Usually, folks. ( used with a plural verb) people in general:
Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
2.
Often, folks. ( used with a plural verb) people of a specified class or group:
country folk; poor folks.
3.
(used with a plural verb) people as the carriers of culture, especially as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society:
The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.
4.
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?
5.
Archaic. a people or tribe.