James Collins, BA BS
Predoctoral Trainee
James is a predoctoral trainee in the Carolina Population Center and Ph.D. student in the Department of City and Regional Planning. His research interests include natural hazards impacts, migration and mobility, and well-being. With Carolina Demography, he investigates natural hazard risk to migrant and seasonal farmworker communities in North Carolina.
Central to our mission at Carolina Demography is helping people get the data they need to make informed decisions. With this in mind, we strongly advocate for a robust and transparent federal data infrastructure. That said, it's not lost on…
Earlier this month the Census Bureau released the 2025 city and town population estimates. These population estimates show how the city and town populations in North Carolina have changed between July 1st, 2024 and July 1st, 2025. North Carolina has…
Last month, the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2025 county population estimates. The annual estimates show the population as of July 1 of the year and it also tells us how the population has changed from July 1, 2024, to…
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