Salem is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 136,694 people and 29 constituent neighborhoods, Salem is the third largest community in Oregon.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Salem is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Salem is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salem who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.62%), sales jobs (10.42%), and management occupations (8.47%).

Also of interest is that Salem has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Salem Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Salem is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 24.11% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Salem in 2000 was $19,141, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,564 for a family of four.

Salem is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Salem home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Salem is White, followed by Asian. Salem also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.69% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Salem include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Salem is English. Some people also speak Spanish.