About the Connecticut State Data Center (CtSDC)

     The CtSDC, located within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) at the University of Connecticut, serves as the state's official liaison to the U.S. Census Bueau and seeks to develop a single portal for all socio-economic data sets for the State of Connecituct and its municipalities. Prior to its creation in 2006, Connecticut had been without a state data center for more than five years.

     The Center's mission is to assist the state in meeting its obligations to provide reliable, timely population estimates and projections, to enable the state to evaluate the accuracy of official federal counts of Connecticut's population, to enhace state and numicipal capacity to develop and evluate policies, and to plan future development.   In May 2007 CtSDC released Population Projections to 2030.

     CtSDC proposes to deliver original research, as well as provide assistance to business and the public in finding and using appropriate and current data sources. Orlando Rodriguez, Manager and principal Demographer for the CtSDC, is the Primary Contact   For an Audio Introduction to the CT State Data Center, click here.

     CtSDC staff have organized training programs for Connecticut personnel, organized a network of coordinating and affiliated agencies, facilitated municipal participation in the critically important Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) input into the Census' Master Address File (MAF) development for the 2010 Census, and completed a comprehensive direct survey of Group Quarters, an area in which the National Research Council identified major counting errors.

• Our report to the Census Bureau for Calendar Year 2007 and 2008 illustrate the actives of our network in delivering data and data reference services in Connecticut. Many thanks to all our Affiliates!