Posted by Jessica Arrazola · Sep 18, 2018 at 12:43 PM

Feedback needed for 2020 census

Please see the below email (the first in the chain) regarding a question from the Census Bureau regarding how users utilize specific data tables at specific levels of geography (e.g., census block, school district, county subdivision) in research or for specific legal, statutory, or programmatic purposes. Ultimately, if the Bureau cannot identify situations where particular data tables at particular levels of geography are required, there is a chance they will not publish those tables following the 2020 Decennial Census.

CSTE is encouraging STLT departments to submit any comments/feedback HERE ASAP, as the deadline for comment is Monday, September 17th. This notice is also being sent to the CSTE Surveillance/Informatics Steering Committee, the CSTE Surveillance Policy Subcommittee, and the CSTE SCALE Project. In addition, please feel free to share this notice with others who may be interested.

Specific Questions Regarding the Tables:

1. How are the data from each individual table and data product used? Include any specific legal, statutory, or programmatic uses. Please cite any supporting federal laws or regulations.

2. Why are decennial census statistics used for this purpose? Please provide a clear justification.

3. Without decennial census data, how would this activity be accomplished (e.g.,other data sources)?

4. Who are the users of the specific table or data product?

5. Who is affected by the use of the data in this specific table or data product?

6. How much funding is distributed based on these data?

7. What is the lowest level of geography (e.g., county, census block, etc.) at which data need to be published for each specific table? Please explain why data are needed at this level of geography. The Standard Hierarchy of Census Geographic Entities can be found here: https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/geodiagram.pdf. The Hierarchy of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hawaiian Areas can be found here: https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/aianhh_diag.pdf.

8. In what additional levels of geography (e.g., county subdivision, school district, etc.) or geographic components (e.g., urban, rural, etc.) do data need to be published for each specific table? If the level of geography specified in the response to item seven relates to the use planned for the levels of geography requested in this response, please explain how they are related. A listing of the available geographic components can be found in the 2010 Census Summary File 1 technical documentation, Chapter 6, pages 177-180: https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/sf1.pdf.

9. What programmatic, statutory, or legal uses are there for decennial census data that are not being met by the current suite of decennial census products? The Questions Planned for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey can be found here: https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2020/operations/planned-questions-2020-acs.pdf.

Thanks,

Hayleigh McCall, MPH

Program Analyst II

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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: IPUMS NHGIS Project <ipums@umn.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 4:26 PM
Subject: The Census Bureau needs your help!
To: <mike.dolan.fliss@gmail.com>

| | | | Dear IPUMS NHGIS users, The Census Bureau needs your help! The U.S. Census Bureau is soliciting feedback related to 2020 Decennial Census data products. As part of its program to modernize respondent confidentiality and privacy, the Bureau aims to identify use cases for all planned 2020 Census data tables. IPUMS NHGIS users are well positioned to respond to the Census Bureau’s request. We strongly urge users to submit comments before the deadline of September 17. Briefly, to respond to the Federal Register Notice, detail which Decennial Census products you use, on which subjects, at which levels of geography, and for what research and policy purposes. Users who rely on block-level tables or summaries of persons in households or families are particularly encouraged to respond. The Bureau is interested in learning about how users utilize specific data tables at specific levels of geography (e.g., census block, school district, county subdivision) in research or for specific legal, statutory, or programmatic purposes. If the Bureau cannot identify situations where particular data tables at particular levels of geography are required, there is a chance they will not publish those tables following the 2020 Decennial Census. John Abowd, U.S. Census Bureau’s Chief Scientist for Research and Methodology, recently shared with us: “It is imperative that sophisticated data users respond to this FRN. As my new blog makes clear, we can control the fitness-for-use of the 2020 Census data products, but the Census Bureau cannot give every use case the same margin-of-error (just as we currently cannot give every statistic from the ACS the same MOE). The use case for the PL94-171 redistricting data is written into that statute. It is the only use case currently reflected in the design of the 2020 Census disclosure avoidance system. Other data users must supply information that demonstrates how the categorical and geographic detail in historical summary and detailed data tables, national and state demographic profiles, and topical briefs translates into their own use cases.” Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, IPUMS NHGIS
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