RE: [CTPP] Rules for 2010 Count Question Resolution Program

This appears to be similar to the 2000 program. We had some significant misassignments of data that affected census tracts and smaller units, in one case in a monster fashion. (Someone at the Bureau made a manual change that resulted in geocoding an entire prison population of over 4,000 into a tiny empty block across the highway from the prison instead of the special tract that had been created for it. One of the results was that we were reported to have one of the ten highest population density blocks in the nation.) The Census Bureau said that it would only make revisions if the misgeocoded counts changed the totals for political jurisdictions and even those revisions would not be included in any products that were produced in the Census year, 2000, nor would those products be later revised. We have spent the last ten years repeatedly explaining why some of our local data differed from the official census counts and why our counts are actually correct. Robert R. Allen, AICP Abilene MPO 400 Oak St. #102, Abilene, TX 79602 Phone 325-676-6243 Fax 325-676-6398 -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Ed Christopher Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10:31 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: Re: [CTPP] Rules for 2010 Count Question Resolution Program Wendell, here is what the rule says... It's sorta clear as mud. Maybe someone can clarify. ----------------- Challenges That Result in Corrections The Census Bureau will issue corrected CQR counts based on the housing unit and population counts as of April 1, 2010. The governmental units may use new official census counts for all programs requiring official 2010 Census data. The Census Bureau will not make corrections to the 2010 population counts for individual housing units or GQs, or corrections to the characteristics of the population and housing inventory. The Census Bureau will modify the decennial file with the CQR corrections for use in generating the 2012 postcensal estimates. The American FactFinder will provide the inventory of corrections as errata to the original data. The Census Bureau will not revise 2010 Census base files, 2010 Census apportionment counts, redistricting data, or 2010 Census data products. The Census Bureau will send a letter with a certification of the population, housing and group quarters counts for all jurisdictions affected by the results of a CQR challenge. --------------------- tinfo/ctpp-news