The Notice of the Final Criteria for the delineation of the Urbanized Areas and Urban Clusters based on the Census 2000 results was published today, March 15, 2002 in the Federal Register. You may download the notice from the Census Bureau web site at:

With the delay in the publication of the final criteria, the announcement of the Urbanized Areas based on Census 2000 will now not be published in the Federal Register before mid April, 2002.

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From: owner-ctpp-news@chrispy.net [mailto:owner-ctpp-news@chrispy.net]On Behalf Of Robert LaMacchia
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Subject: [CTPP] Status of UA Delineation

We have received a number of questions about the timetable for the publication of the final criteria for the definition of Urbanized Areas and Urban Clusters. We now expect to publish in the Federal Register the final criteria before mid March, 2002, and have the announcement of the Urbanized Areas and Urban Clusters based on these criteria and the Census 2000 population totals by late March, 2002 or early April, 2002.

As part of the GIS and Census workshop at GIS-T 2002 in Atlanta, we will be describing the automated process to delineate the UAs and UCs based on the final criteria. Please note that session 6.4 Census 2002 & TIGER Modernization in the preliminary program for GIS-T 2002 has been replaced by another topic, and the only formal discussion of the UA criteria will be at the GIS and Census Workshop Sunday afternoon. The Census Bureau plans to have an exhibit booth at GIS-T, so please stop by if you are not attending the workshop (or even if you do attend the workshop).