How to Use demographic in a Sentence

demographic

1 of 2 noun
  • The town's demographics suggest that the restaurant will do well there.
  • The newspaper will be making some changes in order to adapt to the region's shifting demographics.
  • The demographics of the disease are changing, and we are seeing much younger people being affected by it.
  • To name a few reasons: Africa is home to the youngest demographic in the world.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The unemployed in this demographic spent about the same amount of time on the work.
    Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • Just two years ago, the show brought in a 7.7 rating in the demographic.
    Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
  • One of the biggest changes has been the demographics of her shows.
    Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2018
  • Those sales point to the changing demographic of the area.
    Hannah Selinger, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021
  • But over time, the city and its demographics have changed.
    Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 19 July 2018
  • That doesn’t mean people in this demographic don’t have the skills, or will, to run.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The race to keep up with the needs of this demographic is reflected across the country.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2021
  • The demographics of the cities also played a role in the decision.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The target of the film is very clear and its demographic is not always well catered for.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The term is borrowed from the study of demographics, where it is used to describe birthrates.
    Max Fisher, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Never mind the gross, the top 10, bottom 10, what's the rating, what's the demographic.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • People feel like me and Robert White have the same demographic.
    Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Every other age group trusts fintechs more, and the younger the demographic the wider the trust gap.
    Hossein Rahnama, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Many are in the prime under-44 demographic, and female.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But G.D.P. growth isn’t just about demographics and work force trends.
    Neil Irwin, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2016
  • So if that tends to attract maybe a younger demographic, perhaps that is the case.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2022
  • Speak to your demographic, be real, find your sweet spot and stick with it.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • This is the eighth straight year in which at least one team has been led by a quarterback in that demographic.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • The warmth of these shows has also brought in a new demographic: children.
    Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022
  • With the growth, the demographics of the county also began to change, as did the politics.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • But as gamer demographics shift, some are working to change that from the inside.
    Laura Parker, The Seattle Times, 21 July 2017
  • In 2024, Democrats can’t count on demographics alone to lift their fortunes.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • Those percents roughly match the demographics of the state.
    Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Granted, the target demographic was far more likely to be in a car seat than behind the wheel.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • That said, there are a few demographics that are more inclined to be lube-friendly.
    E.j. Dickson, Vox, 14 Dec. 2018
  • The demographic is so special and so widespread, as far as people from all walks of life.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 13 May 2022
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demographic

2 of 2 adjective
  • The demographic information shows that the population increased but the average income went down.
  • Democrats want to change the demographic makeup of the courts.
    Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • That brings the pace of Democratic gains down to the slow crawl of demographic change.
    Nate Cohn, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2016
  • And demographic trends suggest there will be a greater share of caregivers in the workplace in the years to come.
    Rhett Buttle, Fortune, 16 June 2020
  • In the report, there’s a full map of racial and demographic breakdown.
    Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But the jolt of Floyd’s death would in some ways cross demographic gulfs, experts say.
    Hannah Knowles, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2021
  • This is still every bit the savvy act of demographic outreach the old records were.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2021
  • What are your thoughts on the influx of this new demographic?
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 July 2019
  • 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
  • Our target demographic is 2 years old all the way up to 6 years old.
    Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Yet, the amount of the decline differs across demographic groups.
    Adam Fine, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The long-term impact of Covid-19 on demographic trends looms large.
    Isabel Coles, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Because of this demographic trough, there are now three times as many men in their 40s as in their 20s in Ukraine.
    Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • And huge demographic change has taken place across the area.
    Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Over time, the homes served a broad demographic spectrum.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2023
  • But the game is going to be live streamed on Facebook, where that demographic rules.
    oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The proportions of students in each demographic were about the same for the coming year as last year.
    James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • But at one protest in Missouri, the calls for change were coming from a much younger demographic.
    Alicia Lee, CNN, 1 July 2020
  • Not every demographic group saw the same changes, the researchers found.
    Kate Sheridan, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The biggest part of Utah’s spike is tied to a specific place and demographic.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Most of our demographic is under 30 years old and even teenagers.
    Erin Sauder, Elgin Courier-News, 25 May 2018
  • That means a steady birthrate in a country facing a demographic plunge.
    Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The impact of turnout and support over demographic shifts was even greater in the battleground states.
    Nate Cohn, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2016
  • But among college students — by far the demographic who use the app the most — the reaction has been much more subdued.
    Monica Chin, The Verge, 9 Sep. 2023
  • But demographic trends are putting a lid on potential growth from more hours of work.
    Neil Irwin, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The goal is to dig deeper than demographic statistics of deaths and circumstances and get to the why of what happened.
    Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But the demographic most likely to produce such a surge is now in a very different place.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021
  • But with which demographic groups is Biden losing the most support?
    Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • This isn’t just demographic data, but intel that spans users’ moods, tastes, and habits.
    WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
  • But the data show that demographic groups are not monoliths.
    Nami Sumida, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2022

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