CTPP February 2003

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[CTPP] Waiting Anxiously for County Flow Data

by ed christopher

When your County level flow data does get released (any week now) what will you do? Might I suggest that you begin to get ready for it by preparing a county level trip table with your 1990 data. You can find that data at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/jtw_workerflow.html. If you haven't already looked at the 1990 data for your area, you might want to do it NOW so you can be better prepared for the 2000 data when it does get released. Although this is only county level data it can still prove to be instructive especially the more counties you have. Three different numbers can be derived. The number of worker flows into an area, the number leaving the area and the number who live and work in the area. When working with this data it is always important to keep in mind what I call the definitional criteria. Some of the key points to understand is that it 1) represents workers 16 years of age and older; 2) does not count more than one work trip per worker. A census work trip consists of the one-way movement from one's place of residence to one's usual place of work. The actual Census question asked, "At what location did this person work LAST WEEK? If this person worked at more than one location, print where he or she worked most last week"; and, 3) assumes all work trips originate at the place of residence. Once the 2000 flows are release they will be posted at the Journey to Work Branch of Population Division at the Census Bureau's web site http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/journey.html To complement your flow data don't forget about the county and statewide data profiles housed on the AASHTO website at http://transportation.org/ctpp. Although this is only the beginning of a much larger data harvest, there is a lot of descriptive information and analysis that can be gleaned from these two sources. Besides it is a good time to begin to understand the nuances and definitional issues associated with the use of the data.

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[CTPP] more gao studies on methods

by ed christopher

thanks jim. Subject: GAO Census Reports Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:47:59 -0500 From: "Jim Thorne" <Jim.Thorne(a)igate.fhwa.dot.gov> To: "Ed Christopher" <Ed.Christopher(a)igate.fhwa.dot.gov> 1. Decennial Census: Methods for Collecting and Reporting Data on the Homeless and Others Without Conventional Housing Need Refinement. GAO-03-227, January 17. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-227 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03227high.pdf Highlights 2. Decennial Census: Methods for Collecting and Reporting Hispanic Subgroup Data Need Refinement. GAO-03-228, January 17. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-228 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03228high.pdf Highlights -- Ed Christopher Metropolitan Activities Midwest Resource Center Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-283-3501 (F)

