Salem, Oregon Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Salem is 2nd in Oregon out of 89 other cities in Retail sales

Salem is 2nd in Oregon out of 97 other cities in Size in square miles

Salem is 3rd in Oregon out of 76 other cities in Current population (2012)

Salem is 3rd in Oregon out of 86 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Salem is 3rd in Oregon out of 89 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Salem is 3rd in Oregon out of 97 other cities in Households

Salem is 3rd in Oregon out of 97 other cities in Housing units

Salem is 6th in Oregon out of 97 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Salem is 14th in Oregon out of 97 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Salem is 18th in Oregon out of 97 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Salem	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	157,429	3rd	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	47.9	2nd	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3,228.6	42nd	39.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Salem	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	32nd	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.2%	45th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.0%	62nd	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Salem	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.6%	73rd	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.9%	29th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Salem	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	79.0%	75th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.5%	14th	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.5%	23rd	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.7%	31st	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.9%	6th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.3%	21st	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	18th	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.7%	77th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Salem	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	50.1%	83rd	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.4%	28th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Salem	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	61,276	3rd	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.4%	28th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	58,206	3rd	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	56.6%	65th	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$199,500	63rd	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	49th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Salem	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$23,162	48th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$44,226	55th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.4%	35th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Salem	Rank	Oregon	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,880	3rd	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,617,105	2nd	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,256	30th	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$309,472	3rd	$7,555,764	$613,795,732

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