Demographics
and Economy

Objective

After completing this section, you will be able to navigate and utilize online resources to find demographic and economic data to fulfill your information needs.

Demographics refers to the information derived from the study of people, with data pertaining to identifiable attributes and socioeconomic factors, well as how the characteristics of a specified population may change over time.

Demographic data may include family size, income, educational level, language spoken, gender, ethnicity, age, etc.

You can use demographic data to learn more about the population of a specified area and draw conclusions based on what you find.

You can also use this data to learn more about the economy since it can give insight on income levels, training and education, etc. There is even data on whole industries within the area that you can find.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

An Example

This table contains data collected about the city of Round Rock from the Dicennial Census in 2020, indicating the total population of the city and breaking the population down by race.

Think About It

Why would you need demographics data? For example, if you had to find data on how many people are living in poverty within a given area, what could you do with that information?

In the next section, you will learn about the resources you can use for research.

Google Sites

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Demographics and Economy

Objective

An Example

Think About It

Demographics
and Economy