Ch. 14 The Southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development

Monterey is just on the outskirts of the Southwest Border Area. According to the map in Chapter 14, it is in the transitional area.

Like the Southwest Border Area, Monterey has a high Hispanic population. In 2010, the Monterey County had a population of 415,057. A little more than half of that population was Hispanic or Latino at 230,003. The majority of the Hispanic population resided in Salinas with a population of 112,799. Just in the city of Monterey alone, there was only 3,817 Hispanics or Latinos.

Monterey in the red:

References:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_County,_California#2010

2. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Map_of_California_highlighting_Monterey_County.svg/250px-Map_of_California_highlighting_Monterey_County.svg.png (pic)