The 2010 Census Count Question Resolution Program, 12694-12700 [2011-5217]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• Bureau of the Census

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12694-12700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5217]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 110209126-1124-02 ]


The 2010 Census Count Question Resolution Program

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Program.

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SUMMARY: On May 26, 2010, the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) 
published in the Federal Register an initial notice relating to the 
2010 Census Count Question Resolution (CQR) Program (75 FR 29508). This 
notice provides final information concerning the CQR Program. The CQR 
Program will address requests for corrections to the 2010 Census count 
of housing units and/or group quarters (GQs) and associated population, 
based on three types of challenges (1) boundary, (2) geocoding, and (3) 
coverage. The CQR Program is not a mechanism or process to challenge or 
revise the population counts sent to the President by December 31, 
2010, which are used to apportion the U.S. House of Representatives. 
The Census Bureau will accept challenges between June 1, 2011, and June 
1, 2013, and will review challenges in the order they are received.

DATES: Effective Date: This program will become effective on June 1, 
2011, and will end on June 1, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Count Question Resolution Program, 
Decennial Management Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 
20233. Telephone: 301-763-9329; Fax: 301-763-9321; E-mail: 
dmd.cqr@census.gov:

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or visit the CQR Web site at: https://2010census.gov/about/cqr.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction

    On May 26, 2010, the Census Bureau published in the Federal 
Register an initial notice relating to the 2010 Census Count Question 
Resolution (CQR) Program (75 FR 25908). The Census Bureau received one 
set of comments. The comments suggested additional clarifying text for 
key concepts presented in the document regarding the scope of and 
required documentation for the CQR Program. The Census Bureau 
incorporated text to clarify the description of the program concepts, 
and the revisions are included in this program announcement. Please see 
the Definitions of Key Terms section at the end of this notice for an 
explanation of various terms throughout this notice.
    CQR Program procedures include researching challenges and, as 
appropriate, making corrections and issuing revised official 
population, and housing and group quarters counts, which the Census 
Bureau will also use for the Census Bureau's Population Estimates 
Program. The Census Bureau will not accept challenges to the overseas 
counts of persons in the military and Federal civilian personnel 
stationed overseas and their dependents living with them. The Census 
Bureau obtains overseas counts using administrative records and uses 
the records solely for apportioning seats in the U.S. House of 
Representatives. These records do not provide the sub-State geographic 
information required for the CQR Program.
    The Census Bureau will only accept challenges from the highest 
elected official of State, local, and Tribal area governments or those 
representing them or acting on their behalf. All challenges must be 
sent to the Census Bureau's headquarters.
    The Census Bureau will make all corrections on the basis of 
appropriate documentation provided by the challenging entities and 
through research of the official 2010 Census records by the Census 
Bureau. The Census Bureau will not collect additional data for the 
enumeration of living quarters through the CQR Program. The Census 
Bureau will respond to all challenges and will notify all affected 
governmental units of any corrections to their official counts as a 
result of a CQR Program decision.
    Corrections made to the population, and housing and group quarters 
counts by this program will result in the issuance of new official 2010 
Census counts to the officials of governmental units affected. These 
corrections may be used by the governmental units for future programs 
requiring official 2010 Census data. The Census Bureau will use these 
corrections to:

--Modify the decennial census file for use in annual postcensal 
estimates beginning in December 2012, and
--Create the errata information we will make available on the Census 
Bureau's American FactFinder Web site at https://factfinder2.census.gov.

The Census Bureau will NOT incorporate the CQR corrections into 2010 
data summary files and tables prepared after the CQR process begins nor 
will the Census Bureau re-tabulate Summary File 1 or Demographic 
Profile tables.

