Salem city, Virginia QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Salem city Virginia
?  Population, 2000 24,7477,078,515
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.8%14.4%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 4.9%6.5%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 20.9%24.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.8%11.2%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 91.9%72.3%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 5.9%19.6%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.0%3.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z0.1%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%2.0%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.9%2.0%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 52.8%51.0%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.8%4.7%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 91.3%70.2%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 12,3062,987,611
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 2,887972,894
?  Housing units, 2000 10,4032,904,192
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 67.6%68.1%
?  Households, 2000 9,9542,699,173
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.322.54
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 30.4%35.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $37,133$40,209
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 10.5%11.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 14.4%17.0%

Business QuickFacts Salem city Virginia
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 963172,182
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 22,0472,700,589
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 4.8%16.3%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,356349,652
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,035,60583,814,009
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 452,50362,569,924
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $18,761$9,293
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA46,666
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 673138,494
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 8353,151
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 206,53357,842,231
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,179253,219

Geography QuickFacts Salem city Virginia
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1539,594
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 1,649.8178.8
?  Metropolitan Area Roanoke, VA MSA 

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

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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown