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Population Groups
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Classifications of persons based on a common characteristic such as socioeconomic status, ethnicity, age, gender, education level, occupation, or place of residence.
Alternative terms
UF
↸
People (Groups)
Broader Terms
BT
↑
Groups
More specific terms
NT3
↓
Administrators
►
▼
NT4
↓
Admissions Officers
NT4
↓
Assistant Principals
NT4
↓
Beginning Principals
NT4
↓
Central Office Administrators
NT4
↓
Coordinators
►
▼
NT5
↓
Instructor Coordinators
NT4
↓
Deans
NT4
↓
Department Heads
NT4
↓
Ombudsmen
NT4
↓
Personnel Directors
NT4
↓
Presidents
►
▼
NT5
↓
College Presidents
NT4
↓
Principals
NT4
↓
Registrars (School)
NT4
↓
Research Directors
NT4
↓
School Business Officials
NT4
↓
Student Financial Aid Officers
NT4
↓
Superintendents
NT4
↓
Supervisors
►
▼
NT5
↓
State Supervisors
NT5
↓
Student Teacher Supervisors
NT4
↓
Trustees
NT4
↓
Vocational Directors
NT4
↓
Women Administrators
NT3
↓
Advantaged
NT3
↓
Age Groups
►
▼
NT4
↓
Adolescents
NT4
↓
Adults
►
▼
NT5
↓
Adult Students
NT5
↓
Older Adults
NT5
↓
Young Adults
NT4
↓
Baby Boomers
NT4
↓
Children
►
▼
NT5
↓
African American Children
NT5
↓
Grandchildren
NT5
↓
Hospitalized Children
NT5
↓
Latchkey Children
NT5
↓
Migrant Children
NT5
↓
Minority Group Children
NT5
↓
Preadolescents
NT5
↓
Young Children
►
▼
NT6
↓
Infants
►
NT6
↓
Preschool Children
NT6
↓
Toddlers
NT4
↓
Early Adolescents
NT4
↓
Late Adolescents
NT4
↓
Youth
►
▼
NT5
↓
Disadvantaged Youth
NT5
↓
Out of School Youth
NT5
↓
Rural Youth
NT5
↓
Urban Youth
NT3
↓
Alumni
►
▼
NT4
↓
Graduates
►
▼
NT5
↓
College Graduates
NT5
↓
Foreign Medical Graduates
NT5
↓
High School Graduates
NT3
↓
Arabs
NT3
↓
Artists
►
▼
NT4
↓
Musicians
NT3
↓
Asians
►
▼
NT4
↓
Asian Americans
►
▼
NT5
↓
Asian American Students
NT5
↓
Chinese Americans
NT5
↓
Filipino Americans
NT5
↓
Japanese Americans
NT5
↓
Korean Americans
NT4
↓
Hmong People
NT4
↓
Indians
NT4
↓
Indochinese
►
▼
NT5
↓
Cambodians
NT5
↓
Laotians
NT5
↓
Vietnamese People
NT3
↓
At Risk Persons
►
▼
NT4
↓
At Risk Students
NT3
↓
Athletes
NT3
↓
Authors
►
▼
NT4
↓
Poets
NT3
↓
Blacks
NT3
↓
Board Candidates
NT3
↓
Caregivers
►
▼
NT4
↓
Child Caregivers
NT3
↓
Change Agents
►
▼
NT4
↓
Extension Agents
NT3
↓
Classes (Groups of Students)
►
▼
NT4
↓
Multigraded Classes
NT4
↓
Single Sex Classes
NT4
↓
Small Classes
NT4
↓
Special Classes
NT3
↓
College Applicants
NT3
↓
Counselors
►
▼
NT4
↓
School Counselors
NT3
↓
Criminals
NT3
↓
Disadvantaged
►
▼
NT4
↓
Disadvantaged Youth
NT4
↓
Economically Disadvantaged
NT4
↓
Educationally Disadvantaged
NT4
↓
Gifted Disadvantaged
NT3
↓
Donors
NT3
↓
Dropouts
NT3
↓
Employees
►
▼
NT4
↓
Caseworkers
NT4
↓
Clergy
NT4
↓
Differentiated Staffs
NT4
↓
Dislocated Workers
NT4
↓
Entry Workers
NT4
↓
Foreign Workers
NT4
↓
Government Employees
►
▼
NT5
↓
Extension Agents
NT5
↓
Military Personnel
NT5
↓
Police
NT5
↓
Public Officials
►
▼
NT6
↓
Legislators
NT6
↓
State Officials
►
NT5
↓
Public School Teachers
NT4
↓
Health Personnel
►
▼
NT5
↓
Allied Health Personnel
►
▼
NT6
↓
Emergency Medical Technicians