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[CTPP] CENSUS NEWS BRIEF

by ed christopher

Subject: Census News Brief #5 From: Terriann2K(a)aol.com Fiscal Year 2003 Funding Finally In Place: ACS Test Sites and Supplementary Survey Will Continue; Legislators Emphasize Accurate Hispanic Subgroup Enumeration and Minority Hiring More than four months into the fiscal year, Congress last week passed a massive spending bill that appropriates funds for non-defense federal agencies through September 30. The House of Representatives approved the Fiscal Year 2003 Omnibus Appropriations bill (H.J.Res. 2) on February 13, by a vote of 338 83; the Senate cleared the measure, by a vote of 76 20, the same day. The omnibus bill includes $554.5 million in new budget authority for the Census Bureau, plus $41.8 million in unspent funds from last year, for a total approved operating level of $596.3 million. The Administration had requested $705.3 million for the Census Bureau in FY03. Periodic Censuses and Programs (Periodics) received $413.3 million (which includes the $41.8 million carry-over), $87 million below the Administrations request. The carry-over will be applied to end-of-cycle Census 2000 activities, including release of Summary File 4 long form data and continued evaluation of census methods. The Periodics account covers decennial census activities, other mandated recurring programs such as the Economic Census, and support operations such as geographic databases and address list development. The bill allocates a total of $146.3 million for 2010 census planning, covering three major initiatives in the planning process: a re-engineered short form-only census; nationwide implementation of the American Community Survey (ACS) to replace the long form; and modernizing the Master Address File (MAF) and digital geographic database (TIGER). Appropriators funded the full request of $41.9 million to re-engineer the 2010 census design through early development and testing. The 2003 National Census Test, a survey of 250,000 households launched earlier this month, is evaluating multiple response options and revised questions on race and Hispanic/Latino origin. The American Community Survey received $57.1 million, roughly the same amount available in Fiscal Year 2002. The overall funding level will allow the Census Bureau to continue testing ACS methodology and operations in 31 sites and the Supplementary Survey, a national annual sample of 700,000 housing units. The Bureau had hoped to launch the ACS nationwide this year, at a cost of $124 million. Appropriators directed that $1 million of the ACS budget be used to evaluate how mandatory versus voluntary response would affect levels of response. The report accompanying the final version of the spending bill acknowledge[s] that sufficient information is not available to weigh the benefits of a mandatory survey versus a voluntary survey. The Census Bureau received $47.3 million to modernize the Master Address File (MAF) and TIGER geographic database, about $4 million less than the budget request. The Bureau has contracted with the private sector to improve the accuracy of street locations and addresses, and to update processing systems. In a report filed by the conference committee that negotiated the final bill, appropriators urged the Census Bureau to address difficulties in gathering accurate information on Hispanic subgroups in the census. In Census 2000, wording changes on the Hispanic/Latino origin question apparently caused confusion and led to underreporting of some large subgroups, including Dominicans and Salvadorans. Conferees also directed the agency to move decisively to improve the representation of minorities in senior management at the Census Bureau and to improve the representation of minorities in all areas of research. The conference report suggests the Presidential Management Intern program and Joint Program on Survey Methodology as two avenues to achieving these goals. The Census Bureaus second main budget account, Salaries and Expenses, received $183 million for FY03, $42 million below the Presidents request. This account funds ongoing demographic, economic, and social statistical programs, such as the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Appropriators directed the Bureau to streamline and prioritize programs to ensure the highest priority core activities are supported and to ensure full reimbursement from other federal agencies for surveys conducted on their behalf. Census News Briefs are prepared by Terri Ann Lowenthal, an independent consultant in Washington, DC. Please direct questions about the information in this News Brief to Ms. Lowenthal at 202/484-2270 or by e-mail at terriann2k(a)aol.com. Thank you to the Communications Consortium Media Center for posting the News Briefs on the Census 2000 Initiative web site, at www.census2000.org. Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues and other interested individuals.

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[CTPP] CTPP CD

by danielle.cervantes＠uniontrib.com

I have a really basic question: Where do I get a copy of the free CTPP data set CD? Do I go to our metro planning org or to the Census Bureau or DOT? Danielle Cervantes

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[CTPP] County-to-county commuters

by Elizabeth Hartmann

I noticed that the TRB website lists February 2003 as the release time for county-to-county commuters. Is this flow data? How is it defined? Also, where will it be released and in what form? Thanks very much! Liz Hartmann Research Analysis Specialist Office of Investment Management, Mn/DOT elizabeth.hartmann(a)dot.state.mn.us

