The component of an organization's external environment is concerned with trends in population characteristics such as age, race, gender, education level, geographic location, income, and family composition.

A) economic

B) political

C) demographic

D) sociocultural

D- The social-cultural component deals with features as in race, age, education level, geographic location, income, and family composition. It is responsible for determining an organization's external environment that it operates.

It changes with change in trends and is subject to change from people to people as well. Social and cultural aspects drive a major chunk of organization's external environment.

Hence, option D is true that the social and cultural environment is concerned with trends in  population.

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C) demographic

Explanation:

The  demographic component of an organization's external environment is concerned with trends in population characteristics such as age, race, gender, education level, geographic location, income, and family composition.

answer; blank(1); /rises; blank(2); //increases;

answer; importance to people; or acceptance;