Monday, January 27, 2020

New Employment Opportunities at U.S. Census Bureau

The Population Division of the U.S. Census Bureau has employment opportunities for people with skills in geography and related fields.

To apply, please visit USAjobs.gov and enter “Census Bureau” in the keyword search to see current postings and complete an application, or go directly to the posting page:


We are looking for well-qualified people with training in GIS, population geography or demography, remote sensing/satellite image analysis, and urban geography, among other specialties. 

Salaries reflect experience and the level of education completed. All positions require U.S. citizenship. 

Census HQ is in the Washington, DC, area and is located next to a subway station.

Openings offer qualified applicants an opportunity to work on a range of projects, including: analyzing and mapping the distribution of population and population change globally and in the U.S.; geo-demographic activities using statistical units such as metropolitan areas, counties, states, and their foreign equivalents; producing population estimates for other countries and studying their demographic characteristics at various geographic scales; and developing image analysis methodologies for high-resolution population mapping.

Please forward this email to students, colleagues with students, or others who may be interested in working at the Census Bureau. For more information about the agency, including position opportunities, look under “About Us” on our website at Census.gov. 

If you or your students have questions about work in the Population Division, please contact us: Joshua.Comenetz@census.gov or James.D.Fitzsimmons@census.gov. 

For specific questions about available positions and ways of applying for them, please contact David Zaslow at David.C.Zaslow@census.gov or 301-763-6195.

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