The Census Bureau released the final mail participation rates for cities, counties and the nation. This includes any responses received by mail after the initial deadline of April 27th. For more information please, see this release. We'll try to post the rates for the areas in our region sometime next week.
Census Bureau Announces Final Mail Participation Results
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that 74 percent of households in the United States filled out and mailed back their 2010 Census questionnaire, matching the final mail participation rate achieved in 2000 Census. The final 74 percent mail participation rate includes an additional 2 percent of households that mailed back their forms after April 27, when the U.S. Census Bureau announced a 72 percent participation rate.
You can access the final mail participation rates for the nation, states, counties, cities, towns and neighborhood level by clicking here.
For more information, please visit.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Why am I Being Contacted by Census – I Returned my Form!
Many have asked this question, here's is the latest information from the Census Bureau on this subject:
We’ve 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, we completed over 50% of the entire workload.
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.
We’ve 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, we completed over 50% of the entire workload.
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.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Final Participation Rates for Mailout portion of Census 2010 Released
The Census Bureau has released the final Census 2010 participation rates from the mail-out mail-back operation, the first phase of the data collection. On Saturday, Census takers will begin the next phase, non-response follow-up, which includes visiting those addresses that did not respond to the Census forms.
The nation reached the level of participation achieved during Census 2000 (72%) and Texas has exceeded the 2000 rate by 1% (69%). For CAPCOG counties, all have met or exceeded the 2000 level of participation except for Blanco. The table below summaries each county.
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Fifteen cities in the CAPCOG region had participation rates increase by double digits when compared to the rate in 2000. Here's a look at those cities.
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Thirty cities in the region had participation rates over 75%, here's a table of those.
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Although Austin did not reach 75%, its participation rate (at 69%) did go up by 1% compared to the Census 2000 rate. And it also exceeded the rates of both Dallas and Houston. This table shows the participation rates for the 20 most populated Texas cities.
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Lastly, though these numbers look pretty good so far, the work has not been finished for Census 2010. Any remaining Census forms that are returned will still be counted. Also, group quarter enumeration continues and housing units not returning a form will be visited up to six times in order to get a response from that household or determine that the unit is vacant.
To view more Census 2010 participation rate data for all states, cities in Texas with an estimated population of 50,000 or more, and all CAPCOG cities, view these spreadsheets. You can also check out the Take10 map.
Here are the notes for all tables above.
The nation reached the level of participation achieved during Census 2000 (72%) and Texas has exceeded the 2000 rate by 1% (69%). For CAPCOG counties, all have met or exceeded the 2000 level of participation except for Blanco. The table below summaries each county.
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Fifteen cities in the CAPCOG region had participation rates increase by double digits when compared to the rate in 2000. Here's a look at those cities.
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Thirty cities in the region had participation rates over 75%, here's a table of those.
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Although Austin did not reach 75%, its participation rate (at 69%) did go up by 1% compared to the Census 2000 rate. And it also exceeded the rates of both Dallas and Houston. This table shows the participation rates for the 20 most populated Texas cities.
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Lastly, though these numbers look pretty good so far, the work has not been finished for Census 2010. Any remaining Census forms that are returned will still be counted. Also, group quarter enumeration continues and housing units not returning a form will be visited up to six times in order to get a response from that household or determine that the unit is vacant.
To view more Census 2010 participation rate data for all states, cities in Texas with an estimated population of 50,000 or more, and all CAPCOG cities, view these spreadsheets. You can also check out the Take10 map.
Here are the notes for all tables above.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Texas Continues to Lag behind Nation in Census Participation
As of March 30th, the Census 2010 participation rate for Texas was at 44% compared to 50% for the entire U.S. Many of the cities and counties, including some of the largest ones in the Capital Area region are also lagging behind the state rate.
Here's what the rate looks like for Capital Area counties.
And here are the cities in the Capital Region with the highest participation rate as of March 30th.
