On the Road to the 2010 Census

Transcript On the Road to the 2010 Census

2010 CENSUS AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

New Jersey State Data Center Annual Network Meeting Philip Lutz Assistant Regional Census Manager Philadelphia Region 1

2010 PARTICIPANT STATISTICAL AREAS PROGRAM (PSAP)

 Participants to identify and propose changes to the boundaries of tracts, block groups, and CDPs (and CCDs in some states)  Regional and local participation so that resulting 2010 PSAP plan reflects local input and meets the needs of a wide range of data users.

 Participation open to all interested governments, organizations, and individuals.

2010 Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP)

Key Dates: • Spring 2008: PSAP final criteria published in the Federal Register.

• Winter 2008: Materials distributed to participants • Early 2009: Participants complete review and update PSAP boundaries and return materials to the Census Bureau for review.

• Spring 2009: Participants complete a final verification of PSAP boundaries.

PSAP FOR NEW JERSEY

All New Jersey counties participated and submitted changes for the 2010 PSAP .

2010 TRIBAL STATISTICAL AREA PROGRAM (TSAP)

The 2010 Tribal Statistical Areas Program (TSAP) is a decennial program of the U.S. Census Bureau. It is part of an ongoing effort to enhance the reporting of meaningful statistical data for American Indian and Alaska Native areas. Through the program, tribes will have the opportunity to identify and delineate geographic statistical areas for which the Census Bureau will tabulate data for the 2010 Census and the ongoing American Community Survey (ACS). 5

NEW JERSEY TSAP

New Jersey qualified for the State Designated Tribal Statistical Areas (SDTSA) portion of TSAP We worked with the New Jersey Department of State, New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs and our local tribes to identify tribal areas.

Ramapough Mountain Tribe-Passaic and Bergen Lenni-Lenape Indians-Cumberland Rankokus Reservation-No Longer Qualifies 6

LOCAL UPDATE OF CENSUS ADDRESSES (LUCA)

• 177 NJ Participants (8 counties, 91 townships, 77 cities, the State) • 154 Submissions (the State, 7 counties, 77 townships, 69 cities) 7

LOCAL UPDATE OF CENSUS ADDRESSES (LUCA) APPEALS

• 28 Governments Appealed • 9600 Addresses Appealed • 8500 Addresses Accepted 8

QUESTIONNAIRE ASSISTANCE CENTERS (QAC) / BE COUNTED SITES (BC)

• 864 Questionnaire Assistance Centers in New Jersey – 24,000 Households served • 1,112 Be Counted Sites 9

2010 CENSUS DATA

• DECEMBER 31, 2010 APPORTIONMENT COUNTS • APRIL 1, 2011 REDISTRICTING COUNTS 10

2010 Count Question Resolution Program

• Program will address Corrections to the 2010 Decennial

Census

• Census Bureau will accept challenges: June 1, 2011 - June

1, 2013

• Census Bureau will make corrections on the basis of

appropriate documentation provided by the challenging entity and through research

• Census Bureau will not collect additional data 11

2010 Count Question Resolution Program

• Federal Register notice released for comments on May 26,

2010

• Comments due on or before July 26, 2010 12

Not Counted in the 2010 Census?

It’s not too Late Contact the Census Bureau