City profile · Mid-size City
Salinas, California
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Salinas, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Dennis Donohue
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 151,060
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcesalinas.gov/City-Hall/Council/Office-of-the-Mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagesalinas.gov/City-Hall/Council/Office-of-the-Mayor ↗
- City websitesalinas.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Dennis Donohue CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
- Kimbley Craig FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 151,060
- Median household income
- $84,250
- Median age
- 31.7
- Land area
- 23.51 sq mi
- Population density
- 6,425.4 per sq mi
- County
- Monterey County
- Metro area
- Salinas, CA
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