The Definitive 2005 SDMB Demographics Thread

Ethnicity: Black (with some Black Foot Native American thrown in)
Nationality: USer
Residence: Oakland, CA (across the bay from San Francisco, no the other bridge)
Sex: M
Age: 37
Status: Married (2nd)
Children: 3 (m14, m12, m10)
Education: AA Nursing, AA Computer Science
Occupation: Business Owner
Religion: none

Ethnicity: Bavarian, Suabian, and some Serbo-Croatian (when that still existed) thrown in
Nationality: German
Residence: Munich
Sex: F
Age: 32
Status: Single
Children: Since I’m not allowed to count my cats, none
Education: college degree in psychology
Occupation: Market Research
Religion: none

Ethnicity*: Some Irish…not really sure. my family never seemed to discuss such things!
Nationality: American
Residence: Memphis, TN
Sex:F
Age: 35
Status: Married/divorced twice, now living with SO for two years
Children: Two. 15 and five months girls
Education: GED and some college
Occupation: SAHM, I was a construction worker/painter until I got pregnant last year
Religion: undecided. I say I’m Christian but I just don’t know

Ethnicity: Gray
Nationality: Canadian
Residence: Austin Texas
Sex: M
Age: 37
Status: Single
Children: None
Education: BA (anthropology)
Occupation: Tech and Misc. for a minor-pro sports team
Religion: Formerly Conservative Jew.

Ethnicity: Irish, a bit of English, who knows what else?
Nationality: American
Residence: Pennsylvania
Sex: F
Age: 38
Status: Divorced (18 years)
Children: 3–21f, 19f, 11m
Education: BS in Applied Behavioral Science
Occupation: Program Officer
Religion: None

Etnicity: Mutt
Nationality: American
Residence: Ohio
Sex: M
Age: 29
Status: Married for 9 years
Children: 3 (1 boy, 2 girls)
Education: Post Graduate
Occupation: Math Teacher
Religion: Christian

Ethnicity: Caucasian (Irish/German)
Nationality: USA
Residence: Tokyo
Sex: M
Age: 26
Status: Now hiring
Children: Nope. Still tadpoles
Education: College
Occupation: Programmer
Religion: N/A

Ethnicity*: Irish American with a splash of Cajun
Residence: PA
Sex: M
Age: 34
Status: Married
Children: 1 (son, 5)
Education: Some college
Occupation: banking industry
Religion: lapsed Catholic

Etnicity: Whole lotta European-type ancestors and maybe one branch of the family from an unspecified Native American tribe. Mostly white though.
Nationality: American
Residence: UPSTATE New York
Sex: F
Age: 26
Status: Unmarried but involved
Children: 0
Education: M.Eng.
Occupation: Info management
Religion: Somewhere between Methodist and agnostic

Some quick stats… With only 47 people having responded so far I decided to tally some stats.

Males responding: 28
Females responding: 19

Male Age spread: 19 to 59 (40 year difference)
Female Age spread: 19 to 56 (37 year difference)

Average Male Age: 33.3yrs old
Average Female Age: 34.8yrs old

Median Male Age: 31 yrs old
Median Female Age: 35 yrs old

I’ll enter more data later, and update as more responses come in.

Ethnicity*: Scotch-Irish, Polish, German, & Blackfoot
Nationality: American
Residence: Chicago, Illinois (Northside!!!, GO Cubs!)
Sex: F
Age: 24
Status: Single, never married, not sure I want to be :slight_smile:
Children: none, again, not sure I ever want that to change
Education: Returning for a master’s degree in one month
Occupation: Education Industry with a peon job.
Religion: Raised Catholic, but was never baptised, unless what I heard about my grandma baptising us it true. Currently, non-practiing but I consider myself spiritual.

Ethnicity: Typical American Mutt
Nationality: United States of American
Residence: Montgomery AL
Sex: F
Age: 37
Status: Married
Children: No thanks
Education: B.S. Environmental Science and Music, Graduate classes in Programming
Occupation: Environmental Scientist
Religion: raised Southern Baptist, Currently pissing off the die-hards

Ethnicity: German/Irish
Nationality: American
Residence: Lawrence, KS
Sex: 26
Age:M
Status: Single
Children: none
Education: Some College, eventual BA Humanities
Occupation: none at the moment, former active duty Marines
Religion: American Baptist

Ethnicity: Irish/German/Scandanavian(still under investigation)
Nationality: American
Residence: Apple Valley, CA
Sex: M
Age: 41.85
Status: Current first marriage, 18.83 years
Children: 3.00 boys: 17.18, 8.82, 3.65
Education: BS App. Math, BS Comp. Sci., Minor Geography/Cartography, Additional background in: Business Admin., Business Law, Accounting
Occupation: Business Owner in Social Services Sector (13 years), Forklift Driver (~10.5 years previous, 1.5 years overlapping)
Religion: Catholic

Ethnicity: English/Irish
Nationality: USA
Residence: Ohio
Sex: Male
Age: 43
Status: Married (for the second time)
Children: 5 (4 boys and a girl)
Education: Some college
Occupation: Media Technologist in a high school
Religion: None

Ethnicity: Indian
Nationality: Indian
Residence: North Carolina
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Status: Involved, soon to be married
Children: Zilch
Education: Masters - Mechanical Engg.
Occupation: Software Developer (read caveman)
Religion: Hindu - for what it’s worth

Ethnicity: About 50% Irish and 50% German
Nationality: USA
Residence: Denver, CO
Sex: Male
Age: 31
Status: Single but in long term relationship
Children: Just me
Education: J.D., BAs in philosophy and poli sci
Occupation: used to be a DA, now criminal defense attorney
Religion: a C & E Catholic (attends church for Christmans and Easter)

Never!

Were you at all disappointed that the boys came in round numbers? Ever discussed pi with your wife? Mind you, I note you went for a prime number.

Just to save anyone the effort, I’m recording the entries in Excel and am running statistics… not to say no one else can do it. I just thought I’d let people know.

Ethnicity: Irish & Italian
Nationality: USAmerican
Residence: Austin TX
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Status: Second Marriage
Children: 0
Education: BA, Geography
Occupation: Data Wrangler
Religion: estranged Southern Baptist