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. She is currently working on a graduate certificate in survey science at the Odum Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill. At Carolina Demography she organizes the production process for the myFutureNC county profiles and the myFutureNC State Dashboard, collaborating with the entire team. She has also led data analysis on several client projects, for example for the North Carolina Metro Mayors Association.
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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