Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Salem city GEOCODE:51-1080 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 23,958 100.0% 23,756 100.0% -202 -0.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 19,496 81.4% 18,504 77.9% -992 -5.1 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,003 8.4% 2,063 8.7% 60 3.0 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 22,823 95.3% 22,389 94.2% -434 -1.9 -1.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,036 4.3% 1,034 4.4% -2 -0.2 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 35 0.1% 270 1.1% 235 671.4 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 45 0.2% 33 0.1% -12 -26.7 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 138 0.6% 81 0.3% -57 -41.3 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,231 5.1% 1,217 5.1% -14 -1.1 -0.0 5-17.................. 4,214 17.6% 3,451 14.5% -763 -18.1 -3.1 18-24.................. 3,478 14.5% 2,914 12.3% -564 -16.2 -2.3 25-44.................. 6,460 27.0% 7,215 30.4% 755 11.7 3.4 45-64.................. 5,478 22.9% 5,064 21.3% -414 -7.6 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 3,097 12.9% 3,895 16.4% 798 25.8 3.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,445 22.7% 4,668 19.6% -777 -14.3 -3.1 40 AND OVER............ 9,955 41.6% 10,615 44.7% 660 6.6 3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.3 36.8 3.6 10.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,451 $29,047 1,596 5.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,276 $35,619 3,343 10.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,964 $14,467 1,503 11.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,678 7.7% 1,116 5.2% -562 -33.5 -2.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,643 100.0% 9,179 100.0% 536 6.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,457 74.7% 6,402 69.7% -55 -0.9 -5.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,643 42.1% 3,967 43.2% 324 8.9 1.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,265 60.9% 5,186 56.5% -79 -1.5 -4.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,285 26.4% 2,064 22.5% -221 -9.7 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,059 12.3% 1,005 10.9% -54 -5.1 -1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 638 7.4% 530 5.8% -108 -16.9 -1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,951 22.6% 2,435 26.5% 484 24.8 4.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -7.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,035 100.0% 16,174 100.0% 1,139 7.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,808 32.0% 5,228 32.3% 420 8.7 0.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,308 15.4% 2,887 17.8% 579 25.1 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,575 100.0% 12,357 100.0% 782 6.8 FEMALE................ 5,344 46.2% 6,129 49.6% 785 14.7 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 11,079 95.7% 12,061 97.6% 982 8.9 1.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,470 21.3% 2,982 24.1% 512 20.7 2.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,468 12.7% 1,340 10.8% -128 -8.7 -1.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,013 100.0% 9,609 100.0% 596 6.6 OCCUPIED.............. 8,646 95.9% 9,161 95.3% 515 6.0 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,696 65.9% 6,177 67.4% 481 8.4 1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,642 $80,353 6,710 9.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,950 34.1% 2,984 32.6% 34 1.2 -1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $371 $404 33 8.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,178 68.5% 6,695 69.7% 517 8.4 1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 367 4.1% 376 3.9% 9 2.5 -0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.0 1964.0 3.0 0.2 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