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I'm curious about the demographics of the paleo community. Is this information available? I'm interested in these types of demographics:

  • Age: Average age of a paleo person? Would it be good to see this number lowered significantly?
  • Gender: Are men more likely to be paleo? I was initially surprised at the number of ladies posting on this site and others, but I was probably biased.
  • Income: Eating paleo can be expensive, are paleo wealthier than average?
  • Location: Is paleo more popular in the urban/rural areas? Even though rural areas may have better access to fresh/raw foods? Western vs non-Western countries?
  • Political Views: I don't want to get into a political debate, just curious if we lean to the left or right.
  • Race: Are most people white? Is this more of a socioeconomic factor?
  • Religion: Atheist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim? I imagine the dietary restrictions of the last three may make paleo more difficult to follow.

Edit, I forgot to add my own details.

  • Age: 23
  • Gender: Male
  • Income: 60s, Computer Science grad
  • Location: Houston, TX
  • Political Views: Libertarian
  • Race: Caucasian (mixed German, Irish, etc)
  • Religion: Non-religious

Another edit, Caveman Bob posted this link http://www.tfaforms.com/228736 if you are interested in taking a paleoish survey on government involvement in food.

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Age: 21. I was done with alcohol when I was 20 but I still like to go out for a drink with friends once in a Blue Moon (see what I did there?).
Gender: Female last time I checked.
Income: Nonexistent. I'm a college student but I can still afford food through this magical little piece of plastic called a credit card.
Location: I've been having a love affair with Los Angeles for the last 18 years. Vitamin D supplementation? Wut iz dat?
Political views: Somewhat in the middle. Liberal on some things, conservative on others. But I hate politics so I tend to stay away from it.
Race: Filipino (Asian), with some Chinese and Portuguese. But I'm very detached from my roots, unfortunately. Never met another Filipino Paleo-er, although Filipinos do love coconuts and cooking food in pork fat. My grandfather was extremely fit (lived to be 92) and looked like Jon Hamm when he was younger.
Religion: Catholic. There are some things I don't agree with but I still go to church every Sunday like a good little girl *cough.*

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cough This is why I am wary around the 'good little girls' in church. – August Jan 11 2012 at 16:52
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Certainly don't mind sharing my information.

  • 28 years old.
  • Male.
  • Student / Part-time worker.
  • Currently living at home while attending college, but purchase all my own food and pay bills for utilities / phone / etc... I make it work.
  • My home is in Berkeley, California, a few blocks from the Downtown area. Close enough to hometown markets, farmers' markets, and establishments like Whole Foods and Berkeley Bowl.
  • Politics is touchy... I would say I usually vote democrat, but am not hardcore left. I can see the weaknesses of either side's argument and usually (unfortunately, in this age), pick what I believe to be the lesser of two evils.
  • I am caucasian - Irish/Hungarian (flavored with a small mix of other backgrounds) by descent.
  • Religion is also something I usually don't like going into just in general, but I currently consider myself an Agnostic Christian Existentialist.
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Here's a survey of more than 5,000 paleo dieters: http://naturallyengineered.com/blog/2011-paleo-community-survey-results-released/

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Thanks for the link, that's the time of information I was looking for. I completed the survey and will add it to my primary post. – txrandom Jan 11 2012 at 4:37
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Male

Information Security (Virus/Encryption/Patching)

Tampa Bay area of Florida

Libertarian / Social Anarchist

Welsh/Scot/Breton (in order of concentration), with some German (1/8th, going back to 2 German GGGrandparents), and 1/16th Cherokee (Dad's Grandmother was Cherokee).

Christian - I tend to not "hang out" with many Believers mostly because my social views are so far against the Evangelical views... and I've not been to church in a while due to this awkwardness.

