Usually, folks. ( used with a plural verb ) people in general

Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.

Often, folks. ( used with a plural verb ) people of a specified class or group

country folk; poor folks.

( used with a plural verb ) people as the carriers of culture, esp. as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society

The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.

folks, Informal .

members of one's family; one's relatives

All his folks come from France.

one's parents

Will your folks let you go?

Archaic . a people or tribe.

of or originating among the common people

folk beliefs; a folk hero.

having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society

folk culture; folk art.

just folks, Informal . (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated

or open-hearted people

He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks.

noun

body politic , clan , community , confederation , culture group , ethnic group , family , general public , group , house , household , inhabitants , kin , kindred , lineage , masses , mnage , nation , nationality , people , population , proletariat , public , race , settlement , society , state , stock , tribe , relatives