Salinas is the county seat and largest municipality of Monterey County in the U.S. state of California. The most current estimate from the California Department of Finance, places the 2006 population at 148,350, showing a slight decrease since 2000 which is largely attributed to the city's high cost of living. The largely suburban city is located at the mouth of the Salinas Valley roughly eight miles from the Pacific Ocean and enjoys a mild climate. Salinas is known for being an agricultural center as well as being the hometown of famed writer and Nobel prize laureate John Steinbeck.
As of the census of 2000, there were 151,060 people, 38,298 households, and 30,025 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 44.10% Hispanic, 65.16% White, 5.90% Asian American, 3.27% African American, 1.26% Native American out of which 49.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were 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 3.66 and the average family size was 4.07.
Salinas enjoys cool and moderate temperatures due to the "natural air conditioner" that conveys ocean air and fog in from the Monterey Bay to Salinas while towns to the north and south of Salinas experience hotter summers as mountains block the ocean air. Thus Salinas weather is closer to that of the Central Coast of California rather than that of inland valleys and thus enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate with typical daily highs ranging from the low 50s (°F) in the winter to the low 70s (°F) in the summer. The difference between ocean and air temperature also tends to create heavy morning fog during the summer months (known as the marine layer) driven by an onshore wind created by the local high pressure sunny portions of the Salinas Valley which extend north and south from Salinas and the Bay.
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Community Human Services
1083 South Main Street,
Salinas, CA 93901
MONTEREY USA
Primary Focus: Substance abuse treatment services
Services Provided: Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Door To Hope
130 Church Street, Suite 3
Salinas, CA 93901
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Door To Hope
165 Clay Street,
Salinas, CA 93901
MONTEREY USA
Primary Focus: Substance abuse treatment services
Services Provided: Substance abuse treatment, Buprenorphine Services
Sun Street Centers Inc
8 Sun Street,
Salinas, CA 93901
MONTEREY USA
Primary Focus: Substance abuse treatment services
Services Provided: Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification
Valley Health Associates
338 Monterey Street,
Salinas, CA 93901
MONTEREY USA
Primary Focus: Substance abuse treatment services
Services Provided: Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
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