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Population (year 2000): 769. Estimated
population in July 2005: 759 (-1.3% change)
Males: 344 (44.7%), Females: 425 (55.3%)
Zip code:
42078
Median resident age: 50.9 years
Median household income: $29,196 (year 2000)
Median house value: $53,700 (year 2000)
Races in Salem:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.6%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (17.7%), German
(10.9%), Irish (10.3%), English (7.0%), Dutch (3.0%), Scottish
(2.5%).
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Salem
- High school or higher: 63.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.8%
- Unemployed: 4.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Salem city
- Never married: 13.9%
- Now married: 62.0%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 11.7%
- Divorced: 9.6%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -5 (-0.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Salem:
- LIVINGSTON HOSP AND HEALTHCARE SER INC (131
HOSPITAL DR)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Salem:
- CRITTENDEN CO HOSP (about 13 miles; MARION, KY)
- HARDIN COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
ROSICLARE, IL)
- CALDWELL CO HOSP (about 28 miles; PRINCETON, KY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Salem:
- BARKLEY REGIONAL (about 40 miles; PADUCAH, KY; ID:
PAH)
- WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL (about 63 miles; MARION,
IL; ID: MWA)
- CAMPBELL AAF (about 67 miles; FORT
CAMPBELL/HOPKINSVILLE, KY; ID: HOP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Salem:
- MARION-CRITTENDEN COUNTY (about 11 miles; MARION,
KY; ID: 5M9)
- KUTTAWA HARBOR (about 19 miles; KUTTAWA, KY; ID:
K45)
- KENTUCKY DAM STATE PARK (about 19 miles;
GILBERTSVILLE, KY; ID: M34)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Salem:
- MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; MURRAY, KY;
Full-time enrollment: 7,676)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA (about 64 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 7,510)
- JOHN A LOGAN COLLEGE (about 68 miles; CARTERVILLE,
IL; FT enrollment: 4,255)
- UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE (about 69 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,440)
- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-CARBONDALE (about 73
miles; CARBONDALE, IL; FT enrollment: 19,742)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN (about 76 miles;
MARTIN, TN; FT enrollment: 5,131)
- TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-TRINITY COLLEGE (about
77 miles; NEWBURGH, IN; FT enrollment: 2,986)
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