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Demographic analysis, the statistical description of human populations, is a tool used by government agencies, political parties, and manufacturers of consumer goods. Polls conducted on every topic imaginable, from age to toothpaste preference, give the government and corporations an idea of who the public is and what it needs and wants. The government's census, which is conducted every ten years, is the largest demographic survey of all. Today demographic is also being used as a noun; so, for example, TV advertisers are constantly worrying about how to appeal to "the 18-to-24-year-old demographic".
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Breanna Bell, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
In a state with changing demographics, this also means translating the manual into more than a dozen languages, including Yoruba and American Sign Language.
—Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
While most forms of discrimination are confined to, often definitionally, certain demographics—misogyny cannot be applied to men, for example—lookism spares no one.
—WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
Though a small slice of the overall electorate, the demographic has become one of the fastest-growing constituencies, and is large enough to make a difference at the margins in swing states and in purple suburbs, including in Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada.
—Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
White residents no longer make up the largest demographic of the southern border state's nearly 30 million residents.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2023
Rising incomes and changing demographics will accelerate changes in consumption and choices.
—Ian Goldin, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
On the other hand, the Democratic share even of the union household vote—the one working-class demographic where Democrats reliably maintain an edge—has mostly fallen over the past 20 years.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
The institute measured how well each hospital’s Medicare patient demographics aligned with the demographics of the hospital’s surrounding communities.
—Donovan J. Thomas, ajc, 19 Sep. 2023
Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
Democrats were the only demographic group surveyed as nearly split on the question, with 46 percent preferring strict laws and 47 percent preferring lenient laws.
—Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
Positive feelings toward one’s own group and positive – or negative – feelings toward other demographic groups hold real influence over political orientations.
—Karyn Amira, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
The push to elevate Reyes comes at a time of demographic change, both in Cook County and on the high court.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
As several letter writers noted, demographic changes demand adjustments to the system.
—Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
The new challenges are very complicated, and people are afraid of them: climate changes, gender changes, technological changes, demographic changes, poverty.
—Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
Paramount+ did not stream the VMAs live, though the ceremony became available to stream on the platform on Wednesday.
2023’s VMAs also improved on 2022’s demographic ratings, nabbing a 1.03 in the key 18-49 demo and a 1.14 among adults age 18-34.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
That actually could make Los Angeles a great test case for reforming the City Council to be more representative and more responsive, because the city is a kind of demographic preview of the nation more broadly.
—Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
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“Demographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demographic. Accessed 16 Oct. 2023.
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