Table 2.

Inferred demographics of social media (Twitter) posters

	Hurricanes			Fires
	All US	Hurricane states	Non-hurricane states	All US	Fire states	Non-fire states
Gender (n)	13,608,062	7,005,851	6,602,267	3,544,369	1,664,327	1,880,076
Male	51%	51%	51%	49%	48%	50%
Female	49%	49%	49%	51%	52%	50%
Inferred age (n)	13,150,779	6,801,422	6,349,370	3,440,185	1,627,977	1,812,220
< 18	9%	9%	8%	8%	8%	8%
18–24	12%	12%	11%	11%	11%	10%
25–34	17%	17%	16%	16%	16%	16%
35–44	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%
45–54	16%	16%	17%	17%	17%	17%
55–64	20%	19%	21%	21%	20%	21%
65 +	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	13%
Posts by day of week (n)	11,062,340	6,234,610	4,827,500	1,921,700	949,190	972,470
Monday	12%	12%	12%	15%	15%	14%
Tuesday	15%	15%	15%	19%	19%	19%
Wednesday	16%	16%	15%	17%	17%	17%
Thursday	15%	16%	15%	17%	17%	17%
Friday	16%	16%	16%	13%	13%	14%
Saturday	13%	13%	14%	10%	10%	10%
Sunday	13%	12%	13%	10%	10%	10%
Mentions (n)	39,843,419	14,023,698	25,819,870	11,573,358	3,447,225	8,126,508
All posts (n)	11,062,340	6,234,610	4,827,500	1,921,700	949,190	972,470