New York 2010 Census redistricting data to be released
Posted by JHKing in Uncategorized on March 17, 2011
The Census Bureau announced today that 2010 Census Redistricting Data will be released for New York State next week.
What does this mean? The data released for geographies down to the block level will include: population counts for race and Hispanic or Latino categories and housing unit counts by occupancy status (occupied units, vacant units).
From the Census Bureau:
Data Release Process:
1. Pre-release announcement — A week ahead, we’ll announce which states to anticipate the following week.
2. Shipment to State Leadership — We’ll ship the data to the state leadership (ex. governor, majority and minority leaders) first, as required by law. We will also issue a media advisory notifying media when we ship the data to each state.
3. Confirmation, FTP Site and News Release — The following day, we’ll confirm the state leaders’ receipt of the data. We will then release the full data set to our FTP download site and post a news release and custom tables [XLS] with top line data for that state. (Tech tips)
4. Full Data Set in American FactFinder within 24 Hours — Within 24 hours, the data will also be available on American FactFinder, the Census Bureau’s online data search tool.
-Joanna
Final Mail Participation Rates
Posted by JHKing in Census process on October 26, 2010
The US Census Bureau has released the final mail participation rates for the 2010 Census. The results include forms mailed back after the April 27 cut-off that marked the transition to the door-to-door follow up operation. Although received too late to prevent a visit by a census taker, those late-arriving forms were still used for tabulating purposes.
Final 2010 Participation Rates is also available as a pdf for ease of printing.
As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Joanna at 518-453-0850!
2 days to be counted!
Posted by JHKing in Census process, Outreach efforts on July 29, 2010
If you know of someone who believes they haven’t been counted in the 2010 Census, encourage them to call the Telephone Assistance Center by July 30th. It’s not too late to be counted!
Call 1-866-872-6868.
2010 Census Operation updates
Posted by JHKing in Uncategorized on July 14, 2010
In an effort to keep you informed, here are some items you might find interesting.
Many questions arise long after people think a Census is over. With the attachment below you can answer those questions. Viewing the videos attached can help as well.
Telephone Questionnaire Assistance (TQA) Centers – Open through July 30, 2010
1-866-872-6868
TQAs are still open through July 30, 2010 in support of the Quality Assurance operations under way this summer. This message is also mentioned in the video, Be Counted , now available on the Internet and can be found linked below.
Now Available on the Internet
1. Be Counted
http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/2010-census-timeline/nrfu/be-counted.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx57GG0cQ-o
2. Census Bureau Director to Discuss with University of Michigan Students How to Measure the Quality of the 2010 Census
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb10-cn68.html
3. 2010 Site
http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/media-advisories/how-to-measure-quality.html
4. Transcript from the July 7, 2010 Operational Press Briefing
http://2010.census.gov/news/pdf/transcript_7-7-10.pdf
5. Operational Press Briefing: Press Kit
http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/operational-press-briefing/july-7-2010.html
6. PHOTOS: Quality Assurance Operations
English: http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/2010-census-timeline/quality-assur/index.php?p,n42 (10 photos)
Spanish: http://2010.census.gov/multimedia/fotos/control-calidad/ (5 fotos)
Now available on http://mediadownload.census.gov (Numbers 7, 8, 9 and 10 below)
7. B-ROLL: Quality Assurance: Vacant Delete
http://mediadownload.census.gov/content/b-roll-quality-assurance-vacant-delete
8. B-ROLL: Quality Assurance: Re-Interview
http://mediadownload.census.gov/content/b-roll-quality-assurance-re-interview
9. B-ROLL: Quality Assurance: Field Verification
http://mediadownload.census.gov/content/b-roll-quality-assurance-field-verification
10. VIDEO: Quality Assurance – It’s In Our Hands
http://mediadownload.census.gov/content/quality-assurance-its-our-hands
Census Quality Assurance Operations
Posted by JHKing in Uncategorized on July 14, 2010
The Census Bureau’s Quality Assurance operation involves a census enumerator phoning or visiting a small sample of households to double-check on the accuracy of the data provided, and to make sure that the Census gives a complete picture of everyone living in the household.
Please encourage your community to cooperate with Quality Assurance employees. English and Spanish-language fliers are available for you to display:
Why am I still being contacted by the Census?
Posted by JHKing in Census process on May 27, 2010
The Census Bureau has just finished the third week of the Nonresponse Followup stage of the 2010 Census. The completion of interviews in this phase is proceeding roughly on schedule. As of Saturday, over 50% of the entire workload has been completed.
