The US Census Bureau released the 2022 1-Year American Community Survey (ACS) data on September 14. The ACS is a rolling monthly survey that reports socioeconomic characteristics – income, poverty, educational attainment, commuting, etc. – of the population annually.  ACS … Read more

New research by Anna Manzoni and Jane Lee published in Sociological Perspectives challenges the notion of complete independence as a necessary marker of adulthood. The two researchers examine how parents and children exchange both financial and housing resources over their … Read more

A team led by Kathleen Mullan Harris and Krista M. Perreira (MPIs)  at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Joseph Hotz and Naomi Duke (MPIs) at Duke University have received a five-year, $25.3 million National Institute on … Read more

Faculty Fellow Conghe Song has been named the new Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment. Song researches how socio-economic factors drive land-cover/land-use changes,  and how the ensuing changes in ecosystem services feedback to influence people’s livelihoods.

The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected eight UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2023. Regina Baker, Sociology As a sociologist with training in both sociology and social work, Dr. Baker’s research is fundamentally concerned with … Read more

The Carolina Population Center (CPC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has selected 11 population researchers from across North Carolina and South Carolina for external affiliate appointments. The external affiliates represent a broad array of institutions and … Read more