Background

    The Census Bureau has a comprehensive program to improve the 
quality of the housing unit and GQ counts. In 2002, the Census Bureau 
initiated the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic 
Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Accuracy Improvement Project 
(MTAIP) as part of the MAF/TIGER Enhancements Program (MTEP). This 
project acquired Geographic Information System (GIS) files, aerial 
photography, and Global Positioning System (GPS) data from various 
sources nationwide to update the TIGER database. One of the primary 
goals of the project was to develop a highly accurate geographic 
database of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas. The 
Census Bureau focused on improving the accuracy of street feature 
coordinates to provide base information suitable for use with GPS-
equipped hand-held devices that would facilitate the gathering of 
accurate location and census information for all living quarters and 
workplaces.
    The Census Bureau implemented a number of address list development 
programs in preparation for the 2010 Census, the earliest of which was 
the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program that started in 
2007. Participating State, local, and Tribal area governments were 
given the opportunity to review and update the Census Bureau's address 
list of living quarters before it was used for the actual census 
enumeration. In cases where the State, local, or Tribal area government 
and the Census Bureau could not agree on the address list, the 
governmental unit could use an appeal process administered by the LUCA 
Appeals Office, which was set up by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to provide an independent adjudication. The full LUCA operation 
included the review of materials by participants (described above) from 
November 2007 through March 2008; Census Bureau Address Canvassing 
field work from March through July 2009; LUCA Detailed Feedback to 
participants from October through November 2009; and the LUCA Appeals 
process which concluded at the end of March 2010. In addition to LUCA, 
governmental units with city-style address areas had another 
opportunity to update the 2010 Census address list by the New 
Construction program, which occurred from November 2009 through March 
2010. The purpose of the New Construction program was to obtain city-
style addresses for newly built housing units. Participants in this 
program were asked to submit addresses for any housing unit for which 
basic construction would have been completed between March 2009 (the 
start of the Address Canvassing operation) and before Census Day, 
(April 1, 2010). Addresses sent to the Census Bureau from New 
Construction program participants were added to the Mail Delivery for 
Late Adds operation or, if received after that program began, the 
addresses were included in the Vacant Delete Check operation. Between 
2009 and 2010, the Census Bureau conducted the Boundary Validation 
Program. This program provided highest elected officials and Tribal 
chairpersons with maps that showed boundaries of their respective 
jurisdictions and instructed them on how to make boundary corrections.
    From September through October 2009, the Census Bureau also 
conducted the Group Quarters Validation and Reinterview operations to 
verify or correct address records identified as GQs. From March through 
April 2010, the Census Bureau conducted the Enumeration at Transitory 
Locations operation that was designed to enumerate eligible populations 
living in transitory locations such as campgrounds and marinas. After 
the development of the 2010 Census mailing list, a number of situations 
occurred requiring the Census Bureau to implement an additional mail 
delivery. This was referred to as the Mail Delivery for Late Adds and 
included city-style addresses from the LUCA appeals, Census Bureau 
research of ungeocoded addresses in the Master Address File, and 
additional self-response from the spring 2010 Delivery Sequence File 
update from the United States Postal Service. The Mail Delivery for 
Late Adds operation reduced the number of addresses included in the 
Nonresponse

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Follow-up (NRFU) Vacant Delete Check operation (described below).
    Between April and August 2010, the Coverage Follow-up (CFU) 
operation improved the 2010 Census by calling households that were 
identified as having a potential error in their household count. From 
July through August 2010, the NRFU Vacant Delete Check operation 
verified the vacant and delete assessments of census workers. Vacant 
Delete Check also enumerated housing units that census workers 
inaccurately classified as vacant or nonexistent in an earlier census 
operation. This operation also enumerated added housing units 
discovered in an earlier census operation such as those added or 
reinstated through the 2010 LUCA appeals process; records added from 
the Housing Unit Address Review conducted as part of the Count Review 
operation; records added as a result of research into potentially 
missed addresses in Address Canvassing (as reported on internal 
documents known as INFO-COMMs); previously ungeocoded addresses which 
obtained geocodes from the Census Bureau research of ungeocoded 
addresses in the Master Address File; new addresses from periodic 
postal updates; records added by Update/Leave; and addresses provided 
in the New Construction operation by Tribal and local governments.
    In August through early September 2010, the Census Bureau conducted 
the Field Verification operation. The Field Verification operation was 
a final check for certain address records from sources, such as Be 
Counted, Telephone Questionnaire Assistance (TQA), Group Quarters 
Enumeration, questionnaire fulfillment and TQA interview, as well as 
particular categories of housing-level cases identified through person 
matching for the CFU operation. Data collection for the 2010 Census 
ended in the Local Census Offices in September 2010. The Census Bureau 
strictly enforced the schedule to allow the time to produce the State-
level apportionment counts by December 31, 2010, as required by law.

