# Presentation: 369240

## Census Geographic Programs Update

- Linda M. Franz
- U.S. Census Bureau
- CIC/SDC Annual Training Conference
- October 8, 2008

## 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

- Release soon
- Nation-based, state-based, county-based, and American Indian area-based files available
- Will reflect realignment nationwide

## 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

## Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)

- Response modes
- Paper
- MAF/TIGER Partnership Software
- Digital BAS
- e-BAS for forms submission
- Web BAS (starting in 2009)

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## Questions?

- Linda M. Franz
- Assistant Division Chief for Geographic Partnership Programs
- _[linda.m.franz@census.gov](mailto:linda.m.franz@census.gov)_
- (301)-763-9061