demographics

in a sentence

When African Americans began to exercise their right to vote in the 1970s, there was deep concern among some prosecutors and judges about how the racial demographics in some counties would complicate their reelections.†  (source) Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy, 2014

The demographics weren't there.†  (source) Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine, 1989

I've seen the latest confidential Corps demographic reports.†  (source) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, 2003

The 1997 National Research Council study cited is entitled "The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration."†  (source) Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey, 2006

A healthy rivalry existed between the two groups, based mostly on geography and demographics.†  (source) Mark Owen, No Easy Day, 2012

To have been born before 1911 is to have been demographically unlucky.†  (source) Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, 2008

She helped a sustain-ably sourced furniture wholesaler in North Carolina, Design for Life, and after answering their query, they wanted her to fill out a customer survey, which was especially important given her age and income bracket—they needed more information about the preferences of customers in her demographic.†  (source) Dave Eggers, The Circle, 2013

We were perfecting techniques in hydrology, learning tide levels and demographics of the ocean floor.†  (source) Marcus Luttrell, Lone Survivor, 2007

So I will get big radio traffic When you look at demographic Sushi K research statistic Make big future look ballistic Speed of Sushi K growth stock Put U.S. rappers into shock Jason Breckmridge wears a terracofta blazer.†  (source) Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992

But then the demographics of the country began to change.†  (source) Daniel Silva, The Black Widow, 2016

Because of the demographic distribution of its infection history, AIDS adds another property to its literary usage: the political angle.†  (source) Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, 2003

I had tried to pull some big ideas from Managing in the Next Society into my argument about knowledge-based economies, globalization, and the ways in which demographics change society.†  (source) Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black, 2011

No doubt when the palace had been built there had been no question of this god's placement next to Amaat, but she seemed to have fallen out of favor, the demographic of the station, or perhaps just fashion, having changed.†  (source) Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice, 2013