Relevant 2010 Census Data Releases

    The Redistricting Data (pursuant to Pub. L. 94-171) are scheduled 
for release from February through March 2011. In May 2011, the Census 
Bureau will release the ``Advance Release of Group Quarters Data from 
Summary File1''to the public through a file transfer protocol (ftp) 
site. The ftp site is a link to a location at a Census Bureau network 
server. Users go to the link and download data from electronic folders. 
Many data users have automatic programs to retrieve data at certain 
time intervals. This GQ file will include block-level GQ counts by GQ 
type. The Demographic Profile table, which contains selected population 
and housing characteristics, will also be released in May 2011. The 
release of Summary File 1 (SF1) on a flow basis to States will occur 
between June and August 2011. The SF1 will contain block-level housing 
unit and GQ counts. Collectively, these census data products will 
provide CQR Program participants with the appropriate tools for 
accessing the accuracy of their decennial census counts.
    The highest elected official or chairperson from a State, local, or 
Tribal area government must contact the Census Bureau CQR Office in 
order to initiate the challenge process. The Census Bureau will also 
accept challenges on official jurisdictional letterhead from county 
clerks, city planners, local planning board representatives, and State 
legislative representatives with redistricting functions within each 
State and State equivalents who are acting on the behalf of a local or 
Tribal jurisdiction to submit a challenge.

Types of Challenges Considered for the 2010 Census CQR Program

    The 2010 Census CQR Program may make corrections as a result of the 
following three types of challenges:
     Boundary--These challenges may address the inaccurate 
reporting or the inaccurate recording of boundaries legally in effect 
on January 1, 2010. The Census Bureau needs to ensure that the 
geographic assignment information provided by governmental units does 
not, in fact, reflect boundary changes made after January 1, 2010.
     Geocoding-- These challenges identify suspected errors in 
the geographic location of living quarter addresses within the 
governmental unit boundaries and census tabulation blocks.
     Coverage--These challenges, if upheld by the Census 
Bureau, result in the addition or deletion of specific living quarters 
and persons associated with them identified during the census process, 
but which were erroneously included as duplicates or excluded due to 
processing errors.

Challenges That Result in Corrections

    The Census Bureau will issue corrected CQR counts based on the 
housing unit and population counts as of April 1, 2010. The 
governmental units may use new official census counts for all programs 
requiring official 2010 Census data. The Census Bureau will not make 
corrections to the 2010 population counts for individual housing units 
or GQs, or corrections to the characteristics of the population and 
housing inventory. The Census Bureau will modify the decennial file 
with the CQR corrections for use in generating the 2012 postcensal 
estimates. The American FactFinder will provide the inventory of 
corrections as errata to the original data. The Census Bureau will not 
revise 2010 Census base files, 2010 Census apportionment counts, 
redistricting data, or 2010 Census data products. The Census Bureau 
will send a letter with a certification of the population, housing and 
group quarters counts for all jurisdictions affected by the results of 
a CQR challenge.

Challenges That Do Not Result in Corrections

    When a State, local, or Tribal area government provides evidence 
that the Census Bureau missed housing units or GQs that existed on 
April 1, 2010, but the CQR research and 2010 Census records show that 
all of the Census Bureau's boundary information, geocoding, and 
coverage processing were correctly implemented, the Census Bureau will 
respond by sending a letter to the official or his/her representative 
stating that the Census Bureau will maintain the documentation for 
consideration in the context of address list updating activities in the 
future, but will not issue a revised count.

