demographic

adj

1. Of or pertaining to demography.

   “Yet it does bring up a much more real problem about China's demographic transition, which has led some to argue that China will "get old before it gets rich."”

   “A growing foreign-born population has sparked debate in Japan amid the pressures of a demographic crisis and economic worries.”

noun

1. (in-plural)A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.

   “1985, Richard I. Henderson, Compensation Management: Rewarding Performance, Fourth Edition, Reston Pub. Co., →ISBN, page 604, Of significant current interest is the fact that the compa-ratio can be used to analyze the pay treatment of specific groups of employees. Segregating employees by such demographics as gender, race, or age group (e.g., 18–25, 26–39, 40–50, 51–65), a compa-ratio analysis could provide a first indication […]”

2. A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.

   “A newspaper is consumed by many demographics, a small portion of which may be the target.”

   “2006, Kelley Keehn, The Woman's Guide to Money, Insomniac Press, →ISBN, page 44, As a member of the Generation X demographic, I'm saddened to admit that paying with plastic (whether debit or credit card) has superseded paying with real money.”

   “"The demographic for NASCAR is people who eat," said Steve Page, president of the former Infineon Raceway […] . "We're giving people plenty to do before the race."”

   “Rail is clearly a more sustainable option, and the demographic of the population living in the areas served by the new stations certainly seems to be a good fit when it comes to modal shift.”

3. An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.