NT6
↓
Home Health Aides
NT5
↓
Mental Health Workers
►
▼
NT6
↓
School Psychologists
NT5
↓
Nurses
►
▼
NT6
↓
School Nurses
NT5
↓
Physicians
►
▼
NT6
↓
Foreign Medical Graduates
NT5
↓
Psychologists
►
▼
NT6
↓
School Psychologists
NT4
↓
Indigenous Personnel
NT4
↓
Library Personnel
►
▼
NT5
↓
Librarians
NT4
↓
Nonprofessional Personnel
►
▼
NT5
↓
Clerical Workers
►
▼
NT6
↓
Examiners
NT5
↓
Semiskilled Workers
NT5
↓
Skilled Workers
NT5
↓
Unskilled Workers
►
▼
NT6
↓
Laborers
►
NT4
↓
Older Workers
NT4
↓
Paraprofessional Personnel
►
▼
NT5
↓
Paraprofessional School Personnel
►
▼
NT6
↓
School Aides
NT6
↓
Teacher Aides
►
NT4
↓
Professional Personnel
►
▼
NT5
↓
Athletic Coaches
NT5
↓
Faculty
►
▼
NT6
↓
Adjunct Faculty
NT6
↓
College Faculty
►
NT6
↓
Deans
NT6
↓
Department Heads
NT6
↓
Faculty Advisers
NT6
↓
Nontenured Faculty
NT6
↓
Part Time Faculty
NT6
↓
Women Faculty
NT5
↓
Information Scientists
►
▼
NT6
↓
Librarians
NT5
↓
Lawyers
NT5
↓
Nurses
►
▼
NT6
↓
School Nurses
NT5
↓
Physicians
►
▼
NT6
↓
Foreign Medical Graduates
NT5
↓
Psychologists
►
▼
NT6
↓
School Psychologists
NT5
↓
Research Directors
NT5
↓
Researchers
►
▼
NT6
↓
Educational Researchers
►
NT5
↓
Scientists
►
▼
NT6
↓
Women Scientists
NT5
↓
Social Scientists
►
▼
NT6
↓
Historians
NT5
↓
Teachers
►
▼
NT6
↓
Adult Educators
NT6
↓
African American Teachers
NT6
↓
Art Teachers
NT6
↓
Beginning Teachers
NT6
↓
Bilingual Teachers
NT6
↓
Catholic Educators
NT6
↓
Cooperating Teachers
NT6
↓
Elementary School Teachers
NT6
↓
Experienced Teachers
NT6
↓
Home Economics Teachers
NT6
↓
Industrial Arts Teachers
NT6
↓
Instructor Coordinators
NT6
↓
Itinerant Teachers
NT6
↓
Language Teachers
►
NT6
↓
Lay Teachers
NT6
↓
Master Teachers
NT6
↓
Mathematics Teachers
NT6
↓
Middle School Teachers
NT6
↓
Minority Group Teachers
NT6
↓
Music Teachers
NT6
↓
Physical Education Teachers
NT6
↓
Preschool Teachers
NT6
↓
Public School Teachers
NT6
↓
Reading Teachers
NT6
↓
Remedial Teachers
NT6
↓
Resource Teachers
NT6
↓
Science Teachers
NT6
↓
Secondary School Teachers
NT6
↓
Special Education Teachers
NT6
↓
Student Teachers
NT6
↓
Substitute Teachers
NT6
↓
Teacher Interns
NT6
↓
Teacher Researchers
NT6
↓
Television Teachers
NT6
↓
Tutors
NT6
↓
Vocational Education Teachers
►
NT6
↓
Writing Teachers
NT4
↓
Reentry Workers
NT4
↓
Research Assistants
NT4
↓
Resident Advisers
NT4
↓
Resource Staff
NT4
↓
School Personnel
►
▼
NT5
↓
Admissions Officers
NT5
↓
Assistant Principals
NT5
↓
Beginning Principals
NT5
↓
Faculty
►
▼
NT6
↓
Adjunct Faculty
NT6
↓
College Faculty
►
NT6
↓
Deans
NT6
↓
Department Heads
NT6
↓
Faculty Advisers
NT6
↓
Nontenured Faculty
NT6
↓
Part Time Faculty
NT6
↓
Women Faculty
NT5
↓
Foreign Student Advisers
NT5
↓
Paraprofessional School Personnel
►
▼
NT6
↓
School Aides
NT6
↓
Teacher Aides
►
NT5
↓
Principals
NT5
↓
Pupil Personnel Workers
NT5
↓
Registrars (School)
NT5
↓
School Business Officials
NT5
↓
School Cadres
NT5
↓
School Counselors
NT5
↓
School Nurses
NT5
↓
School Psychologists
NT5
↓
School Social Workers
NT5
↓
Student Financial Aid Officers
NT5
↓
Student Personnel Workers
NT4
↓
Scientific Personnel
►
▼
NT5
↓
Scientists
