Salina, Kansas

**Salina**  is a city in Saline County in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is the county seat of Saline County. In 2020, 46,889 people lived there.

## Geography

Salina is at  (38.8402805, -97.6114237. It has an elevation of . It is in north-central Kansas at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Interstate 135. It is  north of Wichita, Kansas,  west of Kansas City, Missouri, and  east of Denver, Colorado.

Salina is in the Smoky Hills area in the Great Plains. It is close to the Smoky Hills River and the Saline River.

The United States Census Bureau said the city has a total area of .  of that is land and  is water.

### Weather

Salina has a lot of severe thunderstorms, and they can get tornadoes.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 46,889 people, 19,295 households, and 11,543 families living in Topeka. Of the households, 61.3% owned their home and 38.7% rented their home.

The median age was 38.7 years. Of the people, 78.1% were White, 3.8% were Black, 2.3% were Asian, 0.7% were Native American, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 4.5% were from some other race, and 10.4% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.4% of the people.

## Economy

Salina was the first place for Lee Jeans. They opened in 1889.

The biggest employers are:
|#|Employer|# of Employees|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1|Tony's Pizza|2,000|
|2|Salina Regional Health Center|1,082|
|3|USD 305|935|
|4|Exide|800|
|5|Great Plains Manufacturing|650|
|6|Philips Lighting|600|
|7|City of Salina|493|
|8|Saline County|277|
|9|ElDorado National|255|

## Media

_The Salina Journal_ is the local newspaper. They publish every day.

### City

- City of Salina
- Salina - Directory of Public Officials
- Salina - Chamber of Commerce

### Schools

- USD 305, Salina Public Schools
- Sacred Heart Junior/Senior High School

### Historical

- Smoky Hill Museum
- Salina Arts & Humanities Commission
- Special Collections:  A gift of William A. Phillips, the founder of Salina
- , from _Hatteberg's People_ on KAKE TV news

### Maps

- Salina City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Salina, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: Salina water tower.jpg
- **image caption**: Water tower (2013)
- **image map**: Saline_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Salina_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Saline County, Kansas, Saline County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Saline Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Saline County, Kansas, Saline County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Saline County, Kansas, Saline
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1870
- **government type**: Council–manager government, Council-Manager
- **leader name**: Greg Lenkiewicz
- **leader title1**: City manager
- **leader name1**: Jacob Wood
- **area total sq mi**: 25.81
- **area land sq mi**: 25.77
- **area water sq mi**: 0.03
- **area total km2**: 66.84
- **area land km2**: 66.75
- **area water km2**: 0.09
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1227
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 46889
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67401-67402
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 476808