[CTPP] PUMS 5-percent Release Status

As of 8/27/03, 5-percent PUMS data for 20 states has been released. Scheduled for release next Wednesday, 9/3/03, are: Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, North & South Carolina, Tennessee and Warshington. Census Bureau has not published a "look ahead" for data to be released either 9/17 or 9/24. Also, the correspondence tables between residence area PUMAs (Public Use Microdata Areas) and place-of-work PUMAS (POWPUMA5), is included in Appendix N, available on the web site cited below. ********* More information from the State Data Center listserv, on states scheduled for release on 9/10: FYI... The Public Use Microdata Sample files for Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin will be released to the public on September 10, 2003 at 12:01 AM. There is no embargo period for these data. The data can be accessed on 9/10/03 at: http://www2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets/PUMS/FivePercent/ ftp://ftp2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets/PUMS/FivePercent/ The PUMS files will be released on a weekly basis through September 2003. ******** C. Purvis, MTC