Internal Census Bureau Review

    The primary internal review process for the 2010 Census counts is 
the Count Review Program. This program started in February 2010, with 
Census Bureau staff and members of the Federal-State Cooperative 
Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE) working together to review 
address lists and identify clusters of missing housing unit addresses. 
The Count Review Program also includes a Census Bureau staff review of 
housing unit and group quarters counts and associated population totals 
prior to the release of the data. In August 2010, the FSCPE 
representatives reviewed potential missing or misallocated 2010 Census 
GQs.
    In addition to challenges received through the CQR Program, 
findings from the Count Review GQ internal review may result in cases 
for the CQR Program when there was insufficient time to make 
corrections before the end of the Count Review operation on August 17, 
2010. The Count Review Program staff will create CQR internal referrals 
for unresolved GQ issues within the scope

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of the CQR Program. The Census Bureau may make corrections as a result 
of this review. When the Census Bureau makes changes to the housing 
unit and/or GQ counts based on internal review, new official counts 
will be issued to all affected jurisdictions as changes are verified 
and recalculations are completed. The CQR corrections will be presented 
on the American FactFinder to represent total population, housing unit 
and group quarters count changes made to governmental units from the 
2010 Census CQR Program.

Method of Collection

Criteria for Acceptable Documentation Necessary To Initiate the 2010 
Census CQR Process

    The Census Bureau requires documentation before committing 
resources to investigate concerns raised by State, local, or Tribal 
area officials or their representatives about boundary and geographic 
assignment errors or the accuracy of the census housing unit or GQ 
counts. The submitted challenges must specify whether the challenge 
disputes the location of a governmental unit boundary or the number of 
housing units and/or GQs in one or more census tabulation blocks, or 
both. The challenger must provide the following documentation based on 
the type of challenge:
     For boundary challenges, indicate on a map the location of 
the governmental unit boundary in dispute and show where the Census 
Bureau incorrectly depicts the boundary. Show the correct boundary 
legally effective January 1, 2010. Additionally, provide the Census 
Bureau with a list of addresses in challenged 2010 Census tabulation 
blocks, indicating their location in relationship to the boundary that 
the governmental unit wants the Census Bureau to correct. A 
governmental unit does not need to provide the Census Bureau with a 
list of addresses if their challenge is solely for a name or status 
change, or to add a new entity. (See the section ``Types of Acceptable 
Maps''.)
     For geocoding and coverage challenges, identify the 
specific contested 2010 Census tabulation block and a list of the 
addresses for all housing units or GQs in that block on April 1, 2010. 
A governmental unit does not need to provide the Census Bureau with a 
list of addresses if their challenge is solely for a name or status 
change, or to add a new entity. (See ``Boundary Challenge Criteria.'')

Boundary Challenge Criteria

    State, local, or Tribal area governments must base challenges on 
boundaries legally in effect on January 1, 2010. The Census Bureau will 
compare the maps and appropriate supporting documentation submitted by 
the challenging governmental unit with the information used by the 
Census Bureau to depict the boundaries for the 2010 Census.
    Maps submitted by State, local or Tribal area governments must show 
the correct location of the boundary and the portion of the boundary 
that the Census Bureau potentially depicted incorrectly, including the 
2010 Census tabulation block numbers associated with the boundary. The 
State, local, or Tribal area government must also provide the Census 
Bureau with a list of addresses in challenged 2010 Census tabulation 
blocks, indicating their location in relationship to the boundary that 
the governmental unit wants the Census Bureau to correct.
    For boundary challenges affected by legal actions not recorded by 
the Census Bureau, governmental units must submit the effective date 
and the ordinance number or law that effectuated the change in 
boundaries, provide evidence that the State certifying official has 
approved the boundary change if required by State law, and provide a 
statement that the boundary is not under litigation.

