Census Geographic Programs Update

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Census Geographic Programs Update

• Linda M. Franz
• U.S. Census Bureau
• CIC/SDC Annual Training Conference
• October 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)

• Whats 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_ma
  in.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. Franz
• Assistant Division Chief for Geographic
  Partnership Programs
• linda.m.franz_at_census.gov
• (301)-763-9061