Lisa Carlson, Ph.D.
Research Analyst
Lisa Carlson is a family and economic demographer whose prior research has focused on how marriage, cohabitation, and fertility are associated with labor market outcomes. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Gothenburg, a Master’s degree in Economic Demography from Lund University, and a PhD in Sociology from Bowling Green State University. Prior to joining Carolina Demography she worked as a graduate research assistant at Bowling Green State University, most recently on a grant archiving county-level marriage and divorce statistics.
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…
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Human and labor trafficking is an evolving crisis that operates in the shadows of the major interstates and rural farmlands in North Carolina. The US Department of Justice defines human trafficking as a crime…
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