CTPP August 2023

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Census 2020 counts of counties, places, county subdivisions, townships by US state

by Charles Purvis

One of the more underutilized census geographies, in my opinion, are “county subdivisions”. I don’t think we ever tabulated and reported data for this particular geographic level in any of our work (at MTC, SF Bay Area MPO, my tenure there between 1981-2009). More recently, I’ve been messing around with historical census data, including county subdivisions, focusing on California and Alameda County. I live in what was formerly called “Eden Township” named after settlers who moved here from Mt Eden, Kentucky in the 1850s. The term “township” in California was used between the 1860 and 1950 Censuses, after which the Census Bureau switched to the “Census County Division” or “CCD” concept starting in 1960 in California and other states. (CCDs were first used in Washington State in the 1950 Census.) So, my thought was “how many townships remain in the United States?” A few months ago I started an R stat package analysis (tidycensus, dplyr) to find “places called Eden” and “places called Paradise” and “places called Cupcake”…… I extended this analysis to county subdivisions (COUSUB) and then subsetted county subdivisions with the word “township” in their name. Alas, there are no East Cupcakes in the United States! The resulting tally of counties, place, county subdivisions, and townships by US state is included in links to files on my GitHub. My r script to create this is shared, here: https://github.com/chuckpurvis/r_scripts/blob/main/pl94171_places_called_ed… https://github.com/chuckpurvis/r_scripts/blob/main/census2020_county_townsh… https://github.com/chuckpurvis/r_scripts/blob/main/census2020_county_townsh… 3,221 counties in the United States (including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) 36,678 county subdivisions in the United States (incl PR + DC) 17,701 townships in the United States (incl PR+ DC) 31,909 places in the United States (incl PR + DC) Most counties? Texas, with 254 counties. Most county subdivisions? Minnesota, with 2,761 county subdivisions (COUSUB) Most townships? Minnesota, with 1,802 townships. Most places? Pennsylvania with 1,888 places. How many states still have townships? Fifteen. Hope this is of interest. Chuck Purvis, Hayward, California Eden Township

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New Census data releases for August - December 2023

by Charles Purvis

The next several months should keep census data analysts quite busy. https://www.census.gov/newsroom.html New decennial census (2020) products will include: Thursday, August 31, 2023: DHC file for 118th Congressional Districts; Current State houses. This will be the first Census 2020 data products using the new congressional district boundaries based on Census 2020, and as used in the November 2022 general election. This will include summary levels at the new state house and state senates for all states. Thursday, September 21, 2023: DHC-A file with the detailed race-ethnicity groups. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/2020-census-detailed-dh… New American Community Survey data products including 2022 data will include: Thursday, September 14, 2023: 1-year Data Release (2022) Thursday, October 19, 2023: 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (2022) Thursday, December 7, 2023: 5-year Data Release(2018-2022) Thursday, January 25, 2024: 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (2018-2022) https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2022/release… My guess is that these data will be readily accessible via data.census.gov <http://data.census.gov/> and the census bureau’s API structure. I will probably be using the tidycensus, tidyverse, ggplot2 R packages to retrieve, reduce, report, chart and map results. Hope this helps: Chuck Purvis retired person, Hayward California

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Fwd: Participants Needed for Research Study - CEDSCI study

by Ed Christopher

This may be of interest to some. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Participants Needed for Research Study - CEDSCI study Date: 15 Aug 2023 18:34:11 +0000 From: American Community Survey Data Users Group <noreply(a)prb.org> To: Ed Christopher <edc(a)berwyned.com> [Population Reference Bureau] Update from American Community Survey Data Users Group <https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/> <https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/members/gretchen.gooding> Gretchen Gooding <https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/members/gretchen.gooding> CEDSCI, with the assistance of RTI International, is conducting research to improve the data dissemination website data.census.gov. Each participant will receive $40 for participating in the study. (Federal employees are not eligible to receive the $40.) We would like to talk with people who meet one or more of the following criteria: * Have any experience downloading and using datasets data. * Have recent experience in using datasets provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. * Use data from data.census.gov or other statistical sites (e.g., demographic/economic data) for research or decision-making. If you know anyone who meets ANY of these criteria, we would appreciate it if you let them know of this research opportunity. The study session will last approximately 60 minutes and will take place virtually using Microsoft Teams to video conference with RTI staff. The study began on August 14, 2023, and concludes on September 8, 2023. While current federal employees are allowed to participate in off-duty time, they are not eligible to receive the incentive payment. Please have interested participants complete a short questionnaire at https://research.rm.census.gov/jfe/form/SV_3vGixRNbURopVf8 <https://research.rm.census.gov/jfe/form/SV_3vGixRNbURopVf8>or contact Patrick Hsieh at 312-777-5234 or yph(a)rti.org <mailto:yph@rti.org>for further information. Please mention the code Data Website when you call or email. View online <https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/discussion-forum/f/forum/1267/participants…> You received this notification because you subscribed to the forum. To stop receiving updates from only this thread, go here <https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/discussion-forum/f/forum/1267/participants…>. Flag <https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/discussion-forum/f/forum/1267/participants…> this post as spam/abuse.

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FW: Call for Posters for 2024 TRB Annual Meeting

by Kyla Elzinga

We are excited to announce the following: AED20(1) Census Data for Transportation Planning Subcommittee of the Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee is seeking submissions for a 2024 TRB Annual Meeting poster session on Census Data Time Series: Investigating changes in population, households, and behavior over time Poster session details and information on how to submit your abstract are included in the attached Call for Posters. We look forward to your submissions. Regards, Kathy Yu and Kyla Elzinga AED20(1) Census Data for Transportation Planning Subcommittee https://ctpp.transportation.org/trb-aed201/

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