Types of Acceptable Maps

     2010 Census Public Law 94-171 County Block Maps--The 
Census Bureau produces these maps as a reference for the Redistricting 
Data Files available for all States, the District of Columbia, and 
Puerto Rico.
     2010 Census County Block Maps--The Census Bureau produces 
maps as a reference to the Summary File 1 data.
     The 2010 TIGER/Line File--The Census Bureau provides 
digital data in ESRI shapefile format. The governmental unit may 
generate maps based on information from the Census Bureau 2010 TIGER/
Line shapefiles using a commercial geographic information system (GIS). 
These maps must identify the State, county, governmental unit, census 
tract, census tabulation block, and any other legal entity involved in 
a challenge. If a challenge involves an American Indian reservation or 
off-reservation trust lands, the maps must identify the American Indian 
area, the census tract (either county-based census tract or Tribal 
census tract) and the census tabulation block.
     Other Maps Showing Census Bureau 2010 Tabulation Block 
Numbers and Boundaries--These maps should show geographic boundaries as 
of January 1, 2010, that identify census tabulation blocks, census 
tracts, legal and statistical entities and State boundaries; maps 
depicting data collection blocks cannot be used. In general, maps 
should be comparable to 2010 Census maps.

Challenge Criteria

Housing Unit Count
    The Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data Summary File and the 
Summary File 1 can be used to obtain census tabulation block housing 
unit counts. Challenges must include a complete address list for all 
units that the challenger thinks the Census Bureau should include in 
each contested block. (Refer to the Section ``Types of Address 
Lists.'') State, local, or Tribal area officials must certify that the 
addresses on their lists existed and could be lived in on April 1, 
2010. The supporting evidence must specifically show the validity of 
any address and reflect residential addresses that existed as viable 
living quarters on April 1, 2010. Challenges to housing unit counts 
must specify the 2010 Census tract and tabulation block(s) for which 
the counts are being challenged.
Group Quarters Count
    The ``Advance Release of Group Quarters Data from Summary File 1'' 
provides the GQ counts for 2010 Census tabulation blocks. Summary File 
1 itself may also be used to obtain census tabulation blocks and GQ 
counts. Challenges must include a complete address list for all GQ 
buildings that the challenger thinks the Census Bureau should include 
in each contested block. The State, local, or Tribal area official must 
certify that the addresses on their lists existed and could be lived in 
on April 1, 2010. The supporting evidence must specifically reflect the 
validity of any address list source, showing the population within a 
GQ, and must clearly identify the list as being the resident population 
no later than April 1, 2010. Challenges to GQ counts must specify the 
associated 2010 census tract and census tabulation block(s).
Types of Address Lists
     City-Style Address Lists--A city-style address must 
include house number, street name, city, State, ZIP Code, and county. 
The city-style address list must be organized by 2010 Census tabulation 
block within 2010 Census tract. Also, it must include any applicable 
housing unit identifiers in multi-unit buildings (such as apartment

