Salida is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the CDP population was 12,560. Cultivation of almonds has historically been a significant activity in the vicinity, including a major Blue Diamond Growers processing facility nearby; in fact, this plant is involved exclusively in processing whole brown almond kernels with a'dry'process, involving no water, heat or chemicals. Salida is within the East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District, which comprises of land area, and attends to a variety of environmental conservation and best management agricultural...

Salida is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the CDP population was 12,560. Cultivation of almonds has historically been a significant activity in the vicinity, including a major Blue Diamond Growers processing facility nearby; in fact, this plant is involved exclusively in processing whole brown almond kernels with a'dry'process, involving no water, heat or chemicals. Salida is within the East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District, which comprises of land area, and attends to a variety of environmental conservation and best management agricultural practices.

While Salida is named for the Spanish word meaning, exit, the name is customarily pronounced according to English phonetics, as Sah-LIE-duh, rather than according to Spanish phonetics. Sah-LEETH-ah is in Colorado.

Geography
Salida is located at (37.709877, -121.089286).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.6 km²), of which, 5.0 square miles (13.0 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (4.56%) is water.

Salida is the highest populated unincorporated area in the United States.