Population development

2022 population by district

This is a demographic table based on Salem Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[5]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

In total there were 17,219 residents, including 11,967 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[5] 44.3% voted for the left coalition and 54.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Residents with a foreign background

In 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 4 643, or 27.86% of the population (16 665 in 2017). In 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 2 468, or 17.79% of the population (13 875 in 2002).^[6] In 2017 there were 16 665 residents in Salem, of which 3 270 people (19.62%) were born in a country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below - the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden.^[7]

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Country of birth[7]
31 December 2017
1	Sweden	13,395
2	Finland	425
3	European Union: Other countries	417
4	Asia: Other countries	358
5	Syria	358
6	Iraq	326
7	Poland	231
8	South America	211
9	Africa: Other countries	156
10	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	124
11	Germany	95
12	Thailand	87
13	North America	69
14	Afghanistan	67
15	Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro	64
16	Turkey	58
17	Eritrea	50
18	Norway	43
19	Iran	40
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35
21	Denmark	30
22	Somalia	15
23	Oceania	7
24	Iceland	2
25	Soviet Union	2

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