subpopulation
noun
sub·pop·u·la·tion ˈsəb-ˌpä-pyə-ˈlā-shən 
: an identifiable fraction or subdivision of a population
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The orca subpopulation living in the waters around the Iberian Peninsula consisted of just 39 individuals in 2011. 
Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 Those that persist might look a lot like this subpopulation, living in similar environmental pockets. Tulika Bose, Scientific American, 22 July 2022 Scientists described their discovery of this 20th subpopulation of polar bears in a study released Thursday in the journal Science. Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 Data collected by the citizen survey in Anza-Borrego park monitors a subpopulation of the entire range, which stretches from the Mexico border to Palm Springs. San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022 The bears live in southeast Greenland and are a genetically distinct subpopulation, which suggests they’ve been isolated from other polar bears for around 200 years, according to a paper published this week in Science. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2022 Laidre said this new subpopulation — estimated to number in just the hundreds — lives at the most southern reaches of polar bear distribution, technically in the subarctic region. Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 There are 19 polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic; the researchers have proposed making the southeast Greenland bears the 20th subpopulation. Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 June 2022 Due to their isolation, the polar bears are so genetically distinct that the researchers propose that the southeastern Greenland polar bears should be considered the 20th subpopulation of the species. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 June 2022 See More
Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 Those that persist might look a lot like this subpopulation, living in similar environmental pockets. Tulika Bose, Scientific American, 22 July 2022 Scientists described their discovery of this 20th subpopulation of polar bears in a study released Thursday in the journal Science. Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 Data collected by the citizen survey in Anza-Borrego park monitors a subpopulation of the entire range, which stretches from the Mexico border to Palm Springs. San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022 The bears live in southeast Greenland and are a genetically distinct subpopulation, which suggests they’ve been isolated from other polar bears for around 200 years, according to a paper published this week in Science. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2022 Laidre said this new subpopulation — estimated to number in just the hundreds — lives at the most southern reaches of polar bear distribution, technically in the subarctic region. Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 There are 19 polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic; the researchers have proposed making the southeast Greenland bears the 20th subpopulation. Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 June 2022 Due to their isolation, the polar bears are so genetically distinct that the researchers propose that the southeastern Greenland polar bears should be considered the 20th subpopulation of the species. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
subpopulation
noun
sub·pop·u·la·tion ˈsəb-ˌpäp-yə-ˈlā-shən
: an identifiable fraction or subdivision of a population