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numbers). The Census Bureau requests the challenger to use the address 
list templates provided on the CQR Web site and submit the challenge 
electronically. In addition, mark the exact location of each challenged 
address on a map containing 2010 census tract and tabulation block(s).
     Non-City-Style Address Lists--Non-city-style addresses 
include rural route addresses and any other addresses that do not 
contain a complete house number, street name, city, State, ZIP Code, 
and county. The non-city-style address list must be organized by 2010 
Census tabulation block within census tract. If a household receives 
mail at a post office box address, provide the E-911 address if it 
exists. The State, local or Tribal area government must provide the 
exact location for each challenged address on a map containing 2010 
census tract and tabulation block(s). Focus the list on the specific 
area where the challenged addresses exist. All addresses in the 
challenged block must contain a description of the housing units and 
locations.
     Group Quarters Address Lists--GQ addresses can include 
city-style or non-city-style addresses. Provide the name, number and 
street address, city, State, ZIP Code, and county of the GQ as of April 
1, 2010. Also provide a current telephone number or e-mail address for 
the contact at the GQ. The GQ address list must be organized by 2010 
Census tabulation block within census tract. The challenger must 
provide documentation that supports the number of persons residing at 
the GQ on April 1, 2010. In addition, the challenger must provide the 
2010 Census tract and tabulation block number for the location of the 
GQ, including the exact location for each challenged address on a map 
containing 2010 Census tract and tabulation block(s).
Census Bureau Actions
    The Census Bureau will investigate acceptable challenges to 
determine whether it can identify information about the existence of a 
housing unit or occupied GQ on April 1, 2010, that does not appear in 
the final census files due to an error in processing the information. 
The Census Bureau will neither collect new data nor make changes to 
apportionment counts, redistricting data, or any 2010 Census data 
products.
Definitions of Key Terms
    American FactFinder--An interactive Web site used for accessing and 
disseminating the results of many Census Bureau programs. The system is 
available through the Internet, and the Census Bureau will use it to 
disseminate the results of the 2010 Census. The American FactFinder Web 
site can be found at: https://factfinder2.census.gov.
    Census Tabulation Block--A geographic area bounded by visible 
features, such as streets, roads, streams, and railroad tracts, and by 
nonvisible boundaries, such as city, town, township, and county limits, 
and short line-of-sight extensions of streets and roads. Generally, 
census blocks are small in area; for example, a block in a city bounded 
on all sides by streets. Census blocks in suburban and rural areas may 
be large, irregular, and bounded by a variety of features. In remote 
areas, census blocks may encompass hundreds of square miles. Census 
blocks are the smallest geographic entities for which the Census Bureau 
tabulates decennial census information.
    Census Tract--Small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions 
of a county or equivalent entity updated by local participants prior to 
each decennial census as part of the Census Bureau's Participant 
Statistical Areas Program in accordance with Census Bureau guidelines. 
Census tracts generally have a population size between 1,200 and 8,000 
people, and have an optimum size of 4,000 people.
    County or Equivalent Entity--The primary legal subdivision of 
States and equivalent entities. In Louisiana, these divisions are known 
as parishes. In Alaska, which has no counties, the equivalent entities 
are boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and census areas; the 
latter of which are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes 
by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In Puerto Rico, the 
primary divisions are municipios.
    Demographic Profile--A table containing data that shows information 
on total population, sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, 
household relationship, GQ population, household type, housing 
occupancy, and housing tenure.
    E-911 Address--An E-911 address is a site location address assigned 
by using a mileage measurement to a driveway on a named road. An E-911 
address helps emergency services to locate residents and are required 
to be displayed on living quarters and visible from the road.
    Group Quarters--A group quarters is defined as a place where people 
live or stay, in a group-living arrangement that is owned or managed by 
a governmental unit or organization providing housing and services for 
the residents. This is not a typical household-type living arrangement. 
These services may include custodial or medical care as well as other 
types of assistance, and residency is commonly restricted to those 
receiving these services. People living in GQs are usually not related 
to each other. The two general types of GQs are institutional and non-
institutional. Institutional GQs include nursing homes, mental 
hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals, hospitals with 
patients who have no usual home elsewhere, inpatient hospice 
facilities, correctional facilities for adults and juveniles, and 
residential schools for people with disabilities. Non-institutional GQs 
include college or university dormitories and residence halls, military 
barracks, group homes, shelters, convents, migratory farm worker camps, 
military ship, and maritime/merchant vessels. GQs may have housing for 
staff as their usual residence at the GQ address.
    Hawaiian Homelands--An area created and held in trust for the 
benefit of native Hawaiians by the State of Hawaii, pursuant to the 
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended. Hawaiian homelands 
were a new type of geographic entity for the 2000 Census.
    Housing Unit--Living quarters in which the occupants live 
separately from any other individuals in the building and have direct 
access to their living quarters from outside the building or through a 
common hall. Housing units include such places as houses, apartments, 
mobile homes or trailers, groups of rooms, or a single room that is 
occupied as a separate living quarters, or if vacant, is intended for 
occupancy as a separate living quarters. A housing unit is defined as a 
living quarters that is closed to the elements and has all exterior 
windows and doors installed and final usable floors in place. For 
vacant units, the criteria of separateness and direct access are 
applied to the intended occupants, whenever possible. If the Census 
Bureau cannot obtain the information, the criteria are applied to the 
previous occupants.
    Incorporated Place--A type of governmental unit, incorporated under 
State law as a city, city and borough, municipality, town (except in 
New England, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and 
New York), or village, that has legally prescribed limits, powers, and 
functions. A few incorporated places do not have a legal description.
    Minor Civil Division(MCD)--A type of governmental unit that is the 
primary governmental or administrative division of a county or 
statistically equivalent entity in 28 States, the District of

