Karen Battle is the Acting Associate Director for Demographic Programs.

In this role, she oversees the Census Bureau’s work to report on the social, economic and health status of the nation’s population.

Since 2014, Karen has served as the chief of the Population Division, where she oversees the research, development, analysis, and dissemination of statistics related to the population and demographic characteristics of the United States and selected countries around the world. This includes managing the development of annual population estimates for the United States, states, and counties; illustrating these population contours by estimating age, sex, race and ethnic characteristics; and providing critical expertise in support of the Decennial Census, American Community Survey, and numerous programs across the Census Bureau.