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[CTPP] Census News Brief

by ed christopher

From: Terriann2K(a)aol.com American Community Survey Start Would Be Delayed Further Under Presidents Budget Proposal for 2004 The Administrations Fiscal Year 2004 (FY04) budget proposal requested $64.8 million for the American Community Survey (ACS), an amount that assumes the Census Bureau would not launch the survey nationwide until the fourth quarter. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30; the fourth quarter covers July through September. Under the revised ACS plan, the Census Bureau would begin mailing survey questionnaires in late June 2004 (for the first monthly sample in July). The ACS will sample 250,000 new households every month (3 million a year). For each monthly sample, the Bureau will first try to contact unresponsive homes by telephone, and then send survey takers to visit a portion of households that still have not responded. However, the Bureau does not plan to start household visits until after September 2004, pushing field work into Fiscal Year 2005 and reducing FY04 ACS costs considerably. In-person household interviews are the most costly operation in censuses and surveys. The Census Bureau has not finalized plans for release of the first annual ACS estimates for states and places with a population of 65,000 or greater. Under its original ACS plan, which assumed nationwide launch of the survey this year, the Bureau planned to release estimates based on a calendar years worth of data collection. Before expanding the ACS nationwide in July 2004, the Census Bureau plans to continue sampling homes in the 31 test sites and the Supplementary Survey for the first nine months of FY04. Those demonstration projects would then be rolled into the nationwide survey. The Bureau has been evaluating ACS methodology and operations, as well as results, in 31 counties around the country since 1999; initial field testing began in a handful of sites in 1996. In 2000, it launched the Supplementary Survey, a national sample of 700,000 housing units annually, to assess the ACS plan on a national scale and provide a point of comparison with the Census 2000 long form. The national sample survey produces annual estimates for states and places with a population of 250,000 or greater. The Bureau has published data from both the test sites and the Supplementary Survey each year. Other appropriations news: The Census Bureau also is seeking $2.5 million in FY04 to conduct the 2004 Overseas Enumeration Test in France, Kuwait, and Mexico. The test, which will evaluate the feasibility of counting private American citizens living abroad in the 2010 census, was developed in response to congressional directives. In Census 2000, the Bureau counted members of the armed forces and civilian federal employees (and their dependents) stationed overseas on Census Day, using administrative records. The numbers were included only in state population totals used to reapportion the U.S. House of Representatives. The State of Utah sued the Census Bureau after post-census analyses showed that the overseas counts cost Utah an additional seat in Congress; the seat went to North Carolina instead. Utah unsuccessfully argued that Mormon missionaries and other private citizens living outside of the U.S. during the census should have been counted along with government personnel. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case after a federal appeals court sided with the Census Bureau. Even as the FY04 budget process begins, House and Senate negotiators continued to haggle among themselves and with the White House over appropriations for non-defense government agencies for Fiscal Year 2003 (FY03). Last week, Congress passed another temporary funding measure (Continuing Resolution), to keep the government running at last years spending levels through February 20. Legislators are scheduled to recess after this week for the Presidents Day holiday. Census News Briefs are prepared by Terri Ann Lowenthal, an independent consultant in Washington, DC. Please direct questions about the information in this News Brief to Ms. Lowenthal at 202/484-2270 or by e-mail at <terriann2k(a)aol.com>. Thank you to the Communications Consortium Media Center for posting the News Briefs on the Census 2000 Initiative web site, at www.census2000.org. Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues and other interested individuals. ----- Ed Christopher Metropolitan Activities Midwest Resource Center Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-283-3501 (F)

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[CTPP] Census News Brief: 2/4/02

