3%
15,338	9.5%
75,428	31.8%

2000
Number	Percent
33.0
191,465	26.9%
519,133	73.1%
69,706	9.8%

228,354
2.98

159,415	69.8%
123,490	77.5%
14,519	9.1%
68,939	30.2%

1990
Number	Percent
31.1
163,325	26.3%
458,766	73.7%
64,235	10.3%

208,811
2.84

147,905	70.8%
119,749	81.0%
12,172	8.2%
60,906	29.2%

1980
Number	Percent
29.1
135,867	27.0%
367,723	73.0%
53,901	10.7%

175,904
2.72

124,207	70.6%
103,279	83.2%
10,526	8.5%
51,697	29.4%

2022 Housing Data for Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,819	3.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,337	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,556	2.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,882	2.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,159	2.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,979	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,631	2.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,602	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,353	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	13,704	5.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	19,640	7.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	32,529	13.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	26,838	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	19,147	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	28,589	11.6%
$200,000 or more	44,547	18.0%

Median Household Income	97,333
Per Capita Income	43,895

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	151

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	11,715	4.7%
Public Assistance	6,605	2.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	24,914	10.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	161,705	67.7%
Unemployed	9,522	4.0%
In Armed Forces	5,559	2.3%

Total Labor Force	176,786	74.1%
Not in Labor Force	61,901	25.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	133,737	96,244	58.2%
Non-Profit	9,572	15,400	38.3%
Self-Employed	23,787	17,358	57.8%

Local Government	13,042	19,318	40.3%
State Government	7,309	8,534	46.1%
Federal Government	4,957	3,312	59.9%

Total Private + Self	157,524	113,602	58.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	34,880	46,564	42.8%
Total	192,404	160,166	54.6%

Pct. Govt.	16.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	53,952	15.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	65,195	18.4%
Professional, Technical	78,038	22.1%
Service Occupations	64,766	18.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	24,705	7.0%
All others	91,583	25.9%

White Collar		55.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	40,192	11.4%
Educational services	36,554	10.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	35,583	10.1%
Retail trade	34,847	9.9%
Accommodation and food services	27,814	7.9%
Construction	27,259	7.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	25,487	7.2%
Manufacturing	25,170	7.1%
Public administration	16,509	4.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	16,187	4.6%
Other services	15,407	4.4%
Transportation and warehousing	11,080	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,741	2.8%
Wholesale trade	8,913	2.5%
Finance and insurance	7,015	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,210	1.8%
Information	6,068	1.7%
Utilities	3,176	0.9%
Management	204	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	118	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	357,102	46.32%
Puerto Rican	4,821	0.63%
Cuban	1,579	0.20%
Dominican	184	0.02%

Total Central American	13,025	1.69%
Costa Rican	226	0.03%
Guatemalan	1,957	0.25%
Honduran	997	0.13%
Nicaraguan	647	0.08%
Panamanian	330	0.04%
Salvadoran	8,805	1.14%
Other Central American	63	0.01%

Total South American	4,511	0.59%
Argentinean	1,268	0.16%
Bolivian	116	0.02%
Chilean	372	0.05%
Colombian	609	0.08%
Ecuadorian	456	0.06%
Paraguayan	69	0.01%
Peruvian	1,032	0.13%
Uruguayan	195	0.03%
Venezuelan	394	0.05%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	12,423	1.61%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	15,140	1.96%
Chinese	7,746	1.00%
Indian	4,621	0.60%
Japanese	4,083	0.53%
Korean	3,161	0.41%
Vietnamese	2,388	0.31%
Thai	489	0.06%
Taiwanese	402	0.05%
Cambodian	182	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	391,337	54.0%
Spanish	288,013	39.7%
Other Indo-European	9,325	1.3%
Tagalog	7,254	1.0%
Chinese	5,818	0.8%
Other Asian	5,776	0.8%
German, other Germanic	3,978	0.5%
Arabic	3,167	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,696	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	58,463	7.6%
English	57,369	7.4%
Irish	51,476	6.7%
Italian	35,466	4.6%
American	15,357	2.0%
European	14,536	1.9%
French	12,036	1.6%
Scottish	11,810	1.5%
Portuguese	9,662	1.3%
Polish	8,669	1.1%
Norwegian	8,322	1.1%
Swedish	7,959	1.0%
Dutch	6,449	0.8%
Russian	5,492	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	5,416	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	649,783	84.3%
Not a citizen	121,150	15.7%

Native	585,115	75.9%
Foreign-born	185,818	24.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
65,229	13.0%	36,522	7.3%	96,809	19.3%	142,090	28.3%	96,426	19.2%	65,129	13.0%
Average years of education: 12.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	65,229	13.0%
9-12 Years	36,522	7.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	96,809	19.3%
Some College	142,090	28.3%
Bach. Degree	96,426	19.2%
Grad Degree	65,129	13.0%
Average years of education: 12.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	329,225	300,326	28,899	8.8%
1991	330,597	295,194	35,403	10.7%
1992	337,955	298,520	39,435	11.7%
1993	339,344	297,949	41,395	12.2%
1994	338,060	299,155	38,905	11.5%
1995	336,323	298,795	37,528	11.2%
1996	340,097	305,020	35,077	10.3%
1997	348,686	314,640	34,046	9.8%
1998	351,060	318,133	32,927	9.4%
1999	353,226	323,986	29,240	8.3%

2000	378,721	354,804	23,917	6.3%
2001	381,648	355,244	26,404	6.9%
2002	381,534	349,481	32,053	8.4%
2003	378,461	345,730	32,731	8.6%
2004	375,703	346,053	29,650	7.9%
2005	374,125	348,182	25,943	6.9%
2006	370,881	347,019	23,862	6.4%
2007	374,627	349,892	24,735	6.6%
2008	383,205	352,003	31,202	8.1%
2009	389,950	343,247	46,703	12.0%

2010	385,868	334,051	51,817	13.4%
2011	385,657	334,867	50,790	13.2%
2012	387,832	341,425	46,407	12.0%
2013	386,078	345,587	40,491	10.5%
2014	388,523	353,280	35,243	9.1%
2015	391,260	360,381	30,879	7.9%
2016	393,000	364,099	28,901	7.4%
2017	392,952	367,114	25,838	6.6%
2018	394,426	371,491	22,935	5.8%
2019	394,510	371,817	22,693	5.8%

2020	378,645	339,730	38,915	10.3%
2021	377,180	348,077	29,103	7.7%
2022	387,130	366,027	21,103	5.5%
2023	383,290	358,441	24,849	6.5%
2024	391,700	365,364	26,336	6.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	270,661
Median Value	$790,405

Occupied	247,312	91.4%
Vacant	23,349	8.6%

Owned	139,298	56.3%
Rented	108,014	43.7%
Median Rent	$1,957

Single-Family Units	194,461	71.8%
Detached	175,374	64.8%
Attached	19,087	7.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	39,060	14.4%
Mobile Homes	13,801	5.1%

Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Monterey-Salinas, CA Market Area