2010 CENSUS AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS New Jersey State Data Center 2007 Network Conference New Brunswick.

2010 CENSUS AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

New Jersey State Data Center

2007 Network Conference

New Brunswick

Major Components of the Reengineering Effort:

American Community SurveyMAF/TIGER Enhancements Program2010 Census

Reengineering the 2010 Decennial Census Program

KEY DATES

• 2008 Dress Rehearsal – of the 2010 Census in San Joaquin, Calif., and the Fayetteville, N.C. area

• 2006 Census Test - Cheyenne River Reservation and Travis County, Texas

• 2005 National Census Test - Questionnaire design • 2004 Census Test - Queens County, N.Y., and

Southwest Georgia • 2003 National Census Test - Response methods and

race question

KEY DATES

2005 Redistricting Program Begins

2006 MTAIP

2007 LUCA

2008 Complete Count Committees, LCO

2009 Address Canvassing

2010 April 1 Census Day

MAF TIGER ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (MTAIP)

LOCAL UPDATE OF CENSUS ADDRESSES (LUCA)

BOUNDARY AND ANNEXATION SURVEY (BAS)

STATISTICAL AREAS PROGRAM

COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEES (Local outreach and awareness)

RECRUITING

2010 CENSUS AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

MAF/TIGER Accuracy Improvement Project (MTAIP)

• Focused on improving horizontal positional accuracy for streets in TIGER

• This enables use of GPS technology to record structure locations in the field, which in turn improves accuracy and efficiency

What is the MAF?

An accurate and up to date inventory of all known living quarters in the United States, Puerto Rico, and associated Island Areas.

Reengineering the 2010 Decennial Census Program

MTAIP Sources

• Priority is to use Tribal, State, County,and Local (TSCL) GIS Files as the source for improving TIGER coordinates

• Census Bureau Regional Offices obtained qualifying GIS files from governmental source providers

MTAIP Sources (Cont.)

• Harris Corporation acquires source where no TSCL source meeting the standard is available

--imagery

--commercial GIS

--field collection of centerline GPS a last resort

LOCAL UPDATE OF CENSUS ADDRESSES

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

• Changes validated in the pre-census address canvassing operation

Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)

Improvements for 2010 LUCA program*• Single cycle of review for all address types• Longer review period, more advance notice• More comprehensive communication• Proposal for state participation eligibility• Improved training• Participant software

*Contingent upon availability of resources

Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)

Options for LUCA participants:• Full address list review, Title 13 confidential• Provide local address list (city-style) for

Census Bureau matching, Title 13 confidential

• Provide local address list (city-style) for Census Bureau matching, no Title 13 confidentiality

Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)

Other LUCA features of interest:

• Treatment of non-city style address areas

• Feedback to participants

• Appeals process

2010 Census LUCA Schedule2010 Census LUCA Schedule——PreparationPreparation

2010 Census LUCA Promotional 2010 Census LUCA Promotional WorkshopsWorkshops

March to May 2007 – New Jersey

Conducted 33 Informational Workshops

Over 300 counties and local governments represented

2010 Census LUCA 2010 Census LUCA ScheduleSchedule——ReviewsReviews

2010 Census LUCA Technical 2010 Census LUCA Technical Training WorkshopsTraining WorkshopsAugust to November – New Jersey

Technical Trainings dates and times available soon

4 to 5 hours classroom – Professional Credit for Registered Municipal Clerks (RMC)

CBT and Web Based training available

LUCA and the 2010 CensusLUCA and the 2010 Census

Important to the success of the 2010 Census

Verified duringAddress CanvassingOperation - 2009

Results are the basis of the

Address List used to deliver the

2010 Census questionnaires

Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)

2010 LUCA

• Feedback to LUCA participants – 8/09 to 10/09

• LUCA appeals – 9/09 to 1/10

Boundary and Annexation Survey

• Reporting on legal boundaries and corporate status

• Survey universe expands to include all functioning governments in 2008 in preparation for the decennial census

• Boundary validation opportunity prior to the decennial census

Boundary and Annexation Survey

• Boundary Certification and Corrections can be included in the LUCA submission

Statistical Areas Programs

• Census tracts, block groups, census county divisions, census designated places

• Criteria announced in Federal Register

• Comments due before July 5, 2007

Statistical Areas ProgramsCensus Tract Criteria

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Lower the minimum population threshold for most tracts.Minimum: 1,200           Maximum: 8,000           Optimum: 4,000

Housing unit counts may be used to meet tract thresholds.Minimum: 480           Maximum: 3,200           Optimum: 1,600

All types of populated tracts must meet the same thresholds.

Wherever possible conform to American Indian reservations.

Special tracts may be created for large special land use areas without housing units or population (e.g., large public parks, forests).

Statistical Areas ProgramsBlock Group Criteria

Increase the minimum population threshold.Minimum: 1,200           Maximum: 3,000           Optimum: none

Housing unit counts may be used to meet BG thresholds.Minimum: 480           Maximum: 1,200           Optimum: none

Special BGs may be created for large special land use areas without housing units or population (e.g., large public parks, forests).

Statistical Areas ProgramsCensus Designated Place (CDP) Criteria

A CDP cannot have zero population and zero housing units.

A CDP cannot be coextensive with a governmentally active minor civil division (i.e., township). This change will reduce redundancy in place

and county subdivision data tabulations for the following states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin

A CDP must represent a single, distinct community. A CDP that represents multiple, distinct communities, and the hyphenated name

typically assigned to represent such CDPs, will not be permitted. Exceptions will be made for communities whose identities have merged and in which both names commonly are used together.

Statistical Areas Programs

Draft Schedule (as of March 2007)

2007 Publication of proposed PSAP criteria in the Federal Register 3rd

Public submission of comments to the proposed criteria

2008 Publication of final PSAP criteria in the Federal Register

Primary PSAP participants identified.

Distribute PSAP materials to participants

Participants complete review and update of PSAP boundaries

2009 Verification of boundaries by participants.

MAF TIGER PARTNERSHIP SOFTWARE

• Will provide map and geographic data update capability

• Web-based collaborative review component (does NOT apply to LUCA)

• Web-based Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) component

• Available for start of LUCA in 2007

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Local governments and CBO’s can:• Recruit census workers. • Display and distribute promotional materials. • Provide space for testing and training. • Sponsor community promotional events. • Include census information in newsletters. • Participate in the

Local Update of Census Addresses program (LUCA).

WHAT THE MEDIA CAN DO

The media can: • Publish stories about the 2010 Census. • Donate space for public service

announcements. • Provide coverage of census activities and

operations. • Enlist local media personalities to take part in

census promotional activities

WHAT BUSINESSES CAN DO

Businesses can:

• Display and distribute census materials.

• Sponsor community events to promote the 2010 Census

• Join the Complete Count Committee

Questions?

One Call for either the

New York Region or

Philadelphia Region

1- 866- 511- LUCA (5822)