I just got this from TerriAnn Lowenthal. In her latest news flash
TerriAnn notes that there are several probable amendments that will be
made to the Census Bureau's Fiscal Year 2007 appropriations bill that
would shift significant funds from census programs to other activities
in the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce spending bill. The House
is starting consideration of the appropriations bill as early as today
and continuing through the week.
AMENDMENTS WOULD CUT FY07 CENSUS FUNDING
Several proposed amendments to the Census Bureaus appropriations bill
would cut the agencys funding by tens of millions of dollars. The
amendments reportedly will be offered when the House of Representatives
considers the massive Fiscal Year 2007 Science, State, Justice, and
Commerce Appropriations bill (H.R. 5672) starting as early as today.
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) has alerted colleagues that he will offer an
amendment to shift $30 million from the Census Bureau to the Justice
Departments Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program. It is not
known if the proposed amendment would direct the Census Bureau to cut
specific programs. The amendments goal is to ensure that we fully
fund the [BVP] program at its authorized level of $50 million,
according to a Dear Colleague letter from Rep. Lynch. The National
Association of Police Organizations, Inc. thanked the congressman in a
letter for sponsoring the amendment.
Reps. Lee Terry (R-NB) and Mark Kennedy (R-MN) will offer three
amendments to increase funding for the Justice Departments Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grants, which the Administration had
proposed to eliminate. The Appropriations Committee had restored some
funding for this program. One of the Terry-Kennedy amendments would
shift $50 million from the Census Bureau to the Byrne JAG program.
Rep. Michael Rogers (R-MI) reportedly will offer an amendment to shift
$14.1 million from various Census Bureau activities to the Commerce
Departments Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Rep. Nancy Johnson
(R-CT) is seeking to shift $3.3 million from the Census Bureau to the
FBIs Innocent Images program, while Reps. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Rick
Larsen (D-WA), and Darlene Hooley (D-OR) propose to take $20 million
from census programs to fund grants for drug-endangered children.
Other amendments affecting the Census Bureau are possible. The
Appropriations Committee increased funding for the Census Bureau by
about $72 million over current year levels, as the agency ramps up for
the 2010 census and continues nationwide implementation of the American
Community Survey.
Census News Briefs are prepared by Terri Ann Lowenthal, an independent
consultant in Washington, DC, with support from The Annie E. Casey
Foundation and other organizations. Ms. Lowenthal is also a consultant
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HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES 07 CENSUS FUNDING; SIPP FUNDS PARTIALLY
RESTORED
The House Appropriations Committee today approved a spending bill that
funds 2007 Census Bureau activities at nearly the level requested by
President Bush. The $59.84 billion Science, State, Justice and Commerce
Appropriations bill (not yet numbered) includes $874 million for the
Census Bureau, roughly $4 million less than the Administrations request
but about $72 million more than current year funding.
The committee allocated $694.092 million for Periodic Censuses and
Programs (Periodics), the amount requested by the President. The bill
fully funds the American Community Survey (ACS) at about $180 million
for Fiscal Year 2007, which starts October 1, 2006. The Periodics
account also includes funding for the 2007 Economic Census.
The second main Census Bureau account, Salaries and Expenses (S & E),
received $190.067 million, compared to the Administrations proposed
funding level of $184.1 million. The President, however, did not seek
funds to continue the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP),
a longitudinal survey used by many analysts to study the relationship
between income, poverty, and government assistance programs. Rep. Jose
Serrano (D-NY) successfully offered an amendment to add $10 million to
the S & E account for the purpose of continuing the SIPP until the
Census Bureau develops an alternative data collection program. The
funding bill directs the bureau to spend a total of $19.2 million to
continue the SIPP; that amount assumes the availability of $9.2 million
the Administration requested to phase out and begin redesigning the
SIPP. The survey costs roughly $39 million to administer this year, and
it is unclear how the lower funding level (if it remains in the final
bill) would affect the scope of the survey. The Serrano amendment moved
money from the Justice Departments general administration account and
from diplomatic and consular programs at the State Department to fund
the SIPP.
Census Bureau funding could be vulnerable to amendments seeking money
for other programs when the full House considers the Science, State,
Justice and Commerce appropriations bill next week. The Periodic
Censuses and Programs account is one of the few in the massive spending
bill to receive both a significant increase over Fiscal Year 2006 and
the full amount of funding the Administration proposed. Last year, the
House appropriations panel allocated $45 million less than the Bush
Administration requested for the Census Bureau. An amendment on the
House floor offered by Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) shifted another $20
million, including $10 million from 2010 census planning, from the
bureau to community policing and anti-drug programs within the Justice
Department.
