This will be part of a process called the Census 2000 Statistical Areas Program. The Fresno COG will organize a local committee composed of interested parties to participate in the program. U. S. Census staff will train the committee on the procedures and rules for determining census areas. Then, beginning this fall, the committee will have six months to complete its work. A similar local committee organized by the Fresno COG helped design the census blocks last summer.
Census blocks are the smallest geographical unit for which census data is published.
Census blocks form block groups, and block groups form census tracts. This is an important opportunity to improve the next decennial census, designing more useful boundaries that provide greater flexibility in the use of census information. If you or your organization would like to be on the committee and participate in the Census 2000 Statistical Areas Program, please contact Kathy Chung at Fresno COG by phoning 233-4148.