Steven Dillingham

Steven Dillingham (born May 12, 1952) is an American lawyer who served as the 25th director of the United States Census Bureau from January 7, 2019, to January 20, 2021.

Education Dillingham graduated from Rock Hill High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1970. From 1970 to 1972 he attended the US Air Force Academy. Dillingham graduated from Winthrop University in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in political science. He received his J.D., M.P.A., and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina, and completed his M.B.A. at the George Washington University School of Business and LL.M. at Georgetown Law. He was nominated by President Donald Trump in 2018 and was confirmed by the United States Senate in a unanimous vote on January 2, 2019. On January 18, 2021, Dillingham announced his retirement effective January 20, 2021; his appointment was set to last until the end of 2021. His departure from the office was marked by accusations that he supported a partisan effort to try to use potentially inaccurate data on undocumented immigrants to exclude them from congressional apportionment.