Based on the latest 2022 data from the US census, the current population of Salem is 7,187. Salem, Illinois is the 3,914th largest city in the US.
Salem is located entirely in Marion County.
The peak population of Salem was in 2000, when its population was 7,894. In 2000, Salem was the 3,272nd largest city in the US; now its fallen to the 3,914th largest city in the US. Salem is currently 9.0% smaller than it was in 2000.
Salem has shrunk 8.9% since the year 2000. Salem, Illinois's growth is extremely below average. 92% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
The total voting age population of Salem, Illinois, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 5,326. The voting age population is 47.3% male and 52.7% female.
According to the latest census statistics, 17.8% of the residents of Salem are 65 or older.
The racial demographics of Salem are 95.1% White, 1.9% Two or more races, 1.8% Black, 1.1% Asian and 0.1% American Indian. Additionally, 2.0% of the population identifies as Hispanic.
In Salem, 23.0% of residents have an income below the poverty line, and the child poverty rate is 41.5%. On a per-household basis, 18.2% of families are below the poverty line in Salem.
Among those aged 16 and older, 60.1% of Salem residents are in the labor force.
Among the adult population 25 years old and over, 89.8% of Salem residents have at least a high school degree or equivalent, 13.8% have a bachelor's degree and 6.4% have a graduate or professional degree.
Among Salem residents aged 5 and older, 1.3% of them speak a non-English language at home. Broken down by language: 0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home, 0.1% speak an Indo-European language, and 0.6% speak an Asian language.
The unemployment rate in Salem is 11.5%, which is calculated among residents aged 16 or older who are in the labor force.
In Salem, 13.0% of the residents in the non-military labor force are employed by the local, state and federal government.
The median household income in Salem is $40,449.
In Salem, 62.1% of housing units are occupied by their owners.
Renters occupy 37.9% of housing units in Salem.
Of all the housing units in Salem, 16.7% of them were build before 1940.
In Salem, 5.7% of the total housing units were built after the year 2000, which is approximately 180 units.
The median gross monthly rent payment for renters in Salem is $620.
In Salem, 80.8% of households have an active broadband internet connection.
Year | Population | Rank in US |
---|---|---|
2021 | 7,187 | 3,914 |
2020 | 7,238 | 3,879 |
2019 | 6,971 | 3,936 |
2018 | 7,097 | 3,889 |
2017 | 7,173 | 3,852 |
2016 | 7,241 | 3,804 |
2015 | 7,287 | 3,774 |
2014 | 7,334 | 3,727 |
2013 | 7,350 | 3,713 |
2012 | 7,381 | 3,681 |
2011 | 7,397 | 3,662 |
2010 | 7,485 | 3,617 |
2000 | 7,894 | 3,272 |
1990 | 7,669 | 3,015 |
US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2021 |
---|---|---|---|
3904 | Sausalito, California | 7,199 | -1.8% |
3905 | Jackson, Wisconsin | 7,198 | 42.4% |
