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Former Senior Demographer

Expertise: Demographic trends in the United States

Kelvin Pollard was a senior demographer in U.S. Programs and was with PRB from 1989 to 2023. His focus was on U.S. demographic and socioeconomic trends at both the national and subnational levels. Pollard has written numerous articles and provided both data analysis and technical assistance to a variety of stakeholders in the public and private sectors. A former vice president of the Southern Demographic Association (where he also served on the board of directors), he edited the newsletter “Applied Demography” from 2002 to 2015. Pollard holds a master’s degree in applied social research from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in social studies education from the University of Virginia. He is proficient in ArcGIS and SAS.