People QuickFacts	Salem	Oregon
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	152,239	3,700,758
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	11.1%	8.2%
  	Population, 2000    	136,924	3,421,399
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.4%	6.5%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	25.4%	24.7%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	12.4%	12.8%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	49.8%	50.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	83.1%	86.6%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.3%	1.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.5%	1.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.4%	3.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.5%	0.2%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.4%	3.1%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	14.6%	8.0% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	40.0%	46.8%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	11.7%	8.5%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	17.4%	12.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	81.5%	85.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	24.1%	25.1%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	22.2	22.2 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	53,817	1,452,709
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	57.1%	64.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$131,100	$152,100 			
  	Households, 2000    	50,676	1,333,723
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.53	2.51
  	Median household income, 1999    	$38,881	$40,916
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$19,141	$20,940
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	15.0%	11.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Salem	Oregon
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	948,383	56,855,958
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	2,017,417	37,896,022
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$14,140	$10,759
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	232,605	5,527,223
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	10,812	299,505
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	1.0%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.4%	3.0%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	3.1%	2.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	25.8%	29.5% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Salem	Oregon
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	45	95,996
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,994.2	35.6
  	FIPS Code    	64900	41
 	Counties    	Marion County
 Polk County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts