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WS Item 3 Southlake’s Participation Rate National – 72% Texas – 69% Tarrant – 72% Southlake - 83%* *Rates as of Tuesday, April 27, 2010, prior to the cut-off for door-to-door non response follow-up operations. Final rates will be posted in the fall and will include late mail returns. One-half way done with the Census Recruiting: Complete; jobs line no longer functioning Hiring: Very limited from existing pool of applicants Non Response Follow Up: Major operations are now complete, although quality assurance and verification operations continue sporadically until October Local Census Offices: Remain open until September/October All data released by 1st quarter 2012 Census Bureau: Continues to collect data year round, every year for a variety of surveys such as the American Community Survey and produces monthly data products for all communities 3 Where Are We Now? Data Set I - Released to President no later than 12/31/10; released via American Fact Finder (AFF) shortly thereafter - Includes US resident and overseas population as well as state level data Data Set II - Released February-March 2011; released via AFF soon after - Redistricting data sent to states on DVD per public law - Data includes Hispanic/Latino data for states down to block level - Occupancy status (vacancy, occupied) for states down to block level Decennial Data Releases (I and II) Data Set III - Released between June and August 2011; released via AFF shortly thereafter - Highlights include detailed race information; group quarters population; information on families; unmarried partner households; number of housing units; age and gender Data Set IV - Released between December 2011 and April 2012 - Includes iterations by race and Hispanic origins Decennial Data Releases (III and IV) 6 6 Data Products from the American Community Survey 7 7 What is the American Community Survey? A large, continuous demographic survey Produces annual estimates of the characteristics of the population and housing Produces characteristics, not a population count Produces information for small areas including census tracts and population subgroups - updated every year Key component of reengineered 2010 census 8 American Community Survey: Characteristics 8 Demographic: Sex, Age, Race, Hispanic Origin Social: Education, Marital Status, Fertility, Grandparents, Veterans, Disability, Place of Birth, Citizenship, Year of Entry, Language Spoken at Home, Ancestry/ Tribal Affiliation Economic: Income, Benefits, Employment Status, Occupation, Industry, Commuting to Work, Place of Work Housing: Tenure, Occupancy & Structure, Housing Value, Taxes & Insurance, Utilities, Mortgage/Monthly Rent Characteristics for Selected Race, Ethnic, & Ancestry Groups … for example: American Indian Alaska Native Hispanic or Latino, by Country of Origin Russian Czech Haitian How to Find the Data Products: All products will be on American FactFinder at www.census.gov 9 www.census.gov … click on American FactFinder American FactFinder … click on “get data” For More Information on Census Products & Surveys … contact: Paula Wright, Information Services Specialist 214-637-9683 paula.k.wright@census.gov Suzee Privett, Information Services Assistant 214-253-4481 susana.privett@census.gov 10 If your organization would be interested in a free workshop on accessing the data on American FactFinder, please contact Paula Wright. Help us get the message of cooperation out Pat yourself on the back for the excellent response rates we achieved in a time of declining participation Get involved with data – www.census.gov What Is Next?