Here’s what the Census Bureau has to say about why you may get a visit or phone call despite sending in your form:
Some questions are coming in from folks who completed and mailed back their census forms, but are being visited by census workers in person, or receiving a phone call from the US Census Bureau. It might be a good time to go over the different reasons this might be happening. (All of the reasons are variants of attempts to make sure we’ve counted people once and only once and in the right place, their April 1, 2010, usual residence.)
We use two ways of contacting people — face to face visits and telephone calls. Here are some reasons why you might get a knock on the door:
1. We received your mailed-in form too late to scratch your unit off the list of addresses to visit. (Since some forms get lost in transit, we train our enumerators to ask the census questions at every door they’re assigned; please be patient with this request).
2. There was missing or conflicting information on the form we received. (We want to make sure the information we collect from your household is complete and correct.)
3. We can’t match the address you provided on a “Be Counted” form or over the phone to our master address list. (We send the enumerator to you to make sure all information in properly attached to the right housing unit).
If we are uncertain about any of the answers your household provided on the census, we may call to get a better understanding of the situation and ensure we get an accurate count. Here are a few reasons why you may receive a telephone call from the US Census Bureau:
1. If the number given for how many people were living at the address on April 1 does not match the number of people for whom information was provided.
2. If the form indicates that additional people were staying at the address on April 1 but were not included in the household’s count.
3. If we suspect we have received duplicate information about a housing unit or individual, we will follow-up to make sure people are not counted twice. You can confirm that the individual calling is really from the Census Bureau by running through this checklist. Read more about the Nonresponse Followup on Census Director Groves’ blog at http://blogs.census.gov/2010census/. Thank you for your commitment to the 2010 Census.
Mail Participation Rates
Posted by JHKing in Uncategorized on May 18, 2010
The Mail Participation Rate is the percentage of forms mailed back by households that received them. The rate excludes households whose forms were returned by the U.S. Postal Service as ‘undeliverable,’ suggesting the house was vacant. Additionally, the mail participation rate excludes: houses in update/enumerate areas; households that receive mail at P.O. boxes; transients; homeless; Be Counted forms; and phoned-in responses. The Towns of Edinburg and Day, in Saratoga County, are both in Update/Enumerate areas; these operations will continue through May 29th. The Census Bureau will follow up on all housing units that did not return a completed form to ensure everyone is counted.
The last update to the Mail Participation Rate was on April 27th; final rates will be posted in the fall, and will include late mail returns. A complete list of the latest 2000 and 2010 Mail Participation Rates for all 79 municipalities in the Capital Region can be found in the following tables.
52 of the Region’s 78 municipalities matched or beat their 2000 Mail Participation Rates, including the cities of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga Springs, and Troy. Albany, Rensselaer, and Saratoga Counties all beat their 2000 rates by a minimum of 2 percentage points. The Town of Charlton in Saratoga County had the highest Mail Participation Rate in the Capital Region: 89%. 41 of the 78 municipalities had Participation Rates of 80% or more this year, up from just 23 municipalities in 2000.
| 2010 MPR | 2000 MPR | |
| Albany County | 76% | 74% |
| City of Albany | 66% | 65% |
| Town of Berne | 84% | 61% |
| Town of Bethlehem | 84% | 83% |
| Town of Coeymans | 75% | 75% |
| -Village of Ravena | 74% | 81% |
| City of Cohoes | 74% | 73% |
| Town of Colonie | 81% | 83% |
| -Village of Colonie | 84% | 85% |
| -Village of Menands | 78% | 73% |
| Town of Green Island | 75% | 76% |
| Town of Guilderland | 82% | 79% |
| -Village of Altamont | 84% | 84% |
| Town of Knox | 83% | 71% |
| Town of New Scotland | 83% | 81% |
| -Village of Voorheesville | 85% | 87% |
| Town of Rensselaerville | 77% | 54% |
| City of Watervliet | 73% | 73% |
| Town of Westerlo | 77% | 69% |
| 2010 MPR | 2000 MPR | |