3906 | Keyport, New Jersey | 7,196 | -5.1% |
3907 | Clarkston, Washington | 7,194 | -1.8% |
3908 | Delafield, Wisconsin | 7,193 | 10.0% |
3909 | Strasburg, Virginia | 7,191 | 75.8% |
3910 | Russellville, Kentucky | 7,190 | 0.5% |
3911 | Savannah, Tennessee | 7,190 | 2.3% |
3912 | Wetumpka, Alabama | 7,190 | 23.3% |
3913 | Robinson, Illinois | 7,187 | 5.8% |
3914 | Salem, Illinois | 7,187 | -8.9% |
3915 | Pinson, Alabama | 7,183 | 0.3% |
3916 | Devils Lake, North Dakota | 7,182 | -0.4% |
3917 | Laurel, Montana | 7,180 | 14.0% |
3918 | Richland, Mississippi | 7,180 | 14.9% |
3919 | Crete, Nebraska | 7,179 | 17.6% |
3920 | Sandwich, Illinois | 7,178 | 9.0% |
3921 | Globe, Arizona | 7,162 | -4.1% |
3922 | Rayne, Louisiana | 7,160 | -16.1% |
3923 | Glenolden, Pennsylvania | 7,159 | -4.1% |
3924 | Spring Lake Park, Minnesota | 7,157 | 5.9% |
US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2021 |
---|---|---|---|
2418 | Morris | 14,359 | 19.4% |
2420 | Shiloh | 14,352 | 64.9% |
2423 | Lindenhurst | 14,314 | 11.7% |
2437 | Swansea | 14,210 | 29.2% |
2440 | Beach Park | 14,183 | 39.5% |
2441 | Hickory Hills | 14,182 | 1.9% |
2444 | Chicago Ridge | 14,130 | 0.1% |
2458 | Forest Park | 14,012 | -10.5% |
2459 | Wauconda | 14,011 | 45.1% |
2465 | Midlothian | 13,983 | -2.4% |
2475 | Wood Dale | 13,861 | 1.8% |
2484 | Glen Carbon | 13,812 | 30.1% |
2504 | Channahon | 13,706 | 72.7% |
2544 | Canton | 13,403 | -12.4% |
2550 | Western Springs | 13,370 | 6.4% |
2571 | La Grange Park | 13,234 | -0.3% |
2575 | Lincolnwood | 13,191 | 6.8% |
2592 | Hazel Crest | 13,098 | -11.6% |
2600 | Lincoln | 13,058 | -14.9% |
2636 | Minooka | 12,816 | 212.1% |
2662 | Northlake | 12,664 | 6.6% |
2685 | Richton Park | 12,494 | -0.5% |
2691 | Winnetka | 12,475 | 0.0% |
2708 | Streator | 12,374 | -12.7% |
2712 | Kewanee | 12,361 | -4.7% |
2718 | Justice | 12,326 | 1.0% |
2731 | Herrin | 12,253 | 6.8% |
2736 | Effingham | 12,221 | -1.3% |
2745 | Plano | 12,191 | 113.3% |
2751 | Rantoul | 12,119 | -6.2% |
2763 | Centralia | 12,033 | -16.3% |
2776 | Cahokia | 11,912 | -27.1% |
2783 | Palos Heights | 11,819 | 4.4% |
2825 | River Forest | 11,597 | -0.2% |
2852 | Schiller Park | 11,424 | -2.8% |
2859 | Markham | 11,399 | -10.4% |
2865 | Pontiac | 11,359 | -5.0% |
2891 | Troy | 11,175 | 30.6% |
2896 | Burr Ridge | 11,134 | 3.3% |
2910 | Waterloo | 11,062 | 35.0% |
2934 | Columbia | 10,959 | 37.0% |
2940 | Fox Lake | 10,927 | 18.4% |
2955 | Summit | 10,875 | 2.2% |
2956 | Roscoe | 10,871 | 71.1% |
2964 | Campton Hills | 10,836 | 18.1% |
2977 | Pingree Grove | 10,725 | 5635.2% |
2978 | Taylorville | 10,725 | -15.2% |
2983 | Worth | 10,708 | -3.0% |
2989 | Crestwood | 10,683 | -5.0% |
2995 | Barrington | 10,665 | 4.6% |
3018 | Lyons | 10,552 | 3.0% |
3025 | River Grove | 10,531 | -1.1% |
3058 | Riverdale | 10,397 | -30.8% |
3061 | Wood River | 10,386 | -8.0% |
3127 | Winfield | 10,140 | 14.7% |
3143 | Highland | 10,044 | 17.6% |
3146 | Manhattan | 10,037 | 193.9% |
