CENSUS GEOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

1. CENSUS GEOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Tim McMonagle Geography Los Angeles Regional Census Center

2. Topics • Census Geography • Demographic Data • MAF/TIGER Data Base (MTDB) • TIGER/Line Files • Joining TIGER and Demographic Data • Count Question Resolution Program • Future for MTDB? • New American Fact Finder Mapping

4. Census Geography

5. The Role of Geography in the Decennial Census • Geography provides the framework for the collection, tabulation, and dissemination of Census Data • Success of the Census rest not only on collecting data, but also linking data to correct geographic areas • Anyone using Census Data should have some knowledge of Census Geography

6. Hierarchy of Census Geography

7. Urban/ Rural Classification

8. Urban / Rural • For the 2010 Census, an urban area will comprise a densely settled core of census tracts and/or census blocks that meet minimum population density requirements, along with adjacent territory containing non-residential urban land uses as well as territory with low population density included to link outlying densely settled territory with the densely settled core. • The Census Bureau identifies two types of urban areas: -Urbanized Areas (UAs) of 50,000 or more people -Urban Clusters (UCs) of at least 2,500 and less than 50,000 people. • “Rural” encompasses all population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area.

9. Urban / Rural (Urban Areas) – Schedule • November 22, 2010 – Public comment period ends for proposed criteria published in Federal Register • http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/urbanruralclass.html • First quarter of 2011 – Final criteria published in Federal Register • March-December 2011 – delineation • Spring 2012 – Federal Register notice listing final Urban Areas • April 2012 – Urban/Rural TIGER/Line Shapefiles • October 2012 – SF-1 Urban/Rural Update • Late-2013 – ACS publishes data for 2010 Urban Areas

10. Urban / Rural • Additional information and a link to the Federal Register announcement is at: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/2010urbanruralclass.html

11. Changes in Hawai’i Census Geography for 2010

12. 2010 Census Tract Criteria New Census Tracts Coding Series 9400-9499 Any tract with a majority of population and/or area on Hawaiian Home Lands 9800-9899 Special Land Use tracts 9900-9999 Water Census Tracts

15. New Census Designated Places for 2010 • Hawai’i County Discovery Harbour Waiohinu • Honolulu County East Honolulu* Kalaeloa Kapolei KoOlina Mililani Mauka Ocean Pointe* Urban Honolulu* Waikele West Loch Estate • Kauai County Haena Wainiha • Maui County Keokea Kula Launiupoko Mahinahina* Makena* Manele Olinda Olowalu Ualapu’e Wailea*

18. Census Statistical Data

19. Accessing Demographic Data

21. Legacy American Fact Finder

23. Census Data Geographically Referenced

24. New American Fact Finder

25. New American Fact Finder Download

26. GIS Ready

27. 2010 Census Advance Group Quarters Summary File

28. Advance Group Quarter Summary File • An early version of Table P-42 from the 2010 Census Summary File 1, showing seven types of group quarters • Institutional Group Quarters - Adult correctional facilities - Juvenile correctional facilities - Nursing facilities - Other institutional facilities • Non-institutional Group Quarters - College/University student housing - Military quarters - Other non-institutional facilities • No characteristics of the group quarters are provided.

29. Advance Group Quarters Summary File (Cont.) • Early release for use in Redistricting and the Count Question Resolution program. • Table is only available via the FTP site. • Flat ASCII files by state • Provide Microsoft Access shells to help with importing and extracting the data. • Link to files and information about the files at the Redistricting Data Office data site: http://www.census.gov/rdo/data/

31. 2010 Census Geographic Products

33. TIGER/Line Shapefiles

34. MAF/TIGER Data Base (MTDB) • Replaces and combines Master Address File (MAF) and Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Reference (TIGER) system databases • Nationwide – not divided by county • Oracle Spatial 10g database

35. MAF/TIGER Accuracy Improvement Program • Aligning the MAF/TIGER database with GIS/Imagery maintained by state/local/tribal partners/federal/private in order to implement more programs in a digital environment • Improve spatial accuracy to allow the Census to use GPS handheld devices to collect data accurately • Support the Administrations Geospatial One Stop e- government initiatives, make data publically available

36. Role of TIGER • Assignment of location codes to addresses for data collection • Geographic structure for tabulation and publication • Cartographic products to support field operations, participant programs, collection and publication

37. What are TIGER/Line Shapefiles? • Extracts of selected geographic and cartographic information from MTDB. • Nationwide coverage • Contains no sensitive data • Are designed for use with GIS • Contains geographic linear, areal, and point features, including attribute information • Geographic entity boundaries • The legal and statistical areas for which Census tabulates data

38. File Naming Convention The name of each file is: tl_2010_<extent>_<layer>_<ext> • tl- TIGER/Line • 2010- version • extent - 2 digit state FIPS code - 5 digit state county FIPS code • layer- type of geography or feature 10 at the end = 2010 census geography 00 at the end = 2000 census geography • ext – file extension

39. TIGER Release Schedule

40. Available Layers

41. Accessing TIGER/Line Shapefiles

42. Select Correct Version of TIGER/Line

44. Joining TIGER and Census Statistical Data

45. Attribute Tables

46. Join Function

48. 2010Count Question ResolutionProgram General Program Information

49. CQR Summary • Scope • Timing • Challenge Types • Documentation Requirements • Challenges Results - Successful -Unsuccessful

50. Scope • The Census Bureau’s 2010 Census Count Question Resolution (CQR) Program provides state, local, and tribal officials, or their designated representatives, in the United States and Puerto Rico a process to challenge the census counts of housing units, group quarters, and group Quarter population.