RE: [CTPP] Census Geography and the ACS

Thank you, Ed. The City of Minneapolis is expecting to be able to obtain future ACS datasets at the TAZ-level of detail. We are to meet next week to discuss the new 2010-TAZ system being developed for the region. They are wanting it to coincide with tract boundaries; the MPO needs them to align with minor arterials for modeling purposes, and the question of TAZs and how they gel with ACS tabulations is to be discussed. Thanks for the speedy reply. BOB -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of edc(a)berwyned.com Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 12:00 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: Re: [CTPP] Census Geography and the ACS Generally you are correct but let me add a little more detail. There are two types of ACS products coming out. Standard Census Ones and ones paid for by the CTPP program. For Census Bureau standard products the first 5-year ACS product will be released in December and will have Block Groups, Tracts, MCDs (I think for the 12 new england states), Places, Counties, Urban Areas, etc. Here is the log list of census geography. http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/geography/ Sometime soon the CTPP program will be releasing a product using 3-year ACS data. It will contain data for places over 20K people (including qualifying counties, PUMAs, MCDs in the 12 new england states). Sometime in the late summer or fall of 2012 the CTPP program will be putting out a 5-year ACS product which will contain NEW TAZs and TADS. The TADs will be a geography defined by the states and MPOs that approximates 20K people. _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news