David: Good questions. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE #2 - #4 The data that will be released MARCH - MAY 2002 are the DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES #2, #3, and #4. They will NOT include any place-of-work data. They will only include tables such as general means of transportation to work by county-of-residence and place-of-residence. I just printed out the DP #2, #3 and #4 pages this morning, to see what we will be getting before the general "SF3" data release this summer. The "table shells" are available on the State Data Centers' web site at: http://www.sdcbidc.iupui.edu/ see the "other news" section, first bullet, to find links to the demographic profiles "DP 2, 3, 4 for 2000". To me, the DP #2, #3 and #4 are the "Best of SF3" tables - - all that's fit to print on three pages, ONLY for PLACES, COUNTIES, etc., NOT for TRACTS. SUMMARY FILE #3 In terms of SF3, do NOTexpect any flow data (county-to-county or place-to-place). But SF3 will have tract level data, and it will have certain journey-to-work tables of interest, say, detailed means of transportation, households by detailed auto ownership level. Again, ALL SF3 tables are RESIDENCE GEOGRAPHY-BASED. Again, table outlines for the SF3 are on the SDC web site (above link). Yes, the TRB-Census web page is (still) accurate in terms of ANY place-of-work or residence-to-work (flow) data being released in early 2003. There still, however, may be some "special products" that are released later this year. What I'm hoping for is a December 2002 data on county-to-county TOTAL commuters that the Census Bureau is negotiating/working with the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). I'd also *like* a place-to-place TOTAL commuters in January 2003, but beggars can't be choosers. We will *all* probably have to wait until Spring 2003 for the place-to-place datasets.... cheers, Chuck Purvis, MTC *********************************************** Charles L. Purvis, AICP Senior Transportation Planner/Analyst Metropolitan Transportation Commission 101 Eighth Street Oakland, CA 94607-4700 (510) 464-7731 (office) (510) 464-7848 (fax) www: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/ Census WWW: http://census.mtc.ca.gov/ *********************************************** Please excuse this somewhat basic question, but I'm trying to figure out the release date for journey to work data (residence & workplace based) by place (i.e. New England towns). The Census 2000 release schedule says "Sample Demographic Profile" containing commuting to work data will be released March - May 2002. Will this contain commuting data by place? Will it be contained in Summary File 3 (June-September 2002)? or, as the TRB-Census webpage states, October-December 2002 for residence based and February-April 2003 for workplace based data? Any help would be greatly appreciated! -------------------------------- David Saladino Regional Planner Southwest Region Planning Commission 20 Central Square, Second Floor Keene, NH 03431 Ph: (603) 357-0557 Fx: (603) 357-7440 E-mail: dsaladino(a)swrpc.org Internet: http://www.swrpc.org