U.S. Census Bureau partners with CAPCOG for census talk

CAPCOG is inviting local governments representatives including planners and GIS staff to participate in an  online, January 18 meeting with U.S. Census Bureau representatives to discuss the 2020 Census results and several programs provided by the federal agency that can benefit planners. The meeting will be from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

The Census Bureau will discuss several topics and programs to include the Participant Statistical Area Program for Census Tracts, which set the 2020 Census statistical boundaries that define areas in the American Community Survey and can be used to prepare grants and  plans; the Boundary and Annexation Survey Program, which provides local governments a chance to review and update legal boundaries; and the Census-Designated Places, which defines geographic entities representing closely settled, unincorporated communities that are recognized by name. The bureau also will discuss the comparison of 2020 Census results to 2020 estimates and review the estimate’s methodology. It will review the Census Bureau Count Question Resolution Program and Population Estimates Challenge Program; the programs are ways jurisdictions can correct or challenge the 2020 Census and subsequent estimates.

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