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    Washington D.C. Demographics

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    In five pages Washington D.C. demographics are considered in a discussion of population, housing, median income of residents, and college graduates among other relevant topics. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    housing, and much more. WHAT DEMOGRAPHICS ARE Demographics, defined as "the study of the characteristics of human populations" (Rothenbuler 2002, PG) is concerned primarily with such things as census  numbers, male to female ratios, birth and death numbers as well as the population moving into and out of the demographic area being defined. In recent years more specific information  has been added as well to many demographic studies and it has now become common practice to break down these population figures even further with very detailed information. Such  things as income that is then separated into ratios of people within certain industries is commonly an important factor as are the age groups and ratios within the age groups.  Education is oftentimes recorded as well, determining what the educational level of various populations is and the percentage of those who are college graduates even considering what type of degrees  and what level those degrees are. Demographics information is used for many purposes. While it used to be used mostly for the purpose of the census and to get  a head count of the people in a certain area as well as sex and age group, now demographics can be used for things such as marketing and for businesses  to determine whether there is enough of a population that would warrant starting certain types of businesses. Through the use of demographics it can be determined if a certain  type of customer base is in that locale in sufficient numbers to support a new business, or demographics can be used to determine whether there are already too many of  that type of business already established for the area (Rothenbuler 2002) WASHINGTON D. C. The population for the Washington D. C. 

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