TO: CTPP-News The Census Bureau's release schedule for the 1-percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) has been updated: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2003/PUMS.html Data for five states was released last Wednesday: New York, Florida, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wyoming. Data for New Jersey is tentatively scheduled for release tomorrow, April 30th. Data for an additional 10 states plus the District of Columbia is tentatively scheduled for release Wednesday, May 7th: Alabama, California, D.C., Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ohio, Puerto Rico and Texas. We do not know when the remaining states will be released, so it's advised to keep close tabs on the main PUMS page, provided above. PUMS Technical Documentation is here: http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/pums.pdf For more on the use of PUMS in transportation planning, visit our TRB Subcommittee's web page at: http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/pums.pdf Chuck Purvis, MTC ************************************************************** Charles L. Purvis, AICP Principal 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://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/ **************************************************************