►
▼
NT6
↓
Women Scientists
NT4
↓
Security Personnel
NT3
↓
Employers
NT3
↓
Ethnic Groups
►
▼
NT4
↓
Alaska Natives
NT4
↓
American Indians
►
▼
NT5
↓
American Indian Students
NT5
↓
Maya (People)
NT5
↓
Navajo (Nation)
NT5
↓
Nonreservation American Indians
►
▼
NT6
↓
Urban American Indians
NT5
↓
Reservation American Indians
NT4
↓
Anglo Americans
NT4
↓
Canada Natives
NT4
↓
Chinese Americans
NT4
↓
Eskimos
NT4
↓
Filipino Americans
NT4
↓
French Canadians
NT4
↓
Hawaiians
NT4
↓
Hmong People
NT4
↓
Italian Americans
NT4
↓
Japanese Americans
NT4
↓
Korean Americans
NT4
↓
Mexican Americans
NT4
↓
Pacific Islanders
►
▼
NT5
↓
Pacific Americans
►
▼
NT6
↓
Hawaiians
NT6
↓
Samoan Americans
NT4
↓
Polish Americans
NT4
↓
Samoan Americans
NT4
↓
Spanish Americans
NT3
↓
Evaluators
NT3
↓
Facilitators (Individuals)
NT3
↓
Family (Sociological Unit)
►
▼
NT4
↓
African American Family
NT4
↓
Daughters
NT4
↓
Dependents
NT4
↓
Heads of Households
NT4
↓
Homemakers
NT4
↓
One Parent Family
►
▼
NT5
↓
Fatherless Family
NT4
↓
Parents
►
▼
NT5
↓
Employed Parents
NT5
↓
Fathers
NT5
↓
Grandparents
►
▼
NT6
↓
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
NT5
↓
Mothers
►
▼
NT6
↓
Unwed Mothers
NT5
↓
Parents as Teachers
NT5
↓
Parents with Disabilities
NT4
↓
Siblings
►
▼
NT5
↓
Twins
NT4
↓
Sons
NT4
↓
Spouses
NT4
↓
Widowed
NT3
↓
Females
►
▼
NT4
↓
Daughters
NT4
↓
Employed Women
►
▼
NT5
↓
Women Administrators
NT5
↓
Women Faculty
NT4
↓
Mothers
►
▼
NT5
↓
Unwed Mothers
NT4
↓
Nuns
NT4
↓
Pregnant Students
NT4
↓
Women Scientists
NT3
↓
Financial Aid Applicants
NT3
↓
Gifted
►
▼
NT4
↓
Academically Gifted
NT4
↓
Gifted Disabled
NT4
↓
Gifted Disadvantaged
NT3
↓
Homebound
NT3
↓
Homeless People
NT3
↓
Indigenous Populations
►
▼
NT4
↓
Alaska Natives
NT4
↓
American Indians
►
▼
NT5
↓
American Indian Students
NT5
↓
Maya (People)
NT5
↓
Navajo (Nation)
NT5
↓
Nonreservation American Indians
►
▼
NT6
↓
Urban American Indians
NT5
↓
Reservation American Indians
NT4
↓
Canada Natives
NT4
↓
Eskimos
NT4
↓
Pacific Islanders
►
▼
NT5
↓
Pacific Americans
►
▼
NT6
↓
Hawaiians
NT6
↓
Samoan Americans
NT3
↓
Institutionalized Persons
NT3
↓
Job Applicants
NT3
↓
Judges
NT3
↓
Labor Force Nonparticipants
NT3
↓
Language Minorities
►
▼
NT4
↓
English Language Learners
NT4
↓
Limited English Speaking
NT4
↓
Non English Speaking
NT3
↓
Latin Americans
►
▼
NT4
↓
Cubans
NT4
↓
Haitians
NT4
↓
Maya (People)
NT4
↓
Mexicans
NT4
↓
Puerto Ricans
NT3
↓
Lay People
►
▼
NT4
↓
Lay Teachers
NT3
↓
Leaders
►
▼
NT4
↓
Community Leaders
NT4
↓
Youth Leaders
NT3
↓
Low Income Groups
►
▼
NT4
↓
Low Income Students
NT3
↓
Males
►
▼
NT4
↓
Fathers
NT4
↓
Sons
NT3
↓
Migrants
►
▼
NT4
↓
Immigrants
►
▼
NT5
↓
Undocumented Immigrants
NT4
↓
Migrant Children
NT4
↓
Migrant Workers
NT4
↓
Refugees
NT3
↓
Minority Groups
NT3
↓
Multiracial Persons
NT3
↓
Native Speakers
►
▼
NT4
↓
Spanish Speaking
NT3
↓
North Americans
►
▼
NT4
↓
African Americans
►
▼
NT5
↓
African American Children
NT5
↓
African American Students
NT5
↓
African American Teachers
NT4
↓
Alaska Natives
NT4
↓
Anglo Americans
NT4
↓
Asian Americans
►
▼
NT5
↓
Asian American Students
NT5
↓
