Embargoed Media Webi

for the 2010 Census 

Summary File 2

Webinar Presented on

December 13, 2011

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Speakers

• Stacy Vidal, Public Information Office

• Louisa Miller, Assistant Division Chief, Census

Programs, Population Division

• Rob Chestnut, Chief, Requirements and Stake

Relations Branch, Decennial Systems and Con

Management Office

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Summary File 2 Topics

• Table numbering

• Content• Iteration groups

• Thresholds• Geography• Release dates• American FactFinder access

• Data release process

• Press kit resources

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Table Numbering

• Similar to Summary File

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• “PCT” tables: Population subjects availabl

to the census tract level

• 47 PCT tables

• “PCO” tables: Population subjects availab

to the county level

• 10 PCO tables

• “HCT” tables: Housing subjects available d

the census tract level

• 14 HCT tables

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Content

• Similar content as Summary File 1

• Summary File 1 race and Hispanic or Latino O

tables, and redundant tables were removed

• Crosswalk 2010 SF 2, to 2010 SF 1, to 2000 SF 

• Demographic Profile (DP 1) as starting point• New counts not found in SF 1

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New Groups: American Ind

and Alaska Native

• American Indian and Alaska Native alone:

• Assiniboine Sioux

• Eastern Tribes• Shawnee

• American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in an

combination:

• Assiniboine Sioux

• Chippewa Cree

• Chumash• Eastern Tribes• Luiseno• Miami

• Micmac• Oneida Tribe

• Pomo• Sac and Fox• Salish and Kootenai• Shawnee

• Three 

Tribes 

Dakot

Bertho

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New Groups: Asian

• Asian alone:

• Mongolian• Okinawan• Singaporean

• Asian alone or in any combination:

• Maldivian• Mongolian• Okinawan• Singaporean

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New Groups: Native Hawa

and Other Pacific Islande

• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone

• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 

any combination:

• Tahitian

• Tokelauan• Carolinian• Chuukese• I‐Kiribati

• Kosraean• Mariana Islander• Palauan• Pohnpeian• Saipanese

• Yape• Pap

Gui

• Solo

• Tahitian• Tokelauan• Carolinian• Chuukese• I‐Kiribati

• Kosraean• Mariana Islander• Palauan• Pohnpeian• Saipanese

• Yape• Papu

Guin

• Solo

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Potential Iteration Grou

• Total number of groups on list: 331

• Total Population• 75 major race groups

• American Indian and Alaska Native: 114 

• Asian: 47 groups

• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islan

43 groups

• Hispanic/not Hispanic: 51 groups

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Thresholds – Two Type

• To be on the iteration list for SF 2:

– American Indian and Alaska Native tribes/tribal g

least 7,000 people in the U.S. or included in SF

1

– All other race and Hispanic groups: at least 100 p

the U.S. or

a group included in the Redistricting 

• All tables are shown for each race group, Amer

Indian and Alaska Native tribal grouping, and H

or Latino group on the iteration list for which t

at least 100 people of that specific group in

a

particular geographic area

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Geography – State Files

• States• Counties• County Subdivisions

• Places• ZIP Code Tabulation

Areas (ZCTAs)

• School Districts• Census Tracts

• American Indian 

Alaska Native Ar

• Tribal Subdivisio

• Metropolitan Are

• Hawaiian Home • Congressional Di

• State Legislative 

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• No Blocks

• No Block Groups
Release Dates and 

Availability – State File

• State

‐by

‐state flow basis, December 2011

through April 2012

• Available on:

– AFF (detailed tables, quick tables, geographic

comparison tables)

– FTP (detailed tables only)

– DVD (after National File is released)

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Summary File 2 – National 

• Same data tables as state files• Geographic levels: U.S., regions, divisions

CBSAs, and American Indian Areas

• Available on: AFF, FTP, and DVD

• Release: May 2012

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Summary File 2 –

Urban/Rural Update

• Urban/rural population and housing unit c• Lowest level of geography: Census tract• Characteristics for urbanized areas and ur

clusters

• Available on: AFF and FTP

• Release: January 2013

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Accessing Summary File 2 u

American FactFinder

• Go to: http://factfinder2.census.gov (or

through the embargo site)

• Select:

– Topics

→ Dataset: 2010 SF2 100% Data

– Geographies– Population Groups

– Then select

a table ‐ Ex. Profile of General

Population and Housing Characteristics: 20
Data Release Process

• Released on a state-by-state flow ba

through April

– Embargoed beginning on Tuesday mo– Publicly released on Thursdays at 12:0

• Week-ahead announcements• National level figures will be release

May

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Online Press Kit • Updates o

upcoming releases

• Presentat

slides

• Lists of po

groups

• Table cros

http://2010.census.gov/news/press

‐kits/sf2/summary

‐file

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Contact Us

Public Information Office (PIO)

301.763.3030

pio@census.gov

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