Robert--

Sounds familiar, we discovered thousands of apparently homeless Michigan
State University students were actually residing in steam tunnels
underground beneath Spartan Stadium-- instead of their student housing
complexes, and probably for similar reasons.

Admittedly, there have been reports of few drunken escapades in University
lore about those tunnels allegedly under the stadium-- but those events (if
true) typically weren't the kinds of things that would get reported to any
federal Bureau on Census day.......

Paul T. Hamilton,
Chief Planner
Tri-County Regional Planning Commission
913. W. Holmes Rd. Ste. 201
Lansing MI 48910
phamilton@mitcrpc.org
Phone: 517.393.0342
Fax: 517.393.4424
web: www.mitcrpc.org
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From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [ mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net]
On Behalf Of Allen, Robert.
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 3:01 PM
To: 'ctpp-news@chrispy.net'
Subject: 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-----
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On Behalf Of Ed Christopher
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10:31 AM
To: ctpp-news@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.
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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.
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