Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Saline County (standard abbreviation: SA) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of 2000, the population was 53,597. The largest city and county seat is Salina. Saline County is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area. Saline County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement. The food sales requirement was removed with voter approval in 1994. As of the census of 2000, there were 53,597 people, 21,436 households, and 14,212 families residing in the county. The population density was 74 people per square mile (29/km²). There were 22,695 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile (12/km²).