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Monterey County

Also known as Monterey County, California, Monterey County, CA

county in California, United States

AI overview

Monterey County is a coastal region in California known for its scenic beauty and agricultural productivity, particularly wine production and vegetable farming. It matters because it is economically significant for California and home to important natural areas and communities along the central coast.

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Vinony's link graph records 2,519 inbound references to Monterey County, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, United States Census Bureau and Carmel-by-the-Sea.

The entry is geolocated on the map in CA.

It is catalogued under topics including 1850 establishments in California, California counties and Majority-minority counties in California.

Vinony links it to 66 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Population: 355560
Area: 9767
Official website: www.countyofmonterey.gov
Image: Big Sur June 2008.jpg
Households: 128003

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Commons category: Monterey County, California
inception: 1850-02-18
native label: Monterey County
water as percent of area: 13.01
per capita income: 32122
P12749: Eleanor Alice Burford

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Encyclopedic overview

Monterey County (/ˌmɒntəˈreɪ/ MON-tə-RAY), officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 439,035. The county's largest city and county seat is Salinas. Monterey County comprises the Salinas, California, Metropolitan Statistical Area. It borders on the southern part of Monterey Bay, after which it is named (northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County). Monterey County is a member of the regional governmental agency: the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments. Scenic features along the coastline - including Carmel-by-the-Sea, Big Sur, State Route 1, and the 17 Mile Drive on the Monterey Peninsula - have made the county famous around the world. Back when California was under Spanish and Mexican rule, the city of Monterey was its capital. Today, the economy of the county is mostly based on tourism in its coastal regions, and on agriculture in the region of the Salinas River valley. Most of the county's inhabitants live near the northern coast or in Salinas Valley; the southern coast and inland mountainous regions are sparsely populated.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monterey County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.