Click here to see the excel file that has all of this data, including the participation rate for every Capital Area city and every city in Texas over 50,000.
Here's a look at the rate for cities in the Capital area region above population of 10,000 according to the last Census estimate. The chart also includes the value from last Tuesday, March 23rd.
Here's what the rate looks like for Capital Area counties.
And here are the cities in the Capital Region with the highest participation rate as of March 30th.
Lastly, here's how the 20 largest cities in Texas are doing in terms of Census 2010 participation.
Click here to see the excel file that has all of this data, including the participation rate for every Capital Area city and every city in Texas over 50,000.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Take 10 Map shows Census 2010 Participation Rates
The Census Bureau's "Take 10" campaign encourages residents to Take 10 minutes to fill out the 2010 Census form and mail it back. A big part of the campaign is the ability to see daily updates of 2010 Census participation rates at the state, county, city, and even neighborhood level (census tracts).
If poor participation is detected before the Census 2010 has finished, then maybe some outreach could be done to improve the response rate.
The map is now live on the Census 2010 website, http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/.
Here's a look at most of Texas as of March 23rd. As you can see, most Texas counties are the darkest blue indicating less than 20% of the mailed census forms have been returned. The lighter shade shows the few that counties that have over 20% but less than 40% responses so far.
CAPCOG will monitor this site periodically to see how the response rates are looking for entities in our region. However, we do encourage you to check out the site at your own convenience.
Here's how the Census 2000 and 2010 participation rate looks for CAPCOG counties, as of March 23rd.
And here are the Top 10 cities in the region.
If poor participation is detected before the Census 2010 has finished, then maybe some outreach could be done to improve the response rate.
The map is now live on the Census 2010 website, http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/.
Here's a look at most of Texas as of March 23rd. As you can see, most Texas counties are the darkest blue indicating less than 20% of the mailed census forms have been returned. The lighter shade shows the few that counties that have over 20% but less than 40% responses so far.
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CAPCOG will monitor this site periodically to see how the response rates are looking for entities in our region. However, we do encourage you to check out the site at your own convenience.
Here's how the Census 2000 and 2010 participation rate looks for CAPCOG counties, as of March 23rd.
And here are the Top 10 cities in the region.
For a spreadsheet showing the Census 2010 participation rate as of March 23rd for all CAPCOG cities, click here.
Monday, March 22, 2010
U.S.C Title 13 Protects Census Responses
When you fill out and mail back your 2010 Census form, your responses are safe and confidential. No law even the US Patriot Act overrides the protection given to Census responses through Title 13 of the U.S. Code. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed this in the following letter:
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Every Census Bureau employee must pass a background check before being hired and must swear under oath to protect the confidentiality of census responses. This is an oath for life. Any employee who reveals any personal census information is subject to severe penalties -- including a fine of up to $250,000, imprisonment of up to five years, or both.
By law, no other government agency, law enforcement agency, national security agency, court, or anyone else can access your responses -- not anyone for any reason.
No law overrides the confidentiality law that protects personal information collected by the Census Bureau, or can force the Census Bureau to share census responses.
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Every Census Bureau employee must pass a background check before being hired and must swear under oath to protect the confidentiality of census responses. This is an oath for life. Any employee who reveals any personal census information is subject to severe penalties -- including a fine of up to $250,000, imprisonment of up to five years, or both.
By law, no other government agency, law enforcement agency, national security agency, court, or anyone else can access your responses -- not anyone for any reason.
No law overrides the confidentiality law that protects personal information collected by the Census Bureau, or can force the Census Bureau to share census responses.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Nationwide Hard to Count Maps Launched
A new mapping application developed by the Center for Urban Research was recently launched which allows users to see the Hard to Count Scores and hard to count attributes for various levels of geographies across the nation (including Metropolitan areas, Counties, and Census Tracts with Hard to Count Scores of over 60).
The application is available at http://www.censushardtocountmaps.org/. Feel free to use in conjunction with the hard to count maps we developed that show tracts in the region with hard to count scores of over 30.
