Gov. Perry Names Eschbach as State Demographer

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry named Karl Eschbach of San Antonio as State Demographer for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor. The state demographer’s office distributes census information for the state, as well as Texas population estimates and projections, and information from federal, state and other government sources.

Eschbach is an associate professor in the department of demography and interim director of the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is a past board member of the Texas Economic and Demographic Association and past caucus chair of the American Public Health Association. Additionally, Eschbach is a member of the Population Association of America, Southwest Social Science Association and Gerontological Society of America. He is also a member and volunteer with the Galveston Historical Foundation.

Eschbach received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree and doctorate in sociology from Harvard University, and a post-doctoral fellowship in demography from the University of Wisconsin. He replaces Steve Murdock of Helotes.