Census Geographic Programs Update
Linda M. FranzU.S. Census Bureau
CIC/SDC Annual Training ConferenceOctober 8, 2008
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2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• Release soon
• Nation-based, state-based, county-based, and American Indian area-based files available
• Will reflect realignment nationwide
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Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
• Collects boundary and area change information for legal areas
• Also permits review of area names and relationships
• Survey universe includes all legal entities
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Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
Response modes
• Paper
• MAF/TIGER Partnership Software
• Digital BAS
• e-BAS for forms submission
• Web BAS (starting in 2009)
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Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
What’s different for 2009?
• No pre-notice or opt out
• Deadline for early response is March 1, 2009 rather than April 1
• Planning for October/November mailout
• SDC encouragement for response needed
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Boundary Review and Repair
• Nationwide cleanup of boundary distortions that are artifacts of the MAF/TIGER Accuracy Improvement Program
• Desirable to complete in time for corrections to be reflected on 2010 BAS maps; must be completed in time for data tabulation
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Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)
• First implemented for Census 2000
• Purpose is to improve the census address list using local knowledge
• Confidentiality of address information
• Met a long-standing interest expressed by governmental stakeholders in the decennial census
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2010 LUCA Program Status
• Received updates from 8525 participating governments (78.7%)
• Spatial and address update to MAF/TIGER Database
• Next step is Address Canvassing, followed by LUCA feedback fall/winter 2009
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Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Feedback
Up to four listings depending on option and updates provided
• Full address list• Feedback on specific address
corrections/additions• Feedback on challenged blocks• Summary of actions
Also maps/shapefiles
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Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Feedback
• No address feedback if only map corrections provided
• Option 3 participants receive summary feedback and maps only
• GQ Validation results not reflected
• Block suffixes will change between initial review and feedback materials
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Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Appeals
• Process under development in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget
• Procedures will be out for public comment in a Federal Register notice, likely toward the end of the year
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Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Appeals
What will likely be appealable:
• Specific address corrections/additions not accepted
• Any address missing from a block that was challenged
• Address canvassing deletes that were untouched in initial LUCA review
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Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Appeals
Likely requirements for governments submitting an appeal
• Identification of specific addresses and their locations
• Documentary evidence supporting the existence of the address
• Due 30 days from receipt of feedback
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Participant Statistical Areas
• Census Tracts
• Block Groups
• Census Designated Places (CDPs)
• Census County Divisions (CCDs)
• Link to final criteria:http://www.census.gov/geo/www/psap2010/psap2010_main.html
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Participant Statistical Areas Program
• Participants identified early 2008• Materials distribution will begin later this month• MAF/TIGER Partnership Software is the required
submission vehicle• Participants will have 120 days to review and submit
boundaries• Verification phase will occur fall 2009/winter 2010
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Participant Statistical Areas Program
• Focus is on area delineation, and not on feature update
• Separate efforts are complete or underway to handle feature/boundary distortions
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Participant Statistical Areas Program
• 7 SDCs are taking on the delineation task for some counties for which we do not have a local participant designated
• In 6 states, there are counties with no local participant identified and no SDC stepping in to delineate
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American Indian/Alaska Native Areas
• Tribal census tracts and block groups on reservations/trust lands for federally recognized tribes
• Alaska Native village statistical areas• Oklahoma tribal statistical areas (OTSAs)• Tribal designated statistical areas• Subreservation statistical areas• Tribal subdivisions on OTSAs
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American Indian/Alaska Native Areas
• Comment period closed 6/16/08 for Alaska Native areas and 6/30/08 for American Indian areas
• No revision to criteria called for by commenters
• Final criteria to be published in Federal Register soon
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American Indian/Alaska Native Areas
• Implementation schedule very similar to that for Participant Statistical Areas Program
• Participants have option to use paper maps for delineation or an ESRI-based software extension
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Questions?
Linda M. FranzAssistant Division Chief for Geographic
Partnership [email protected]
(301)-763-9061