Chinese Americans
NT5
↓
Filipino Americans
NT5
↓
Japanese Americans
NT5
↓
Korean Americans
NT4
↓
Canada Natives
NT4
↓
Eskimos
NT4
↓
French Canadians
NT4
↓
Hispanic Americans
►
▼
NT5
↓
Hispanic American Students
NT5
↓
Mexican Americans
NT5
↓
Spanish Americans
NT4
↓
Italian Americans
NT4
↓
Pacific Americans
►
▼
NT5
↓
Hawaiians
NT5
↓
Samoan Americans
NT4
↓
Polish Americans
NT3
↓
Novices
►
▼
NT4
↓
Beginning Principals
NT4
↓
Beginning Teachers
NT4
↓
Entry Workers
NT3
↓
Patients
►
▼
NT4
↓
Hospitalized Children
NT3
↓
Peer Groups
NT3
↓
Political Candidates
NT3
↓
Potential Dropouts
NT3
↓
Religious Cultural Groups
►
▼
NT4
↓
Catholics
NT4
↓
Jews
NT4
↓
Muslims
NT4
↓
Protestants
NT3
↓
Role Models
►
▼
NT4
↓
Mentors
NT3
↓
Runaways
NT3
↓
Rural Population
►
▼
NT4
↓
Rural Farm Residents
NT4
↓
Rural Youth
NT3
↓
Slow Learners
NT3
↓
Social Class
►
▼
NT4
↓
Middle Class
NT4
↓
Working Class
NT3
↓
Specialists
►
▼
NT4
↓
Child Development Specialists
NT4
↓
Consultants
►
▼
NT5
↓
Reading Consultants
NT4
↓
Media Specialists
NT3
↓
Stopouts
NT3
↓
Students
►
▼
NT4
↓
Adult Students
NT4
↓
Advanced Students
NT4
↓
African American Students
NT4
↓
American Indian Students
NT4
↓
Asian American Students
NT4
↓
Bilingual Students
NT4
↓
College Students
►
▼
NT5
↓
College Freshmen
NT5
↓
College Seniors
NT5
↓
College Transfer Students
►
▼
NT6
↓
Reverse Transfer Students
NT5
↓
First Generation College Students
NT5
↓
Graduate Students
►
▼
NT6
↓
Law Students
NT6
↓
Medical Students
NT5
↓
In State Students
NT5
↓
On Campus Students
NT5
↓
Out of State Students
NT5
↓
Preservice Teachers
►
▼
NT6
↓
Student Teachers
NT5
↓
Two Year College Students
NT5
↓
Undergraduate Students
►
▼
NT6
↓
Premedical Students
NT4
↓
Commuting Students
NT4
↓
Continuation Students
NT4
↓
Elementary School Students
NT4
↓
Evening Students
NT4
↓
Foreign Students
NT4
↓
Full Time Students
NT4
↓
Hispanic American Students
NT4
↓
Low Income Students
NT4
↓
Majors (Students)
►
▼
NT5
↓
Education Majors
NT4
↓
Middle School Students
NT4
↓
Minority Group Students
NT4
↓
Nonmajors
NT4
↓
Nontraditional Students
NT4
↓
Nursing Students
NT4
↓
Part Time Students
NT4
↓
Pregnant Students
NT4
↓
Reentry Students
NT4
↓
Secondary School Students
►
▼
NT5
↓
High School Students
►
▼
NT6
↓
College Bound Students
NT6
↓
High School Freshmen
NT6
↓
High School Seniors
NT6
↓
Noncollege Bound Students
NT5
↓
Junior High School Students
NT4
↓
Self Supporting Students
NT4
↓
Special Needs Students
NT4
↓
Student Volunteers
NT4
↓
Terminal Students
NT4
↓
Transfer Students
►
▼
NT5
↓
College Transfer Students
►
▼
NT6
↓
Reverse Transfer Students
NT4
↓
White Students
NT3
↓
Trainees
NT3
↓
Trainers
NT3
↓
Tribes
►
▼
NT4
↓
Navajo (Nation)
NT3
↓
Union Members
NT3
↓
Urban Population
►
▼
NT4
↓
Urban American Indians
NT4
↓
Urban Youth
NT3
↓
Veterans
NT3
↓
Victims
►
▼
NT4
↓
Victims of Crime
NT3
↓
Volunteers
►
▼
NT4
↓
Student Volunteers
NT3
↓
Welfare Recipients
NT3
↓
Whites
►
▼
NT4
↓
White Students
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Date of creation
06-Mar-2017
Accepted term
06-Mar-2017
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