by ed christopher

from : Census2000 <census2000(a)ccmc.org> President Bush Sends FY04 Budget To Congress; Census Bureau Would Scale Back Test Plans Under Proposed Funding Levels President George W. Bush sent his detailed budget proposal to Congress yesterday, seeking funds for federal programs and activities in fiscal year 2004 (FY04). The budget includes $662 million for the Census Bureau, $43.3 million less than the Administrations fiscal year 2003 (FY03) budget request. Even though the FY04 proposal includes $65.4 million for program improvements, it would require some reductions in 2010 census planning activities, such as two instead of three sites for the 2004 census field test. Recommended increases would be offset by reductions in funding for cyclical programs, including the 2002 Economic Census and Census of Governments, and the 2000 decennial census. The Administration requested $272 million to plan for the 2010 census, an increase of about $56 million over its request for these activities in FY03. (There is no budget baseline for the current fiscal year because Congress has not finished work on FY03 appropriations for the Census Bureau and most other federal agencies.) According to documents explaining the budget, funding for 2010 census planning would cover extensive planning, testing and development activities to support the re-engineered short form only 2010 census, implementation of the American Community Survey to collect long form data, and enhancing the address list (Master Address File) and geographic database (TIGER system) by correcting the accuracy of map feature locations in 600 of the nations 3,232 counties. The three major components of the 2010 census plan, the Administration said, are highly integrated [and] complement each other. Budget documents available yesterday did not offer further details on how 2010 census planning funds would be allocated among activities. The Census Bureau asked for roughly $124 million to implement the American Community Survey nationwide in 2003 (excluding group quarters coverage); it now hopes to launch the long form-replacement survey in 2004. Budget summaries available from the Census Bureau and Commerce Department (of which the bureau is a part) indicated that the Bureau would conduct the first major census field test in two, rather than three, sites. The Bureau announced last fall that the 2004 Census Test would take place in parts of Queens County, New York; Lake County, Illinois; and Colquitt, Thomas, and Tift Counties in Georgia. Revised plans would eliminate the Illinois site and reduce the workload in Queens County. The 2004 test will evaluate several new technologies, such as hand-held computing devices to collect responses during door-to-door visits and use of global positioning systems (GPS) to put addresses in the correct location, as well as other operational and methodological improvements. (The Bureau has announced plans to evaluate the feasibility of counting private American citizens living abroad in the census; the 2004 Overseas Enumeration Test would take place in France, Kuwait, and Mexico.) The Administration also is seeking funds to continue rebuilding Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. The budget proposal includes $147 million to construct one of two new buildings; the Commerce Department described the current headquarters facilities as among the worst in the federal government [they] have decayed beyond the point where renovation would be cost-effective. The proposed money for the new headquarters is not reflected in the budget figures for the Bureau, however. Funding for the decennial census is part of the Periodic Censuses and Programs ("Periodics") account, one of two main funding categories for the Census Bureau. The Periodics account covers activities that support census operations, such as mapping and address list development, and other cyclical programs including the censuses of business establishments and local governments. The total FY04 request for the Periodics account is $453 million, which assumes a projected carry-over of $12 million from a prior budget year. The Periodics request for FY03 was $500 million. The Bureau's second main funding category is Salaries and Expenses (S & E), which covers ongoing surveys (such as the Current Population Survey) to collect important demographic, economic, and social data. The President proposed $241 million for the S & E account, $16 million more than his FY03 request. In addition to 2010 census planning, the budget request for Periodic Censuses and Programs includes the following proposed activities: Economic Census $ 74 million Census of Governments $ 6 million Intercensal demographic estimates $ 9 million Demographic surveys sample redesign $ 13 million Electronic information collection $ 7 million Geographic support $ 41 million Data processing $ 31 million 2010 decennial census $272 million Total direct program request $453 million Fiscal Year 2004 begins on October 1, 2003. Without final appropriations for FY03, non-defense agencies continue to operate under a Continuing Resolution, at last years funding levels. The ninth temporary funding measure expires on February 7. Census News Briefs are prepared by Terri Ann Lowenthal, an independent consultant in Washington, DC. Please direct questions about the information in this News Brief to Ms. Lowenthal at 202/484-2270 or by e-mail at <terriann2k(a)aol.com>. Thank you to the Communications Consortium Media Center for posting the News Briefs on the Census 2000 Initiative web site, at www.census2000.org. Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues and other interested individuals. ----- Ed Christopher Metropolitan Activities Midwest Resource Center Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461 708-283-3534 (V) 708-283-3501 (F)

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[CTPP] CTPP and Census Products Workshop - Oakland - January 27 - Presentations & Handouts

by Chuck Purvis

TO: Bay Area Census Listserv; CTPP-News Listserv FR: Chuck Purvis, MTC DT: February 3, 2003 The Presentations (Powerpoint & PDF) and Handouts (Word, Excel, PDF) from the January 27th MTC/ABAG workshop: "CTPP and Census Products" are now available at: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/datamart/census/workshop_jan2703.htm Alternatively, they can be accessed from the MTC home page: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/ Then choose "datamart" in the navigation bar, then "census", then select the first highlighted link on the MTC Census page. http://www.mtc.ca.gov/datamart/census.htm ************************************************************** 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/ **************************************************************

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