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Salem OregonSalem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County. Salem was founded in 1842, became the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851, and was incorporated in 1857.

Salem had a population of 136,924 at the 2000 census, with an officially estimated population of 154,510 on July 1, 2008, making it the third largest city in the state after Portland and Eugene. Salem is less than an hour driving distance away from Portland. Salem is the principal city of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that covers Marion and Polk counties and had a combined population of 347,214 at the 2000 census. A 2008 estimate placed the metropolitan population at 383,100, the state's second largest.

The city is home to Willamette University and Corban University, as well as the main city in the Salem-Keizer School District and is home to the main campus of Chemeketa Community College. Other schools include the Chemawa Indian School, and the Oregon School for the Deaf. The state of Oregon is the largest employer in the city, with Salem Hospital as the largest private employer. Transportation includes public transit from Salem-Keizer Transit, Amtrak service, and non-commercial air travel at McNary Field. Major roads include Interstate 5, Oregon Route 99E, and Oregon Route 22 which connects West Salem across the Willamette River via the Marion Street and Center Street bridges.

Salem Economy
State government is Salem's largest employer, but the city also serves as a hub for the area farming communities and is a major agricultural food processing center. It lies along the I-5 corridor and is within an hour's drive of Oregon's largest city, Portland.

In a bid to diversify its economic base, Salem attracted a number of computer-related manufacturing plants in the 1990s. In November 2003, the Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Group (SUMCO), one of these arrivals, announced it would be closing its two silicon wafer plants at the end of 2004, eliminating 620 jobs, and moving production to other plants.

The top private employer in Salem is the Salem Hospital with over 2,700 employees. Others include the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde's Spirit Mountain Casino west of Salem, the T-Mobile Calling Center, GE Security (Formerly Supra Products Inc.), Wells Fargo Customer Contact Center (Formerly Wachovia Securities), NORPAC Foods, Inc., Roth's Family Markets, and Willamette University.

Salem is the headquarters of the Oregon Department of Corrections and home to four state correctional facilities, including the Oregon State Penitentiary, Oregon's only maximum security prison.

Numerous projects are underway to increase the supply of housing in the downtown core. These projects will provide upscale, low and high rise condominium and office space.

Salem Education
Elementary and Secondary Salem's public elementary and secondary schools are part of the Salem-Keizer School District which has approximately 39,000 students and is the second largest public school district in the state. The city also has many private elementary and secondary schools such as Blanchet Catholic School and Salem Academy Christian. One school, Willamette Academy, is part of an outreach program run by Willamette University that is designed to expose under represented students to the rewards of an academic life at an early age (7th–12th grade).

Salem is also home to several public boarding schools, the Chemawa Indian School a Native American high school and the Oregon School for the Deaf.

Colleges and universities Post secondary schools include Chemeketa Community College, Corban University, Tokyo International University of America and Willamette University, the oldest university in the American west. Portland State University and Eastern Oregon University provide classes and a handful of undergraduate degrees at Chemeketa Community College.


Salem OR Area Information

Salem OR Community Characteristics and Facts
  • Total Crime Risk: 141.0 (100 = National Average)
  • Population: 154,367
  • Population Growth Since 2000: 12.74%
  • Annual Max Avg. Temperature: 63 F
  • Annual Min Avg. Temperature: 44 F
  • Male Median Age: 32.5 years
  • Female Median Age: 35.9 years
  • Median Household Income: $48,541
  • Highest Education Level Attained: High School 25.02%, Bachelors 17.18%, Grad School 9.38%

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2010 Population Growth and Population Statistics Salem, OR Oregon
Total Population 154,367 3,848,407
Square Miles 74.14 95,996.79
Population Density 2,082.10 40.10
Population Change Since 1990 35.86% 35.37%
Population Change Since 2000 12.74% 12.48%
Forecasted Population Change by 2014 6.60% 5.79%
Population Male 78,033 50.55% 1,923,812 49.99%
Population Female 76,334 49.45% 1,924,595 50.01%
Median Age 34.00 36.50

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2010 Weather Summary Salem, OR Oregon
Weather Index 138 118
Annual Maximum Avg. Temperature 63.0 °F 63.0 °F
Annual Minimum Avg. Temperature 44.0 °F 42.0 °F
Annual Avg. Temperature 53.3 °F 52.6 °F
Annual Heating Degree Days (Tot Degrees < 65) 4,612 5,072
Annual Cooling Degree Days (Tot Degrees > 65) 343 584
Percent of Possible Sunshine 48 48
Mean Sky Cover (Sunrise to Sunset - Out of 10) 7 6
Mean Number of Days Clear (Out of 365 Days) 70 92
Mean Number of Days Rain (Out of 365 Days) 150 112
Mean Number of Days Snow (Out of 365 Days) 2 5
Avg. Annual Precipitation (Total Inches) 37.00" 22.00"
Avg. Annual Snowfall (Total Inches) 7.00" 15.00"

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