3187 | Peru | 9,842 | -0.1% |
3215 | Sauk Village | 9,698 | -6.9% |
3231 | Mahomet | 9,589 | 91.0% |
3255 | LaSalle | 9,499 | -3.9% |
3268 | Flossmoor | 9,461 | 1.2% |
3269 | Harvard | 9,459 | 16.1% |
3275 | Steger | 9,438 | -2.7% |
3277 | Itasca | 9,430 | 12.7% |
3283 | Rochelle | 9,367 | -3.2% |
3284 | Bethalto | 9,359 | -2.1% |
3313 | Sugar Grove | 9,235 | 125.0% |
3319 | Hawthorn Woods | 9,211 | 49.8% |
3336 | Willowbrook | 9,127 | 0.8% |
3347 | Riverside | 9,061 | 2.0% |
3361 | Manteno | 8,999 | 37.4% |
3366 | Lynwood | 8,978 | 12.3% |
3398 | Harwood Heights | 8,836 | 6.3% |
3406 | Savoy | 8,823 | 95.7% |
3417 | Monmouth | 8,778 | -10.5% |
3429 | Rock Falls | 8,724 | -9.0% |
3437 | Lake Villa | 8,692 | 40.4% |
3438 | Olney | 8,692 | -0.9% |
3441 | Glencoe | 8,687 | -0.6% |
3444 | Mascoutah | 8,676 | 50.4% |
3456 | Clarendon Hills | 8,625 | 9.7% |
3494 | Glenwood | 8,477 | -6.0% |
3519 | Crete | 8,407 | 7.4% |
3533 | Gilberts | 8,349 | 547.2% |
3552 | Long Grove | 8,308 | 21.9% |
3561 | Jerseyville | 8,289 | 3.5% |
3603 | Maryville | 8,184 | 66.5% |
3619 | Hillside | 8,142 | 0.0% |
3620 | Paris | 8,140 | -11.6% |
3624 | Harrisburg | 8,129 | -17.5% |
3635 | Oak Brook | 8,086 | -6.5% |
3653 | Island Lake | 8,027 | -2.0% |
3675 | Broadview | 7,956 | -3.5% |
3678 | Silvis | 7,952 | 9.4% |
3681 | Lincolnshire | 7,932 | 29.0% |
3682 | South Beloit | 7,932 | 45.7% |
3694 | Park City | 7,867 | 18.0% |
3715 | West Dundee | 7,784 | 37.4% |
3716 | Rockton | 7,781 | 42.2% |
3722 | Hampshire | 7,758 | 159.7% |
3736 | Princeton | 7,716 | 2.6% |
3747 | Round Lake Park | 7,688 | 26.8% |
3758 | Chester | 7,645 | -9.1% |
3778 | Marengo | 7,572 | 17.9% |
3823 | Inverness | 7,449 | 6.4% |
3888 | North Riverside | 7,249 | 8.5% |
3897 | West Frankfort | 7,229 | -12.2% |
3913 | Robinson | 7,187 | 5.8% |
3914 | Salem | 7,187 | -8.9% |
3920 | Sandwich | 7,178 | 9.0% |
3948 | University Park | 7,082 | 5.1% |
3964 | Murphysboro | 7,023 | -19.2% |
3979 | Mendota | 6,982 | -4.0% |
3988 | Stickney | 6,963 | 13.4% |
4010 | Clinton | 6,913 | -7.7% |
4028 | Calumet Park | 6,843 | -19.5% |
4034 | Vandalia | 6,836 | -2.2% |
4048 | Mount Carmel | 6,804 | -14.7% |
4069 | Litchfield | 6,726 | -3.5% |
4070 | Orland Hills | 6,725 | -1.1% |
4074 | Benton | 6,708 | -3.1% |
4085 | Winthrop Harbor | 6,656 | -1.3% |
4135 | Geneseo | 6,512 | 0.1% |
4138 | Greenville | 6,507 | -7.4% |
4188 | Johnsburg | 6,377 | 17.1% |
4219 | Elburn | 6,283 | 121.7% |
4225 | Countryside | 6,275 | 3.4% |
4229 | Volo | 6,269 | 2913.9% |
4240 | Lakemoor | 6,234 | 112.6% |
4254 | Braidwood | 6,182 | 17.3% |
4311 | Chillicothe | 6,042 | 1.1% |
4356 | Monticello | 5,931 | 15.3% |
4361 | Mount Zion | 5,920 | 21.3% |
4372 | Metropolis | 5,903 | -10.1% |
4373 | Pontoon Beach | 5,900 | 2.5% |
4381 | Hillsboro | 5,874 | -7.7% |
4392 | Bartonville | 5,855 | -7.4% |
4396 | Beardstown | 5,844 | 0.8% |
4408 | Carterville | 5,828 | 24.0% |
4410 | Peoria Heights | 5,827 | -11.7% |
4416 | Du Quoin | 5,811 | -10.0% |
4424 | East Alton | 5,790 | -15.0% |
4442 | Coal City | 5,749 | 18.3% |
4447 | Willow Springs | 5,729 | 11.0% |
4487 | Northfield | 5,634 | 1.2% |
4490 | Wilmington | 5,624 | 4586.6% |
4507 | Lake Bluff | 5,589 | -7.9% |
4516 | Carlinville | 5,575 | -7.7% |
4546 | Spring Grove | 5,511 | 37.7% |
4555 | Posen | 5,497 | 16.0% |
4560 | Spring Valley | 5,486 | 0.7% |
4608 | Highwood | 5,374 | -1.8% |
4640 | Genoa | 5,300 | 24.7% |
4661 | Pana | 5,262 | -11.4% |
4685 | Berkeley | 5,214 | -0.4% |
4695 | Pinckneyville | 5,198 | -5.2% |
4697 | Eureka | 5,193 | 3.3% |
4746 | Monee | 5,103 | 67.4% |
4760 | Lake Barrington | 5,080 | 6.3% |
4763 | Poplar Grove | 5,076 | 171.4% |
4781 | Milan | 5,039 | -6.0% |
4796 | Colona | 5,021 | -3.7% |
4799 | South Barrington | 5,016 | 32.5% |
4814 | Staunton | 4,997 | -2.8% |
4865 | Creve Coeur | 4,897 | -9.9% |
4882 | Palos Park | 4,871 | 0.2% |
4903 | Hoopeston | 4,836 | -19.1% |
4929 | Marseilles | 4,804 | 2.6% |
4934 | Carmi | 4,796 | -11.3% |
4942 | Fairfield | 4,778 | -11.6% |
4954 | Flora | 4,753 | -5.9% |
4982 | Beecher | 4,690 | 120.3% |
4985 | Fox River Grove | 4,688 | -6.2% |
5007 | Olympia Fields | 4,654 | -1.7% |
5008 | Tuscola | 4,654 | 3.8% |
5021 | Sherman | 4,635 | 59.6% |
5027 | Robbins | 4,627 | -30.1% |
5030 | Watseka | 4,622 | -18.5% |
5033 | Breese | 4,614 | 12.7% |
5036 | Shelbyville | 4,609 | -6.9% |
5057 | Lebanon | 4,569 | 28.5% |
5082 | Freeburg | 4,532 | 10.8% |
5100 | Auburn | 4,507 | 1.3% |
5118 | Stone Park | 4,470 | -12.7% |
5125 | Paxton | 4,459 | -2.7% |
5176 | Cortland | 4,391 | 105.7% |
5179 | Caseyville | 4,389 | 0.7% |
5182 | Sullivan | 4,387 | 0.5% |
5235 | Lakewood | 4,296 | 80.5% |
5275 | Hometown | 4,240 | -4.9% |
5313 | West Peoria | 4,202 | -11.4% |
5317 | Lawrenceville | 4,195 | -11.1% |
5319 | Pittsfield | 4,193 | -9.4% |
5323 | Peotone | 4,182 | 22.5% |
5332 | Anna | 4,171 | -18.9% |
5335 | Centreville | 4,167 | -29.8% |
5339 | Kildeer | 4,165 | 17.2% |
5386 | Green Oaks | 4,080 | 12.7% |
5397 | Barrington Hills | 4,060 | 2.5% |
5406 | Morrison | 4,046 | -9.6% |
5414 | Millstadt | 4,028 | 36.2% |
5423 | Indian Head Park | 4,008 | 8.8% |
5432 | Dwight | 3,998 | -8.6% |
5443 | Burnham | 3,989 | -4.3% |
5445 | Smithton | 3,988 | 67.3% |
5451 | Wonder Lake | 3,971 | 37.3% |
5464 | Sparta | 3,950 | -13.6% |
5469 | Dupo | 3,941 | 0.1% |
5478 | South Chicago Heights | 3,924 | -1.0% |
5504 | Marshall | 3,892 | -0.5% |
5521 | Metamora | 3,875 | 41.6% |
5531 | Rosemont | 3,855 | -8.6% |
5544 | Rochester | 3,840 | 32.9% |
5545 | Coal Valley | 3,839 | 5.9% |
5585 | Byron | 3,775 | 24.2% |
5594 | Riverwoods | 3,765 | -2.3% |
5623 | St. Joseph | 3,725 | 25.0% |
5650 | Eldorado | 3,690 | -18.3% |
5660 | Red Bud | 3,684 | 7.1% |
5661 | Forsyth | 3,683 | 49.7% |
5680 | Oglesby | 3,660 | 0.5% |
5684 | Deer Park | 3,656 | 16.4% |
5708 | Fulton | 3,623 | -6.7% |
5714 | Aledo | 3,620 | 0.3% |
5728 | Fairbury | 3,595 | -9.5% |
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