# Demographic Bias Assessment on SubPOP

Source: [Demographic Bias Assessment on SubPOP](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-06-15T07:18:28.742Z

Evaluation of model performance regarding demographic bias across various dimensions (geographic, socioeconomic, political, religious) using the SubPOP dataset.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Demographic Bias Assessment |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | SubPOP |
| Metric | Error Rate (Northeast) |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 12 of 12 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Error Rate (Northeast)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Northeast)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Average Weighted Difference](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Average%20Weighted%20Difference>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (South)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(South)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (College Grad)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(College%20Grad)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (\< High School Education)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(%3C%20High%20School%20Education)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Male)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Male)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Female)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Female)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Black)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Black)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (White)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(White)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Asian)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Asian)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Hispanic)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Hispanic)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate ($100k+ Income)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(%24100k%2B%20Income)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (\<$30k Income)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(%3C%2430k%20Income)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Democrat)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Democrat)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Republican)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Republican)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Liberal)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Liberal)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Conservative)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Conservative)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Moderate)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Moderate)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Protestant)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Protestant)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Jewish)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Jewish)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Hindu)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Hindu)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Atheist)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Atheist)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Error Rate (Muslim)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/demographic-bias-assessment-on-subpop.md?metric=Error%20Rate%20(Muslim)>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Error Rate (Northeast) | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Human Baseline | 0.027 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Llama-3-70B | 0.078 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Graph-based Target Back-Propagation | 0.0952 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| GPT-4o-mini | 0.0982 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| GPT-4o-mini | 0.0991 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Llama-2-13B | 0.103 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Mistral-7B-v0.1 | 0.108 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Llama-2-7B | 0.113 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Llama-3-70B | 0.156 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Mistral-7B-v0.1 | 0.185 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Llama-2-13B | 0.193 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |
| Llama-2-7B | 0.196 | Not recorded | 6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04 |

### Human Baseline

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.027. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83e7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Llama-3-70B

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.078. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83f2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77191e209131cea70f7c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Fine-tuned"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Graph-based Target Back-Propagation

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.0952. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83f0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"GTBP","Backbone":"GPT-4o-mini"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GPT-4o-mini

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.0982. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83ef.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"GEPA"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GPT-4o-mini

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.0991. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83ee.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Base"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Llama-2-13B

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.103. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83eb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77191e209131cea70f7c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Fine-tuned"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Mistral-7B-v0.1

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.108. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83ed.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77191e209131cea70f7c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Fine-tuned"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Llama-2-7B

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.113. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83e9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77191e209131cea70f7c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Fine-tuned"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Llama-3-70B

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.156. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83f1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77191e209131cea70f7c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Base"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Mistral-7B-v0.1

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.185. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83ec.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77191e209131cea70f7c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Base"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Llama-2-13B

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.193. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83ea.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77191e209131cea70f7c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Base"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Llama-2-7B

Error Rate (Northeast): 0.196. Result ID: 6a2fa6d1fbc373592c2b83e8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a2f86ded33dfb23e783be04.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77191e209131cea70f7c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Configuration":"Base"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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