Antedating of "Demographic" (Noun)

[Shapiro, Fred]

"Demographics" appears in the New York Times, Jan. 29, 1964 (see ProQuest Historical Newspapers).  That usage is in the sense of "demographic statistics."  This is an antedating of the 1967 first use in OED for "demographic" (noun).

Fred Shapiro

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