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The world's demographics as of 2010.
demography
- the study of human population

  • Stephen Christian deals with social justice a lot in his life. He uses demographics to study different life styles in Haiti, India, and Guatamala on his mission trips.

metropolis - a large city that dominates an urban area socially and economically
  • Stephen Christian was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which is metropolis in southwestern Michigan.

life expectancy- the average life span of a country's population
  • As a US male citizen, Stephen Christian can expect to live to about 75.78 years old.

Urbanization - the concentration of population into cities.
  • Stephen Christian's roots with Anberlin are in Winter Haven, Florida, where they first got on their feet as a band. Once the band began to make a name for itself, Stephen moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he currently resides.external image images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQsO9Urraof2A0XCyHYN0yee9vg_vGNagD1jtJBHFePPiUvhOpV Similarily, drummer Nate Young moved to Tampa, Florida; touring member Kyle Flynn lives in Los Angeles;bassist Deon Rexroat moved to St. Petersburg, Florida; and guitarist Christian McAlhaney moved to San Diego. Additionally, in an interview with Indie Vision Music, Stephen claims: "We tour so much we never have the chance to miss each other."

Megalopolis - a vast urban region containing a number of cities and their surrounding suburbs.
  • Anberlin's touring member Kyle Flynn lives in Los Angeles, California, and guitarist Christian McAlhaney lives in San Diego. These two band members live within a megalopolis that encompases Los Angeles, Riverside, Anaheim, Long Beach, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Las Vegas, and contains roughly 27 million people. Two other band members, Deon Rexroat (St. Petersburg) and Nate Young (Tampa) live in a megalopolis which encompasses Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Coral Springs, and about 18 million people.

Natural Environment - Earth's surface and atmosphere, including living organisms, air, water, soil, and other resources necessary to sustain life.
  • Like all other organisms, humans depend on the natural environment to survive. The members of Anberlin all depend on the natural environment to survive. Futhermore, with the help of Stephen Christian's humanitarian organization, Faceless International, he and all of Faceless International's employees and volunteers try to ensure that those in less fortunate society's around the world also get clean water, and other natural resources necessary for survival.