By Will Dow, Chair, PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs Committee and Mary Jo Mitchell, Director, PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs To say that the PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs Committee (GPAC) was busy in 2025 is an understatement. The Trump Administration brought ...
The 2026 PAA Applied Demography Conference offers a unique opportunity to bring together ideas, data, and people. This conference is to share work, strengthen professional networks, and showcase how population data are used to inform real-world decisions. This virtual conference will...
On Friday, January 30, 2026, at 12 PM ET, we are hosting webinar in which an expert panel of scientists will provide a demographic overview of the U.S. immigrant population. In addition, they will discuss how immigrants contribute to the U.S. workforce and the solvency of social insurance...
On December 10, 2025, the Population Association of America (PAA) and the Association of Population Centers (APC) hosted a congressional briefing, “ U.S. Birth Rate Trends: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications for U.S. Families. ” The in-person event drew interest from almost 100 registrants...
PAA and APC signed this letter calling on Congress to ensure funding for the Census Bureau that meets or exceeds the president's budget request and House's mark of $1.6765 billion and exclude sections 556 and 605 of the House CJS bill. #latest-news #LettersandComments #GPAC2025 ...
FY26 CJS Appropriations Sign-on Letter_The Leadership Conference_11.19.25.pdf
PAA and APC signed the Census Project letter regarding the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations for the U.S. Census Bureau. The final letter is posted on the Census Project website . The letter requests the final FY 2026 CJS bill provide the Census Bureau with no less than $1.6765 billion—the amount...
Rejects Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts and Praises Population Research In September, with only weeks before the current fiscal year ends, the House Appropriations Committee passed two Fiscal Year 2026 spending bills that together fund most of the federal agencies that directly and...
Congratulations to the newly elected officers, board members, and committee members of PAA. We are grateful to all members who participated in the election by casting their votes, and we extend our appreciation to every candidate who put themselves forward in service to the association. ...
On behalf of the organizations we represent, the Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC), we are responding to the President’s purported call for a new, mid-decade census that would, for the first time ever, exclude undocumented immigrants. ...
Our term as the new coeditors of Demography , the flagship journal of the Population Association of America (PAA), began on July 1, 2025. We are honored by the trust the PAA has placed in us and are delighted that Demography will once again be hosted at Duke University—following in the...