Brookings to host second congressional census briefing: The Brookings
Institution, a Washington, DC-based think tank, will host its second
Capitol Hill briefing on June 23 to educate congressional staff and
other stakeholders about the importance of census data. Better Data
for Better Decisions: Why the American Community Survey Is Important for
the Nation will be held from 9:00 11:30 AM in Room 2154 Rayburn House
Office Building. Speakers include staff from the Census Bureau and the
House census oversight subcommittee, as well as data users from the
Rural Policy Research Institute, JC Penney, and the Heritage Foundation.
The first briefing, The Road to the 2010 Census: Implications for
Apportionment, Redistricting, and the Economy, took place in April. If
you have questions about these briefings, please contact Lindsay Clark
at lclark(a)brookings.edu.
More census news coming soon: The next Census News Brief, planned for
next week, will include information on a recent Senate hearing examining
the cost of the 2010 census; legislation to exclude undocumented
residents from census apportionment counts; and significant policy
developments related to 2010 census preparations and operations.
Census News Briefs are prepared by Terri Ann Lowenthal, an independent
consultant in Washington, DC, with support from The Annie E. Casey
Foundation and other organizations. Ms. Lowenthal is also a consultant
to The Census Project, sponsored by the Communications Consortium Media
Center. All views expressed in the News Briefs are solely those of the
author. Please direct questions about the information in this News
Brief to Ms. Lowenthal at 202/484-3067 or by e-mail at
TerriAnn2K(a)aol.com. Please feel free to circulate this document to
other interested individuals and organizations.
--
Ed Christopher
FHWA Resource Center
19900 Governors Drive
Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461
708-283-3534 (v) 708-283-3501 (f)
708-574-8131 (cell)
Kendra:
The two Census 2000 datasets, SF3 and CTPP Part 1, are derived from the
same set of Census 2000 long form raw data, so they really should show
the same patterns (households by household income) at the region,
county, tract, block group and TAZ level. The SF3 (Summary File #3)
definitely does NOT have TAZ-level tabulations, but it sounds like you
have a process to use census block groups to aggregate/disaggregate into
your TAZ structure.
The SF3 table P-52 provides data by 17 income categories, ranging from
"less than 5,000" to "$200,000 or more".
The CTPP Part 1, Table 64, provides data by 25 income categories (+1
category for "total households) also ranging from < $5,000, to "$150,000
or more". The CTPP has better details in income categories less than
$50,000, in increments of $2,500. This compares to SF3 which increments
income categories by $5,000 ranges. So, if you really wanted to have
data on "households less than $27,500" then you should use the CTPP.
The other major benefit of the CTPP is that these detailed household
income categories are cross-classfiied by various other variables,
including person in household (Table -64), the number of workers in
household (Table 1-66), and by the number of vehicles in the household
(Table 1-67). These are valuable if you are examining very small area
geography information for possible cross-classification travel models,
say, shop/other trips (or tours) by household size by income level,
etc.
The major "cost" of using the CTPP is the independent rounding of cell
values inflicted on the part 1 tables. So, the sum of the households by
the 25 income categories may not precisely match the "total households"
also provided in the same CTPP table. This is an annoyance, but can be
overcome by normalizing (adjusting) the CTPP cell values to either match
the "CTPP total households" value, or the "SF3 total households" which
are not subject to the rounding nonsense.
My recommendation would be to use the CTPP, and then normalize the CTPP
tables to the SF1 precise count of households for your TAZ. This means
you need a precise correspondence file of blocks-to-TAZ, so that you can
"roll-up" the SF1 counts of 100% short form data (total pop, household
pop, households, pop by race/ethnicity/age/sex) to your TAZes.
Note that neither the SF1 or SF3 files were subjected to the rounding
rules. This means that the numbers should always add up precisely to the
same number.
Hope this helps,
Chuck Purvis, MTC - SF Bay Area
>>> "Kendra Watkins" <kwatkins(a)mrcog-nm.gov> 06/01/06 3:02 PM >>>
I am compiling income data for our region at the TAZ level and have 2
sources to choose from, the CTPP TAZ income data by place of residence
or the SF3 block group income data modified to fit our DASZ structure.
I
wonder if I could get some thoughts on which source might best
represent
a 2000 snapshot by TAZ.
Thank you,
Kendra
Kendra Watkins
Senior Data Analyst
Mid-Region Council of Governments
809 Copper Ave. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 724-3601
kwatkins(a)mrcog-nm.gov
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I am compiling income data for our region at the TAZ level and have 2
sources to choose from, the CTPP TAZ income data by place of residence
or the SF3 block group income data modified to fit our DASZ structure. I
wonder if I could get some thoughts on which source might best represent
a 2000 snapshot by TAZ.
Thank you,
Kendra
Kendra Watkins
Senior Data Analyst
Mid-Region Council of Governments
809 Copper Ave. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 724-3601
kwatkins(a)mrcog-nm.gov
