TO: CTPP-News listserv Now that we've all had time to thoroughly digest the PL 94-171 data file, the Census Bureau will be developing a one-page "Demographic Profile" (DP-1) for all states, counties and places in the US. This Demographic Profile will be based on 100% short form data. It will be released on a flow basis over the next few months. These one-page profiles will be released in PDF format, and available on American FactFinder. Data files will also be released, either in DBF or ASCII or formats to be determined. Eventually this Demographic Profile page will be prepared for all (?) census tracts. Expected release schedule for these Demographic Profiles is May through July (according to the Census Bureau's page) though we should be expecting national data in the next couple of weeks. Data items included in the Demographic Profile will be fairly simple tabulations, for example: total population by sex; total population by age cohorts (5-yr increments to 85+); total population age 18+ and 65+ by sex; and total population age 21+ and 62+. This will be the *first* release of detailed Asian (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Other Asian), Native Hawaiian/Pac Islander (Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan, Other Pacific Islander) and detailed Hispanic/Latino (Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Other Latino) population. The Demographic Profile will also have data on number of households and household population; group quarters population (institutional and non-institutional); relationship to householder; family and non-family households; average household size; average family size; vacant housing units; and housing units by owner/renter tenure and average household size by owner/renter tenure. For a sample of what data will be available you can check out the DRAFT (?) profile format: http://www.sdcbidc.iupui.edu/Census_2000/census_2000.html When you go to this page, click on "Demographic Profile." It is the second line. I don't know too much else, but some of us are monitoring the discussions on the State Data Center listserv & talking to Census staff. I don't know if *all* of the "large area" (state, county) data will be released before *any* of the "small area" (city, place, tract) is released. I guess we'll all find out in a month or so! Again, these DP-1 pages are due out May - July 2001. The detailed SF-1 short form datasets are due out June - September 2001. Recommend bookmarking the census release schedule at: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/releaseschedule.html Hope this helps! (Census Bureau folk should jump in to correct any glaring errors or omissions! thx) Chuck Purvis, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, TRB Urban Data Committee Chair, & SF Bay Area census analyst for ABAG/MTC Regional Data Center.