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Jennifer M. Ortman
Demographer, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Jennifer M. Ortman is a demographer at the U.S. Census Bureau, where she leads efforts to create a demographic frame (a compilation of information about people and households from censuses, surveys, and administrative data sources). She also serves as a member of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology.
Ortman, who joined the Census Bureau in 2009 as a demographer, has helped develop many statistical programs. Among them: the American Community Survey and Population Projections. She has co-authored reports about such topics as the nation’s older population and baby boom cohort and has presented her research findings at various venues including C-SPAN’s America by the Numbers.
Ortman has received the Department of Commerce’s Silver Medal and Bronze Medal awards in recognition of her outstanding work. She has a doctorate in sociology, with a concentration in population studies, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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