The application is available at http://www.censushardtocountmaps.org/. Feel free to use in conjunction with the hard to count maps we developed that show tracts in the region with hard to count scores of over 30.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Pacific Islander and European Language Posters
To ensure a complete count of all residents of the United States, the 2010 Census is promoting the safe, easy, and important event in various languages. We've recently received beautiful wall posters in French, German, and Polish.
We also received posters that focus on the Native Hawaiian and Oceania/Pacific Islander communities in English.
If you would like to distribute any of these posters for your respective community, please contact us and we'll be happy to deliver them! Just like Happy Meal toys, there is a limited supply of each.
We also received posters that focus on the Native Hawaiian and Oceania/Pacific Islander communities in English.
If you would like to distribute any of these posters for your respective community, please contact us and we'll be happy to deliver them! Just like Happy Meal toys, there is a limited supply of each.
Census 2010 Brochures
Friday, September 4, 2009
Portrait of America Video
The Census Bureau developed a nationwide Census 2010 promotional video called "A New Portrait of America" which explains how communities benefit from the data collected through the Census. Additional videos for specific race/ethnic groups are also available.
Black/African American
Latino/Hispanic (in English)
Latino/Hispanic (in Spanish)
Asian
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Hard to Count Maps
The “Hard to Count (HTC) Score” was developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to help identify areas that might be difficult to enumerate during Census 2010. The HTC score was calculated for every Census tract in the nation using twelve socioeconomic, demographic, and housing variables from Census 2000 that were correlated with high non-response rates. Online Maps have been developed showing this data for the CAPCOG area and four additional counties: Bell, Coryell, Falls, & Lampasas.
Online Map HTC Score 70+
Area 1: Travis County
Area 2: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Williamson
Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas
Online Map HTC Score 30-69 (click below for maps)
Area 1: Travis County
Area 2: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Williamson
Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas
For assistance with the map contact Chris Ramser, 512-916-6184.
Hard to Count Scores range from 0-132. Areas with the highest scores (e.g., over 70) are likely to have relatively high nonresponse and undercount rates, while areas with the lowest scores are likely to be areas with low rates. These high HTC areas may warrant increased level of focus for Census outreach activities.
The first set of maps developed by the Capital Area Council of Governments shows the location of Census tracts with a 70+ HTC score for three different areas, while the second shows tracts with a score 30 to 69. The three areas include: Area 1: Travis county; Area 2: All of the CAPCOG region excluding Travis County; and Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls, & Lampasas counties. When you visit one of the maps, click on a shaded area to view Census 2000 data about that Census tract. The field names in the table have been abbreviated, but this definition file contains an explanation of each variable. Also, the KML or KMZ files for each map are posted below for download, allowing users to view the data in Google Earth.
Google Earth KMZ files
HTC Score 70+
Area 1: Travis County
Area 2: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano & Williamson Counties
Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls & Lampasas Counties
HTC Score 30-69
Area 1: Travis County
Area 2: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano & Williamson Counties
Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls & Lampasas Counties
KML and KMZ files can be viewed in the free software, Google Earth, which provides for additional functionality. Google Earth contains preloaded data such as schools, churches and other places of interest that may be used to identify partners or locations for outreach efforts. Users can also select individual tracts or tracts with a score over a certain number.
Online Map HTC Score 70+
Area 1: Travis County
Area 2: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Williamson
Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas
Online Map HTC Score 30-69 (click below for maps)
Area 1: Travis County
Area 2: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Williamson
Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas
For assistance with the map contact Chris Ramser, 512-916-6184.
Hard to Count Scores range from 0-132. Areas with the highest scores (e.g., over 70) are likely to have relatively high nonresponse and undercount rates, while areas with the lowest scores are likely to be areas with low rates. These high HTC areas may warrant increased level of focus for Census outreach activities.
