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Census 2010 is Gearing Up

  • Hard-to-Count Populations

    •        An important component in planning for the 2010 Census is to know which areas in Connecticut had poor response rates during the 2000 Census. Here is CtSDC's map of 2000 Census response rates for Connecticut Towns. Zoom out to see more detail in this map.

           The map is derived from the 2000 Census source data. Here is CtSDC's spreadsheet, organized by Town and then by Census Tract, of the Census 2000 response rate across all Connecticut communities. The rates suppied cover (1) Long Form return rates, (2) Short-form return rates, (3) Final Return rates, and (4) Total number of Housing Units.
    Click on "Read Only" when the intermediate Password window comes up after clicking on the link. (February 7, 2009).

           The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform brought many of these issues to light in their March 23, 2009 hearing, which focused on the specific difficulties of "Hard-to-Count" demographics in New York City, but which are applicable to the difficulties in most urban areas.

  • Planning and Partnerships

    •        The Census Bureau has prepared a video, A New Portrait of America, about the importance of the 2010 Census. This program describes how communities benefit from Census Bureau data collection. Testimonials describe the importance of a complete count and why the 2010 Census may be the most important count in our nation's history.

          The Complete Count Committee Guide is now available. The 2010 Census Integrated Communications Campaign Plan is now on-line, from the 2010 Research and Tools page. The 2010 Census Planning Document is still (June 2009) in its 2000 format. This will be updated to include ACS data from 2006 and 2007 and other releases, as they become available.

           Census is partnering with a broad range of schools, associations, and media: here are Outreach Materials that describe 2010 goals for the next twelve (12) months. Also, you can build a poster to advertise or promote a Census 2010 activity.

           The Census Bureau's Boston Regional Office prepares updates on Partnership building in New England. Here is the One Year and Counting bulletin.

  • Local Census Offices

    •        In Fall 2009, four (4) additional Census offices -- New Britain, New Haven, Norwich and Waterbury -- will open, preparing to assist the count in local towns and regions. There are six (6) basic jobs for each office now open for competitive bid.

           As it prepares for the 2010 Decennial survey, the U.S. Census Bureau has opened administrative offices in each state approximately a year and a half (Oct. 2008) in advance of the April 1st "official" date.

           Census 2010 offices are located in Hartford and Bridgeport; use the drop-down box for a map to Connecticut. The Census' Boston Regional Office is administering this process throughout New England.

  • Geography

    •        Census is has started (April 2009) to conduct the Address Canvassing portion of preparing for Census 2010. A component of this process is to confirm the data submitted by local communities during the LUCA process in 2007.

           The Boundary and Annexation Survey was been mailed by the Census in late 2008 to each Town in Connecticut, asking for input on any changes in the town boundary. Throughout New England, very few towns have this kind of change.

           Many Connecticut Cities and Towns participated in the 2007 Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA).   CtSDC thanks these communities for helping assure an accurate and authoritative count that is the basis for significant federal-to-state funding for Connecticut.

           Another geographical basis for the 2010 Census is to review how many people are likely to be located within each Census' specified geography. The Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) solicits knowledgeable citizens in each region to review Census designated Places (CPDs), tracts and block groups, to confirm they are within the population criteria. CtSDC thanks the many people in Connecticut who are participating in this process in the second half of 2008.

  • Data Release Schedule

    •        The Census Bureau has confirmed it is on course with its Product Release Schedule. The primary release dates are:
    2011 Jan - 2011 Mar:   Census Redistricting Data for States
    2011 May - 2011 May:   Demographic Profiles of "Places" plus 111st Congressional Districts
    2011 Jun - 2011 Aug:   Summary File 1 (SF-1) data, down to Block level
    2011 Dec - 2012 Apr:   Summery File 2 (SF-2) data, iterated for many race and ethnic categories, down to Tract level
    2012 May - 2012 Dec:   Summary Population and Housing characteristics reports, at Places geography

           Census has published a Comparison of Census2010 against Census2000 products. Of the Census 2000 products, only SF-1 and SF-2 will be released as decennial products. The American Community Survey is releasing the equivalents of SF-3 and SF-4. The reference on this Comparison sheet to DADS-II refers to a Census contract to revise their Data Access and Dissemination System, known to us as American FactFinder.


2010 Census in Connecticut
            2009 Apr to Oct:      Census Address Canvassing and Master Address File (MAF) updating
June to Oct:    Census reports to LUCA towns about Address Canvassing/MAF changes
Sept. to Dec.:   LUCA Towns may appeal Master Address File changes
Sept to Jan.:    U.S. OMB adjudicates MAF appeals
            2010 Feb to March: Census Short Form mailed or delivered to households
April:                 Householders fill out and return Census questionnaire
April to July:   Census takers visit households that did not return Census questionnaire
December:      By law, Census Bureau delivers population counts to President for apportionment
            2011 March:              By law, Census Bureau delivers redistricting data to state Legislatures.

         Minor revisions May 12, 2009.


2010 Milesones from a Federal perspective.

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