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Interesting idea. It looks like we're all pretty young so far. I really like the idea that our generation may bring a growing percentage of folks who will no longer accept the conventional wisdom that has been offered to us. Personally:

  • Age: 24
  • Gender: Male
  • Income: 40s, IT tech
  • Location: Denver, CO
  • Political Views: I really try to keep my world contained to what I touch and experience day to day. Politics seem to cause a lot of frustration in a lot of people, when they have very little say in them day to day.
  • Race: Caucasian (French/English)
  • Religion: Agnostic though somewhat spiritual (regular yoga practice, meditation, ecstatic dance)

I'm especially curious about the income part; I don't think I could follow this diet if I made any less, I'm just not creative enough with things like canned tuna.

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Age: 39 Gender: Female Income: 80's, Bank Location: Go Tebow! Political Views: Conservative Race: Dutch white chick Religion: Catholic

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Age: 38
Gender: Female
Income: None, housewife
Location: Bay Area, CA, USA
Political Views: Socialist with Technocratic elements
Race: Caucasian (Greek)
Religion: Atheist
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Age: 36 Gender: Female Income: I'm a stay at home parent, my partner earns ~ 60's & we get child benefit for two children (£130 every four weeks) Location: Cleveland, UK (I'm from Newcastle upon Tyne originally though). We're urban, but both locations are pretty close to farms & countryside. Political Views: Left wing Race: Irish mother, English father (with Scottish roots). Caucasian, fair skinned & freckled! Religion: Agnostic

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  • Age: 20
  • Gender: Female
  • Income: Money isn't an issue
  • Location: Dublin, Ireland
  • Political Views: Left from an American point of view but probably more centre-left here.
  • Race: Caucasian (Irish)
  • Religion: Atheist
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Age: 27

Gender: Female

Income: 40s, IT Analyst

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Political Views: I am another one who tries not to get too involved in politics. If I had to pick, I'd say democrat.

Race: Caucasian (English/French)

Religion: Agnostic

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Age: 35 Gender: Female Income: 50k, graduate degree Location: Toronto, Canada Political Views: left Race: Caucasian Religion: lapsed Catholic. spiritual but not religious

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Age: 30 Gender: Male Income: 35k Location: North Carolina Political Views: Pro-gun Progressive Liberal
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Atheist

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Age: 30

Gender: Male

Profession: IT

Location: UK

Political Views: Liberal

Race: Caucasian (mixed Irish, Norwegian, Chilean)

Religion: Non-religious, but interested in the philosophical side of Buddhism (not the moral side)

Fairly similar in some respects!

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Age: 24

Gender. Female

Profession: Graphic Designer ~ 60K USD (120K household)

Location: South-West Norway

Political Views: Liberal I guess (US lean more Democratic)

Race: Norwegian + Native American - Caucasian

Religion: non-religious but have my beliefs in a bigger power

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Oh fun! I'm a statistician so I love these kinds of surveys.

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Profession: Data Analyst @ 85K

Location: Chi-town!

Political views: Socially Liberal, Financially Conservative. Voting is hard.

Race: On the surface, caucasian. Inside, Russian, Lebanese and German

Religion: Raised Jewish, practicing Atheism with gust and verve.

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Age: 45
Gender: Female
Profession: Mail Extraction Specialist
Income: Sad (see profession above)
Location: Boston
Political views: Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative
Race: Viking (Swedish, Dutch, Scot and Irish)
Religion: Raised Catholic, still trying to detox

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"...still trying to detox" lol! :-) – Paleo_Pal Jan 11 2012 at 17:58
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Age: 52
Gender: Male (Married, 2 kids)
Income: 90s, Computer Science grad
Location: Alexandria, VA
Political Views: Democrat/Libertarian (but they are all bums)
Race: Caucasian (mixed English, Scottish, German, who knows?, etc)
Religion: Non-religious, ex-Buddhist, ex-Presbyterian, living with SAD Lutherans (help me!)

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Age............: 30.
Gender.........: Male.
Profession.....: Linux System Administrator (mostly Debian).
Location.......: London, UK.
Political Views: Exactly in the middle on the political compass test.
Race...........: Probably English, but who really knows?
Religion.......: Christian (Historical/Biblical/Augustinian/Reformed/Calvinist).
Hobbies........: Dancer.......: Flamenco, Argentine Tango. 
                 Skater.......: Roller-skate/jam-skate.
                 Reader.......: non-fiction/education as leisure. 
                 Cook.........: clean/simple/fresh/citrus.
                 Perfectionist: This list as example.
                 Workaholic...: Currently writing this from the office.