The first set of maps developed by the Capital Area Council of Governments shows the location of Census tracts with a 70+ HTC score for three different areas, while the second shows tracts with a score 30 to 69. The three areas include: Area 1: Travis county; Area 2: All of the CAPCOG region excluding Travis County; and Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls, & Lampasas counties. When you visit one of the maps, click on a shaded area to view Census 2000 data about that Census tract. The field names in the table have been abbreviated, but this definition file contains an explanation of each variable. Also, the KML or KMZ files for each map are posted below for download, allowing users to view the data in Google Earth.
Google Earth KMZ files
HTC Score 70+
Area 1: Travis County
Area 2: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano & Williamson Counties
Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls & Lampasas Counties
HTC Score 30-69
Area 1: Travis County
Area 2: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano & Williamson Counties
Area 3: Bell, Coryell, Falls & Lampasas Counties
KML and KMZ files can be viewed in the free software, Google Earth, which provides for additional functionality. Google Earth contains preloaded data such as schools, churches and other places of interest that may be used to identify partners or locations for outreach efforts. Users can also select individual tracts or tracts with a score over a certain number.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Partnership Resources
Below you will find information available for your use in reaching the Hard to Count segments of your population.
Please feel free to download these materials for your use.
The following link asks that you register with the Census by indicating the type of organization you represent:
http://2010.census.gov/partners/census-logos/
You will not be required to provide any personal information.
Once you register, you will come to a screen with all the logos for you to download. Towards the bottom of the page is also the brand standards PDF. If you have any questions or concerns about the logo or placement, it can be answered by this document.
If you need any help with sizing or with question about the brand standards, I would be happy to help. Please feel free to contact me. Thank you!
Laura Vatalaro, Graphic Specialist
US Census Bureau - Dallas Regional Census Center
2777 N Stemmons Fwy, Suite 200
Dallas, Texas 75207
Phone: 214.637.9680
Direct: 214.637.9696
Fax: 214.267.6976
Please feel free to download these materials for your use.
TIMELINE
For a timeline of activities click on the link below:http://data.capcog.org/Information_Clearinghouse/census/CCC_Timeline.ppt
CENSUS OVERVIEW
Below is a link to the actual slides used by the Census Bureau. Please feel free to copy these slides for your use when presenting to your community.
http://data.capcog.org/Information_Clearinghouse/census/CCC_Census_Overview.ppt
CENSUS LOGOS
The following link asks that you register with the Census by indicating the type of organization you represent:
http://2010.census.gov/partners/census-logos/
You will not be required to provide any personal information.
Once you register, you will come to a screen with all the logos for you to download. Towards the bottom of the page is also the brand standards PDF. If you have any questions or concerns about the logo or placement, it can be answered by this document.
If you need any help with sizing or with question about the brand standards, I would be happy to help. Please feel free to contact me. Thank you!
Laura Vatalaro, Graphic Specialist
US Census Bureau - Dallas Regional Census Center
2777 N Stemmons Fwy, Suite 200
Dallas, Texas 75207
Phone: 214.637.9680
Direct: 214.637.9696
Fax: 214.267.6976
Friday, June 19, 2009
Partnership Specialist Areas
The Census Bureau has assigned a partnership specialist to each county within Texas. The role of the partnership specialist is to develop partnerships with local governments and community groups to increase awareness about the Census.
For the CAPCOG region, there are five different partnership specialists representing certain counties. Each brings knowledge and training that will be assets to your Complete Count Committees. The map below depicts the areas that each represents. Click on the map to view the contact info for each partnership specialist.
View Census Partnership Specialist- Capital Area in a larger map
For the CAPCOG region, there are five different partnership specialists representing certain counties. Each brings knowledge and training that will be assets to your Complete Count Committees. The map below depicts the areas that each represents. Click on the map to view the contact info for each partnership specialist.
(Also you may download a .pdf version of the map here)
View Census Partnership Specialist- Capital Area in a larger map
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