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Thomas Fischetti

Geographer, U.S. Census Bureau

Thomas Fischetti began working at the Census Bureau in 2008 as a geographer with the Population Distribution Branch in the Population Division.

While at the Census Bureau, he has co-authored and contributed to several reports including “Coastline Population Trends in the United States: 1960 to 2008” and “Population Distribution and Change: 2000 to 2010”. He is currently working on “Metropolitan/Micropolitan USA: Patterns of Population Change, 2000 to 2010”. In 2010, he received the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award as well as the Director's Award for Innovation: Honorable Mention.

Fischetti received a bachelor’s degree in geography from Keene State College and a master’s in geography from the University of Connecticut. He currently teaches ‘Introduction to Cartography and GIS’ at George Washington University.