Salem, Oregon Neighborhood Info

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Salem, Oregon QuickFacts

	Salem, Oregon	United States
Total population	136,924	281,421,906
State	Oregon
City	salem

Salem, Oregon Population

	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
Male	68,752	50.21%	49.06%
Female	68,172	49.79%	50.94%
Median age (years)	33.6		35.3

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	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
18 years and over	102,105	74.57%	74.31%
21 years and over	95,329	69.62%	69.97%
62 years and over	19,546	14.28%	14.66%
65 years and over	17,039	12.44%	12.43%

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	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
White	113,746	83.07%	75.14%
Black or African American	1,750	1.28%	12.32%
Asian	3,304	2.41%	3.64%
Some other race	13,527	9.88%	5.46%
Two or more races	4,597	3.36%	2.43%

Salem, Oregon Housing

	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
Total households	50,676		105,480,101
Family households (families)	32,336	63.81%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	18,340	36.19%	31.94%

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	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
Total housing units	53,730		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	3,141	5.85%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	50,676	94.32%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	28,917	53.82%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	21,759	40.5%	30.77%

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	Salem, Oregon	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	185	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	5,080	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	11,093	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,085	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	2,639	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	463	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	147	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	26	0.57%
Median (dollars)	131,100	119,600

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	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	13,771	27.17%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	16,980	33.51%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	8,315	16.41%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	6,089	12.02%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	3,202	6.32%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	2,288	4.51%	9.65%

Salem, Oregon Education

	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	34,509		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	1,916	5.55%	6.47%
Kindergarten	1,933	5.6%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	15,007	43.49%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	7,268	21.06%	21.38%
College or graduate school	8,385	24.3%	22.81%

Salem, Oregon Economy

	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
Population 16 years and over	105,863		217,168,077
In labor force	66,206	62.54%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	66,157	62.49%	63.39%
- - Employed	60,661	57.3%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	5,496	5.19%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	8.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	49	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	39,657	37.46%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	53,141	50.2%	51.66%
In labor force	30,863	29.15%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	30,863	29.15%	29.65%
- - Employed	28,483	26.91%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	11,500	10.86%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	6,813		12,787,501

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	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	50,585		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	4,497	8.89%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,490	6.9%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	6,903	13.65%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	7,530	14.89%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	9,309	18.4%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	10,231	20.23%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,580	9.05%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,771	5.48%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	595	1.18%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	679	1.34%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	38,881		41,994

	Salem, Oregon	%, Salem, Oregon	United States
With earnings	39,955	37.74%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	47,459		56,604
With Social Security income	13,223	12.49%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,041		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,916	1.81%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,483		6,320
With public assistance income	2,271	2.15%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,938		3,032
With retirement income	9,256	8.74%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,005		17,376

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