2024 population: 443,416 ( 10,081 from 2020)
Land area: 1922.0 square miles
Population density: 230.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	281,263	63.43%	2.7%
Black:	5,566	1.26%	17.8%
Indian:	4,827	1.09%	0.5%
Asian:	15,950	3.60%	17.4%
2+ races:	13,602	3.07%	8.3%
Hispanic:	122,208	27.56%	12.7%

Total non-White:	162,153	36.57%	12.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	20,141	11.6
Deaths:	18,276	10.5
Net Migration:	1,625	0.9
Net Immigration:	6,405	3.7

Change in White population:	-7,879	-1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	17,960	4.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
433,335
289,142	66.72%
4,726	1.09%
4,852	1.12%
13,586	3.14%
12,557	2.90%
108,472	25.03%
144,193	33.28%

2010
390,738
277,460	71.01%
3,300	0.84%
4,670	1.20%
9,648	2.47%
9,488	2.43%
85,682	21.93%
113,278	28.99%

2000
347,214
271,274	78.13%
2,503	0.72%
4,404	1.27%
6,695	1.93%
7,750	2.23%
54,194	15.61%
75,940	21.87%

1990
278,024
246,728	88.74%
2,135	0.77%
4,030	1.45%
4,950	1.78%
n/a
20,181	7.26%
31,296	11.26%

1980
249,895
231,202	92.52%
1,587	0.64%
2,560	1.02%
2,977	1.19%
n/a
11,295	4.52%
18,693	7.48%

1970
186,658
178,680	95.73%
596	0.32%
1,074	0.58%
692	0.37%
n/a
5,081	2.72%
7,978	4.27%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
48,852	12.5
31,498	8.1
23,524	6.0
2,479	0.6

11,682	3.0
30,915	7.9

Number	Rate
2000's
51,654	14.9
28,396	8.2
13,451	3.9
14,344	4.1

6,186	1.8
37,338	10.8

Number	Rate
1990's
49,017	17.6
27,727	10.0
29,032	10.4
9,375	3.4

24,546	8.8
44,644	16.1

Number	Rate
1980's
41,067	16.4
22,993	9.2
9,928	4.0
n/a

15,526	6.2
12,603	5.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
47,469	25.4
n/a

52,522	28.1
10,715	5.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Salem, OR Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.0
102,334	11.7%
774,417	88.3%
72,068	8.2%

155,682
2.70

104,482	67.1%
76,143	72.9%
10,568	10.1%
51,200	32.9%

2010
Number	Percent
35.5
101,714	26.0%
289,024	74.0%
51,701	13.2%

141,245
2.68

96,589	68.4%
72,275	74.8%
10,272	10.6%
44,656	31.6%

2000
Number	Percent
34.3
93,685	27.0%
253,529	73.0%
44,397	12.8%

124,874
2.68

87,239	69.9%
68,649	78.7%
8,375	9.6%
37,635	30.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.8
73,478	26.4%
204,546	73.6%
40,282	14.5%

101,743
2.61

71,941	70.7%
58,480	81.3%
6,448	9.0%
29,802	29.3%

1980
Number	Percent
30.2
70,653	28.3%
179,242	71.7%
31,454	12.6%

90,939
2.63

66,220	72.8%
56,384	85.1%
5,470	8.3%
24,719	27.2%

2022 Housing Data for Salem, OR Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,256	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,581	3.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,063	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,806	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,549	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,994	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,220	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,601	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,970	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,676	8.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	15,991	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	20,821	13.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,019	11.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	12,032	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	13,002	8.4%
$200,000 or more	11,101	7.1%

Median Household Income	72,256
Per Capita Income	34,657

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	96

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,062	5.2%
Public Assistance	7,043	4.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	30,886	19.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	139,449	69.1%
Unemployed	8,804	4.4%
In Armed Forces	493	0.2%

Total Labor Force	148,746	73.7%
Not in Labor Force	52,985	26.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	73,909	54,311	57.6%
Non-Profit	6,019	9,388	39.1%
Self-Employed	9,797	7,360	57.1%

Local Government	5,368	8,818	37.8%
State Government	8,668	11,483	43.0%
Federal Government	1,842	1,290	58.8%

Total Private + Self	83,706	61,671	57.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	21,897	30,979	41.4%
Total	105,603	92,650	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	18.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	28,685	14.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	40,446	20.4%
Professional, Technical	39,489	19.9%
Service Occupations	38,598	19.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,026	3.0%
All others	51,418	25.9%

