Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Salem city GEOCODE:25-3670 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 38,220 100.0% 38,091 100.0% -129 -0.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 30,623 80.1% 28,959 76.0% -1,664 -5.4 -4.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,071 2.8% 1,157 3.0% 86 8.0 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 37,207 97.3% 35,481 93.1% -1,726 -4.6 -4.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 223 0.6% 1,017 2.7% 794 356.1 2.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 230 0.6% 378 1.0% 148 64.3 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 115 0.3% 254 0.7% 139 120.9 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 873 2.3% 2,330 6.1% 1,457 166.9 3.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,020 5.3% 2,482 6.5% 462 22.9 1.2 5-17.................. 6,417 16.8% 4,610 12.1% -1,807 -28.2 -4.7 18-24.................. 5,913 15.5% 4,972 13.1% -941 -15.9 -2.4 25-44.................. 9,861 25.8% 13,681 35.9% 3,820 38.7 10.1 45-64.................. 8,070 21.1% 6,554 17.2% -1,516 -18.8 -3.9 65 AND OVER............ 5,939 15.5% 5,792 15.2% -147 -2.5 -0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,437 22.1% 7,092 18.6% -1,345 -15.9 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 15,778 41.3% 14,961 39.3% -817 -5.2 -2.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.2 33.4 1.2 3.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,876 $32,645 6,769 26.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,688 $40,777 8,089 24.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,021 $16,155 4,134 34.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,916 10.5% 4,324 11.7% 408 10.4 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,016 100.0% 15,810 100.0% 794 5.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,611 64.0% 9,515 60.2% -96 -1.0 -3.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,306 35.3% 5,723 36.2% 417 7.9 0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,428 49.5% 6,998 44.3% -430 -5.8 -5.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,149 21.0% 2,667 16.9% -482 -15.3 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,678 11.2% 1,995 12.6% 317 18.9 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 902 6.0% 1,055 6.7% 153 17.0 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,533 30.2% 4,966 31.4% 433 9.6 1.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -5.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 23,870 100.0% 26,027 100.0% 2,157 9.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,902 37.3% 7,687 29.5% -1,215 -13.6 -7.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,379 14.2% 6,381 24.5% 3,002 88.8 10.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,520 100.0% 21,527 100.0% 2,007 10.3 FEMALE................ 9,168 47.0% 10,561 49.1% 1,393 15.2 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 18,630 95.4% 19,958 92.7% 1,328 7.1 -2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,856 19.8% 5,960 27.7% 2,104 54.6 7.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,014 15.4% 2,860 13.3% -154 -5.1 -2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 15,879 100.0% 17,161 100.0% 1,282 8.1 OCCUPIED.............. 15,065 94.9% 15,806 92.1% 741 4.9 -2.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,385 42.4% 7,275 46.0% 890 13.9 3.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $80,120 $171,913 91,794 114.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,680 57.6% 8,531 54.0% -149 -1.7 -3.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $420 $608 188 44.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,094 32.1% 5,446 31.7% 352 6.9 -0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 17 0.1% 17 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1933.4 1939.0 5.6 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis