Dr. Enrique Lamas is chief advisor to the deputy director at the U.S. Census Bureau. He is responsible for effectively administering the everyday activities of the agency as well as coordinating with leadership and stakeholders to develop and implement the vision for the Census Bureau's future.

In his previous role as associate director for demographic programs, Lamas led the Demographic Programs Directorate in providing relevant and accurate information on the size, distribution and characteristics of the nation’s population, income and poverty, and housing. The directorate also gathers international demographic data; provides survey and statistical services to other government agencies, and designs new products to meet information needs.

From 2006 to 2012, Lamas served as chief of the Population Division, where he was responsible for the population estimates and projections program, race and ethnicity statistics, the analysis of demographic census data, and international demographic studies and technical assistance projects. 

Lamas has held positions in three divisions of the Demographic Directorate. He served as assistant division chief in the Demographic Surveys Division, where he was responsible for about 15 household surveys. In the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division (now the Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division), he was chief of the Poverty and Wealth Statistics Branch and chief of the Labor Force and Transfer Programs Statistics Branch. He began his career in 1980 in the Population Division, working on income and poverty statistics projects.

Lamas has a doctorate in economics from The George Washington University.