Applied Demography Resources
What Is Demography?
Demography represents a fundamental approach to the understanding of human society. Its primary tasks are to ascertain the number of people in a given area, to determine what change that number represents from a previous census, to explain the change, and to estimate the future trends of population changes. The demographer also traces the origins of population changes and studies their impact.
What Is Applied Demography?
Applied Demography is the subfield of demography that focuses on practical applications of demographic methods and materials for decision-making purposes. Its practitioners come from a variety of academic disciplines and professional backgrounds and are employed primarily by government agencies, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. Their work often includes data collection, demographic analysis, the interpretation and communication of demographic trends, strategic planning, and the development and evaluation of population estimates and projections.
Applied Demography — Estimates
A Bibliography of Population Estimates
Locating Courses in Applied Demography (United States)
- Bowling Green State University
- Florida State University
- Portland State University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Delaware
- The University of Mississippi
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- University of Wisconsin
Locating Courses in Applied Demography (International)
