The 2010 Local Update of Census Addresses Program

The 2010 Local Update of Census Addresses Program

Linda M. Franz

Geography Division

2007 SDC/BIDC Mid-Year Meeting

March 27, 2007

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LUCA Basics

• Who can participate

• The three LUCA Options

• Treatment of non-city style addresses

• The available LUCA tools

• The LUCA schedule

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

10. “If the Census Bureau address list for my jurisdiction shows only non-city style addresses, all I can do is challenge block counts.”

• It’s the type of addresses on the ground that matters• Providing missing city style addresses is the best way to

improve address list coverage

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

9. “Because it sounds relatively easy, the block challenge option for LUCA is the one for me!”

• Block challenges serve only to preserve appeal access for option 1 participants

• Appeal process requires individual addresses (regardless of type) with structure locations

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

8. “Options 2 and 3 are easy! All I have to do is send my address list(s) to the Census Bureau.”

• Addresses from multiple lists have to be unduplicated• Addresses have to be geocoded to census tract/block

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

7. “I can use shapefiles from the Census Bureau even though I have no access to GIS expertise.”

• Shapefiles are an industry standard for spatial data, but you need a GIS and some knowledge of how to manipulate spatial data to use them

• Make friends with your GIS coordinator, and make sure they understand LUCA program requirements

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

6. “I can convey street and boundary updates to the Census Bureau by sending them a shapefile from my own GIS.”

• For the Census Bureau to successfully process a shapefile, the participant needs to update the shapefile originally provided by the Census Bureau

• Otherwise, participant spatial updates would require extensive Census Bureau review and resolution

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

5. “The Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER Partnership Software (MTPS) ends global warming and reverses its effects!”

• Intended as an easy-to-use desktop tool to make participation easier for users that aren’t GIS experts

• Offers advantages even to GIS-savvy participants

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Address List

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Address Count List

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Map

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Map

Address List

Address Count List

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Line Editing Toolbox

Add Line Save EditsEdit Line Attributes

LUCA Toolbox

Pick Block

Add a new address record

Move structure point

Using Toolboxes

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MAF/TIGER Partnership Software

• Allows user to bring in and display other tabular and spatial files

• Many timesaving features for sorting lists and copying address fields to save keying

• Simplifies Census Bureau processing of LUCA submissions, and in some cases will be preferable to shapefile submission for participants

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MAF/TIGER Partnership Software

• MTPS does not itself perform geocoding or address matching

• Doesn’t run on 64-bit machines

• Doesn’t currently run on Vista

• Doesn’t currently support address list creation for Option 2 and 3 participants

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

4. “If my jurisdiction is encompassed by a federally-recognized American Indian reservation, I can’t participate in LUCA.”

• Census Bureau encouraging collaboration/delegation by Federally-recognized tribes

• Option 3 participation available for governments with city style address lists

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

3. “It’s a good idea to wait until the end of the review period to make my LUCA submission—that way I can provide more addresses.”

• Census Bureau will process all timely LUCA submissions that meet stated requirements

• Late submissions have less opportunity for problems to be resolved

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

2. After my classroom LUCA training is over, I guess I’m on my own.”

• MTPS computer-based training• LUCA computer-based training• LUCA 1-800 number• Geographic Partnerships Technical Help Desk 1-800

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The Top Ten Misconceptions about the 2010 LUCA Program!!

1. This sounds like too much trouble! Participating in LUCA can’t possibly be worth it.”

• Address list coverage is critical to complete enumeration

• Stakes are high-- following Census 2000, $388 million in federal grants shifted to states with the biggest estimated population increases based on the census

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Questions?

Linda M. Franz

Geography Division

301763-9061

[email protected]