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Hats off to another historical Reformed/Calvinist here, who woulda thought? – JoeBranca at paleoplusone.com Jan 12 2012 at 22:11
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Add me to that list as well. I'm the senior pastor of our church. – westroxel Apr 21 2012 at 0:34
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Age: 29

Gender: Male

Income: above median for location, Software QA

Location: San Francisco, CA

Political Views: Near center on political compass, always a tiny bit to the left, and vary a little up or down. Consider myself independent as all the named political factions annoy me in one way or another.

Race: Asian (Taiwanese)

Religion: Catholic, pro-evolution, don't go to church, but like to do Lent. Like agnosticism in general.

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Facebook provides analytic for fan pages and while I can only speak for my own, the results have consistently shown some trends.

A full 25% are female aged 25-35. Slightly less (~20%) are female aged 35-45. Males in the same age ranges represent the bulk of the male population.

Teenagers and older adults (55 and up) represent the smallest fraction.

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Age: 19

Gender: Female

Income: Barely any...living off of student loans :[

Location: Auburn, AL during the school year. Ashburn, VA when at home.

Political Views: The U.S. theory of "democracy" is nice...but lets face it, thats not how it works here. When our government is no longer corrupt, then I'll be able to answer for sure. But if I had to choose...liberal.

Race: Caucasian (Greek, German, Polish)

Religion: Christian (but not super religious)

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Age: 33 1/2
Gender: Female
Income: ~$90K total household income (of which, I contribute roughly half)
Location: San Antonio, TX
Political Views: Life Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness (Libertarian)
Race: Caucasian/Scandinavian (mostly Swedish and Norwegian)
Religion: Atheist

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Age: 23 Gender: female Income: nonexistent, still in school! Location: Houston, TX Political Views: Tough call. I vote for the candidate. Race: Caucasian Religion: agnostic

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AGE: 42 GENDER" Male INCOME: nunya business LOCATION: the beautiful Sandhills of Nebraska POLITICAL VIEWS: Libertarian RACE: doesn't matter RELIGION: again not important

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Age: 31

Gender: Male

Income: Med-High AU$57 (Household $120), Senior Accountant, Studying Masters in ICT Management

Location: Adelaide Australia

Political Views: Libertarian

Race: Caucasian (English)

Religion: Non-religious

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Age: 41
Gender: Male
Income: (comfortably middle class)
Occupation: Graphic Design
Location: San Jose, CA
Political Views: Classical Liberalism (a bit of Apathetic Technocrat)
Race: Anglo-Saxon
Religion: Atheist (non-practicing Discordian, affinity for Theraveda Buddhism)
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Age: 27 Gender: Male Income: Lower-middle income Location: Adirondacks (Rural) Political Views: Libertarian socialist (if that seems like a contradiction, read some Chomsky) Race: Caucasian Religion: Athiest

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It would be cool if Patrik or someone could set up a survey style question in this regard. It doesn't help me much to scroll down the list of answers. Is that possible? Or any way to collate info from profiles?

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Age: 65

Gender: Male

Profession: Retired from software industry and aerospace/defense

Location: Sunny southern California

Political Views: libertarian (with a small "L") - to borrow a quote from Matt Stone of South Park, "I hate conservatives but I really f*cking hate liberals."

Race: German/Irish Caucasian, but mostly disengaged from the Irish part except for the music.

Religion: Quantum Consciousness - the universe (all of them) is a hologram. Maybe. By way of past leanings toward the Tao with chunks of I Ching thrown in and Zen. (Before you asked me, I understood just what time was. Now I'm not so sure. — Socrates) Originally Catholic.

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•Age:64 •Gender: Female •Income:enough (Retired) •Location: Mexico and Northern BC- both country, not city •Political Views: Non Political •Race: Caucasian (mixed Scottish, Irish, etc) •Religion:Agnostic

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