White Collar		54.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	30,133	15.2%
Retail trade	23,698	11.9%
Manufacturing	19,321	9.7%
Construction	17,260	8.7%
Public administration	16,459	8.3%
Educational services	15,530	7.8%
Accommodation and food services	13,538	6.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,839	5.0%
Other services	9,006	4.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	8,596	4.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	8,296	4.2%
Finance and insurance	6,731	3.4%
Transportation and warehousing	6,106	3.1%
Wholesale trade	4,303	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,358	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,336	1.7%
Information	1,928	1.0%
Utilities	917	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	143	0.1%
Management	138	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	95,021	21.92%
Puerto Rican	1,497	0.35%
Cuban	586	0.14%
Dominican	139	0.03%

Total Central American	5,577	1.29%
Costa Rican	84	0.02%
Guatemalan	2,473	0.57%
Honduran	345	0.08%
Nicaraguan	292	0.07%
Panamanian	257	0.06%
Salvadoran	2,126	0.49%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,416	0.33%
Argentinean	71	0.02%
Bolivian	65	0.01%
Chilean	183	0.04%
Colombian	385	0.09%
Ecuadorian	51	0.01%
Paraguayan	15	0.00%
Peruvian	502	0.12%
Uruguayan	12	0.00%
Venezuelan	132	0.03%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,218	1.20%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	1,787	0.41%
Filipino	1,581	0.36%
Vietnamese	1,090	0.25%
Indian	1,007	0.23%
Japanese	778	0.18%
Korean	771	0.18%
Thai	266	0.06%
Hmong	238	0.05%
Cambodian	208	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	315,028	77.3%
Spanish	74,265	18.2%
Other Asian	4,747	1.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3,849	0.9%
Chinese	1,666	0.4%
Other Indo-European	1,438	0.4%
Other	1,433	0.4%
German, other Germanic	1,342	0.3%
Tagalog	1,092	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	73,683	17.0%
English	49,815	11.5%
Irish	37,866	8.7%
European	18,739	4.3%
American	15,865	3.7%
Norwegian	13,279	3.1%
Italian	12,093	2.8%
Scottish	10,354	2.4%
French	9,910	2.3%
Swedish	8,611	2.0%
Dutch	7,243	1.7%
Russian	5,738	1.3%
Polish	5,525	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	3,914	0.9%
Scandinavian	3,433	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	401,914	92.7%
Not a citizen	31,501	7.3%

Native	382,019	88.1%
Foreign-born	51,396	11.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
18,201	6.3%	19,299	6.7%	71,291	24.8%	103,221	35.9%	48,354	16.8%	26,932	9.4%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	18,201	6.3%
9-12 Years	19,299	6.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	71,291	24.8%
Some College	103,221	35.9%
Bach. Degree	48,354	16.8%
Grad Degree	26,932	9.4%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	284,880	269,652	15,228	5.3%
1991	287,656	271,164	16,492	5.7%
1992	297,328	277,488	19,840	6.7%
1993	309,804	288,586	21,218	6.8%
1994	316,510	299,936	16,574	5.2%
1995	319,328	304,854	14,474	4.5%
1996	327,774	310,176	17,598	5.4%
1997	331,670	313,330	18,340	5.5%
1998	341,398	321,612	19,786	5.8%
1999	347,418	327,178	20,240	5.8%

2000	355,840	336,446	19,394	5.5%
2001	354,866	332,708	22,158	6.2%
2002	360,334	335,032	25,302	7.0%
2003	365,682	337,702	27,980	7.7%
2004	367,260	339,994	27,266	7.4%
2005	367,386	344,146	23,240	6.3%
2006	373,024	352,282	20,742	5.6%
2007	378,316	358,254	20,062	5.3%
2008	388,488	364,664	23,824	6.1%
2009	395,030	354,074	40,956	10.4%

2010	384,832	342,704	42,128	10.9%
2011	382,118	342,602	39,516	10.3%
2012	373,690	337,250	36,440	9.8%
2013	366,642	335,194	31,448	8.6%
2014	371,746	345,272	26,474	7.1%
2015	378,644	356,744	21,900	5.8%
2016	390,498	371,074	19,424	5.0%
2017	397,284	380,330	16,954	4.3%
2018	399,572	382,870	16,702	4.2%
2019	405,276	389,490	15,786	3.9%

2020	406,444	378,558	27,886	6.9%
2021	418,716	397,464	21,252	5.1%
2022	426,088	407,952	18,136	4.3%
2023	425,374	409,498	15,876	3.7%
2024	444,624	426,450	18,174	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	162,981
Median Value	$358,681

Occupied	155,682	95.5%
Vacant	7,299	4.5%

Owned	97,235	62.5%
Rented	58,447	37.5%
Median Rent	$1,226

Single-Family Units	109,168	67.0%
Detached	103,417	63.5%
Attached	5,751	3.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	27,586	16.9%
Mobile Homes	12,136	7.4%

Salem, OR Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Salem, OR Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Salem, OR Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Salem, OR Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Salem, OR Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Salem, OR Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Salem, OR Metro Area