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Yearly Boundary and Annexation Survey Schedule: • September—the BAS contact is sent a prenotification letter (by fax/e-mail/mail) for the upcoming survey, 

asking if he or she will have changes to report as of January 1. 

• January—BAS package mailed out. • March–April—State Data Center staff conducts telephone follow-up.• BAS packages received by April 1 will be included in the Population Estimates Program for estimates released 

the following calendar year. 

• June 30—packages received will be included in the next BAS year materials.

Population Estimates ProgramThe Population Estimates Program publishes total resident population estimates and demographic components of change (births, deaths, and migration) each year. It also publishes the estimates by demographic characteristics (age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin) for the nation, states, and counties. In addition to the resident population universe, it also produces population estimates for these universes: resident plus armed forces overseas; civilian, and civilian noninstitutional at the national level; and civilian at the state level. The reference date for estimates is July 1 of each year.American Community SurveyThe American Community Survey (ACS) is a new nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. The ACS is conducted instead of administering the long form in future censuses and is a critical element in the Census Bureau’s reengineered 2010 Decennial Census plan. The ACS will enhance your ability to serve your constituents by providing you with more timely information about your community. Data from this survey is released every year. Armed with more accurate and timely data, you will be able to make better informed decisions by having up-to-date information regarding your community, its people, and its resources. The Census Bureau selects a random sample from its file of housing unit addresses. An address has about 1 chance in 480 of being selected in any month. No address will be selected more often than once every five years.Both the Population Estimates Program and the American Community Survey use the legal boundaries in existence for each jurisdiction on January 1 of each year. These boundaries are collected through the BAS, and all addresses geographically coded to the streets and roads within your jurisdiction become part of the sampling frame for the American Community Survey as well as part of the base used to calculate your population estimates. Therefore, participation in the LUCA Program and the BAS helps to ensure your community has good coverage—which contributes to good population estimates.

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How do I find out more about LUCA and the other programs discussed?

Visit us at <www.census.gov> to reach the Census Bureau’s home page.To find out more about the LUCA Program, click on Geography then Geographic Programs or type in the URL <www.census.gov/geo/www/programs.html>. You may also send your questions regarding the LUCA Program to the following e-mail address: <luca@geo.census.gov>.To find out more about the BAS, click on Geography then Geographic Programs or type in the URL <www.census.gov/geo/www/programs.html> or contact us at <GEO.BAS@census.gov>.To find out more about the Population Estimates Program and the American Community Survey, visit us at <www.census.gov> and click on links to the Estimates page and the American Community Survey page adjacent to People & Households near the top of the home page.To find the local Census Bureau Regional Office that serves your community, visit us at <www.census.gov>

and click on Regional Offices along the left side of the screen. Then click your state on the map to get to the regional office that serves your state.For questions on General Census Geography, contact <geography@geo.census.gov>.
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• In areas with non-city-style addresses (e.g., rural route and box number or post office box numbers), the LUCA 

liaisons can challenge the count of housing unit and group quarters addresses. 

• The Census Bureau will visit each census block during the Address Canvassing Operation and update the 

census address list. The Census Bureau will provide the LUCA participants with an updated address list and maps during the feedback phase.

• Public Law 103-430 allows LUCA participants to appeal final Census Bureau decisions. All appeals must be 

adjudicated prior to Census Day to ensure that the housing unit is visited during the enumeration phase. An agency independent of the Census Bureau will review and decide on all appeals prior to Census Day, April 1, 2010.

How has the LUCA Program changed from Census 2000?The Census Bureau is making a number of improvements to the 2010 LUCA Program: 

• There will be a single review cycle for all address types.• There will be a longer review period: 120 calendar days.• There will be more advance notice so that participating governments can prepare.• There will be more comprehensive program communications, as well as periodic contact to answer questions 

and gauge each participating government’s progress.

• There will be three options for participation.• Participating governments will be offered the option of using the Census Bureau supplied MAF/TIGER® 

Partnership Software application that combines the census address list, address count list, and maps in a software package.

What is the LUCA Program schedule?-What are the LUCA participation options?There are three LUCA participation options for a government to choose from depending on factors such as the type of addressing within their government, access to an address list, willingness to sign a Title 13 confidentiality agreement, as well as their level of resources for conducting the review.Option 1—Full Address List Review (Title 13 option)This option requires a Title 13 confidentiality agreement and allows the participating government to update citystyle addresses on the census address list and provide any city-style addresses that are missing from the list. 

Time Frame Activity

January 2007 to February 2007 LUCA advance notice letters were mailed to the highest elected official and other contacts in eligible, active, functioning governments. August 2007

LUCA invitation letters and registration materials mailed to the highest elected official and other contacts in eligible, active, functioning governments.

August 2007 to January 2008 Invited governments register for LUCA and the Census Bureau ships the LUCA review materials to each participating government.September 2007 to March 2008

LUCA participants review and update the address list and return their comments to the Census Bureau’s Regional Office within 120 days of receipt of materials.

October 2007 to October 2008 Census Bureau reviews the participants’ LUCA submissions and updates the Master Address File/TIGER® system.November 2008 to June 2009 Census Bureau prepares for and conducts the Address Canvassing Operation using GPS-equipped hand-held computers.August 2009 to October 2009 Census Bureau sends feedback materials to the LUCA participants showing how we processed each government’s LUCA submissions.September 2009 to December 2009 LUCA participants review their LUCA feedback and have the opportunity to appeal the results to the LUCA Appeals Office.September 2009 to January 2010 LUCA Appeals Office reviews and adjudicates appeals.

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