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demographics

[dem-uh-graf-iks, dee-muh-]

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb)the statistical data of a population, especially those showing average age, income, education, etc.



demographics

/ ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪks, ˌdiːmə- /

plural noun

  1. data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics

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Word History and Origins

Origin of demographics1

First recorded in 1965–70; demographic, -ics
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But there are other tricky trends the government is less fond of pointing out, that others call "crises" - notably the country's debt, and our shifting demographics.

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These anti-Mexican sentiments are why California voters passed a slew of xenophobic local and state measures in the 1980s and 1990s when the state’s demographics began to dramatically change.

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Prodded by lawsuits and consent decrees, the once-mostly white department has grown to become more than half Latino, which more or less mirrors the city’s demographics.

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The shifting demographics make the picture even bleaker.

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Hard numbers documenting the demographics of those forced out by Trump are hard to attain.

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