Census Geographic Programs Update Linda M. Franz U.S. Census Bureau CIC/SDC Annual Training...

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 Programslinda.m.franz@census.gov

(301)-763-9061