| Rensselaer County | 75% | 71% |
| -Village of Nassau | 75% | 71% |
| -Village of Valley Falls | 67% | 69% |
| Town of Berlin | 73% | 54% |
| Town of Brunswick | 80% | 74% |
| Town of East Greenbush | 81% | 74% |
| Town of Grafton | 83% | 54% |
| Town of Hoosick | 80% | 75% |
| -Village of Hoosick Falls | 82% | 80% |
| Town of Nassau | 81% | 67% |
| -Village of East Nassau | 82% | 67% |
| Town of North Greenbush | 80% | 79% |
| Town of Petersburg | 84% | 60% |
| Town of Pittstown | 77% | 69% |
| Town of Poestenkill | 80% | 74% |
| City of Rensselaer | 69% | 69% |
| Town of Sand Lake | 83% | 74% |
| Town of Schaghticoke | 81% | 78% |
| -Village of Schaghticoke | 77% | 69% |
| Town of Schodack | 82% | 77% |
| -Village of Castleton-on-Hudson | 76% | 68% |
| Town of Stephentown | 81% | 62% |
| City of Troy | 66% | 66% |
| 2010 MPR | 2000 MPR | |
| Saratoga County | 80% | 77% |
| -Village of Ballston Spa | 76% | 79% |
| Town of Ballston | 83% | 85% |
| Town of Charlton | 89% | 85% |
| Town of Clifton Park | 84% | 83% |
| Town of Corinth | 80% | 65% |
| -Village of Corinth | 74% | 70% |
| Town of Day | N/A | N/A |
| Town of Edinburg | N/A | N/A |
| Town of Galway | 78% | 59% |
| -Village of Galway | 71% | 78% |
| Town of Greenfield | 85% | 63% |
| Town of Hadley | 57% | 58% |
| Town of Halfmoon | 78% | 78% |
| Town of Malta | 84% | 77% |
| -Village of Round Lake | 73% | 71% |
| City of Mechanicville | 78% | 75% |
| Town of Milton | 80% | 80% |
| Town of Moreau | 78% | 81% |
| -Village of South Glens Falls | 73% | 79% |
| Town of Northumberland | 81% | 82% |
| Town of Providence | 83% | 59% |
| Town of Saratoga | 80% | 75% |
| -Village of Schuylerville | 74% | 76% |
| -Village of Victory Mills | 84% | 82% |
| City of Saratoga Springs | 77% | 73% |
| Town of Stillwater | 84% | 73% |
| -Village of Stillwater | 78% | 81% |
| Town of Waterford | 77% | 80% |
| -Village of Waterford | 73% | 74% |
| Town of Wilton | 79% | 80% |
| 2010 MPR | 2000 MPR | |
| Schenectady County | 76% | 78% |
| Town of Duanesburg | 83% | 76% |
| -Village of Delanson | 80% | 84% |
| Town of Glenville | 85% | 86% |
| -Village of Scotia | 79% | 83% |
| Town of Niskayuna | 85% | 87% |
| Town of Princetown | 82% | 77% |
| Town of Rotterdam | 82% | 85% |
| City of Schenectady | 65% | 68% |
Safety and the Census
Posted by JHKing in Census process on May 17, 2010
In keeping with my earlier post, here’s what the Census Bureau has to say about fraudulent activity and scams:
The Census Bureau uses a workforce of trained federal employees to conduct a variety of household and business surveys by telephone, in-person interviews, through the mail, and in limited cases through the Internet. We understand your personal information is sensitive and go to great lengths to protect the data we collect. Although we cannot stop or warn against all bogus or false collections of data — here are some tips to help you recognize fraudulent activity or unofficial data collections.
If you are contacted for any of the following reasons — Do Not Participate. It is NOT the U.S. Census Bureau.
Phishing:
“Phishing” is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, social security numbers, bank account or credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail and it often directs users to enter sensitive information at a fake Web site that looks and feels almost identical to the legitimate one. The Census Bureau does not send emails about participating in the 2010 Census.
Other Scams:
- The Census Bureau does NOT conduct the 2010 Census via the Internet
- The Census Bureau never:
-Asks for your full social security number
-Asks for money or a donation
-Sends requests on behalf of a political party
-Requests PIN codes, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts.
If you are contacted by someone claiming to be with the US Census Bureau, and you are uncertain how to proceed, contact the Telephone Questionnaire Assistance hotline: 1-866-872-6868. To speak directly with an operator, wait for the recorded message to end, then dial ‘2′ followed by a ‘0.’ This number will be in operation through July 10.
How to recognize a Census taker
Posted by JHKing in Census process on May 17, 2010
Now that we are in the no-response follow-up (NRFU) phase of census operations, I thought this video could be helpful:
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns.
How’s the Capital Region doing?
Posted by JHKing in Census process on April 23, 2010
Today’s updated participation rates:
Albany County* – 75%
Rensselaer County* – 75%
Schenectady County – 75%
Saratoga County* – 80%
*Beat their 2000 Census participation rates