socioeconomic

adjective

so·​cio·​eco·​nom·​ic ˌsō-sē-ō-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mik 

-ˌē-kə-, 

ˌsō-shē-

variants or socio-economic

: of, relating to, or involving a combination of social and economic factors

socioeconomically

ˌsō-sē-ō-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mi-k(ə-)lē 

-ˌē-kə-, 

ˌsō-shē-

adverb

or socio-economically

Examples of socioeconomic in a Sentence

Their socioeconomic backgrounds are very different.

Recent Examples on the Web

Many of these areas with high pollution are also underserved areas or have lower socioeconomic means, El-Hasan said. —Dr. Grace Hagan, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026

Pockets of socioeconomic change About 80% of communities in Oakland county remained in the same tier between 2010 and 2023. —Grigoris Argeros, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026

Regardless of socioeconomic status, virtually everyone in Europe grows up playing football – and watching it. —Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026

By the 1970s and 1980s, landlords were burning apartment buildings to collect insurance money instead of investing in repairs, leaving low-income, mostly Puerto Rican and Black families without socioeconomic opportunity. —Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for socioeconomic

• macroeconomic
• microeconomic
• adamic
• anomic
• atomic
• islamic
• meramec
• tokamak
• anatomic
• antidromic
• astronomic
• autonomic