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Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas. MCDs are represented by 
several types of legal entities, such as townships, towns (in eight 
States), and districts.
    Municipio--The primary legal subdivision of Puerto Rico (equivalent 
to county).
    Overseas Counts--Counts of military and Federal civilian personnel 
stationed overseas with their dependents living with them.
    Postcensal Estimates--Population estimates for the years following 
the last published decennial census. The Census Bureau uses existing 
data series, such as births, deaths, Federal tax returns, Medicare 
enrollment, immigration, and housing unit information, to update the 
decennial census counts during the estimating process. These estimates 
are used in Federal funding allocations, monitoring recent demographic 
trends, and benchmarking many Federally funded survey totals.
    Public Law 94-171--The Federal law amending Section 141 of Title 13 
that directs the Secretary of Commerce (who delegates that 
responsibility to the Director of the Census Bureau) to provide 
selected decennial census data tabulations to the States by April 1 of 
the year following the census. These tabulations are used by the States 
to redistrict areas used for elections such as congressional, 
legislative and school districts. In addition, the data are used for 
local redistricting such as the drawing of county council and city 
council districts.
    State Designated Tribal Statistical Area (SDTSA)--A statistical 
entity delineated for an American Indian Tribe that does not have a 
land base (reservation) and is recognized as a Tribe by a State 
government, but not the Federal government. SDTSAs are identified and 
delineated for the Census Bureau by a liaison identified by a State's 
governor's office. SDTSAs generally encompasses a compact and 
contiguous area that contains a concentration of people who identify 
with a State recognized American Indian Tribe and in which there is 
structured or organized Tribal activity. SDTSAs may not be located in 
more than one State unless the Tribe is recognized by both State 
governments, and it may not include an area within an American Indian 
Reservation, off-reservation trust land, Oklahoma Tribal statistical 
area, Tribal designated statistical area, or Alaska Native village 
statistical area. SDTSAs were included with Tribal designated 
statistical areas for the 1990 Census; this designation was new for the 
2000 Census.
    State-Recognized American Indian Reservation--A type of legal 
geographic entity that is a recognized American Indian land area with a 
boundary established by final treaty, statute, executive order, and/or 
court order, and over which the Tribal government of a State-recognized 
American Indian Tribe has governmental authority. A governor appointed 
State liaison provides the name and boundary for each State recognized 
American Indian Reservation to the Census Bureau.
    Summary File 1--A data file that presents decennial census counts 
and basic cross-tabulations of information collected from all people 
and housing units. This information includes age, sex, race, Hispanic 
or Latino origin, household relationship, and whether the residence is 
owned or rented. Data will be available at the block level, but limited 
to the 2010 Census tract level in cases where there are concerns with 
disclosure. The Census Bureau also will include summaries for other 
geographic areas, such as ZIP Code tabulation areas and Congressional 
Districts.
Exhibit--Additional Information
    This section provides additional information about the 2010 Census 
CQR Program.
    1. Where should a governmental unit submit a challenge for the 2010 
Census CQR Program?
    Governmental units challenging the completeness or accuracy of the 
2010 Census counts need to submit their challenge in writing to: Count 
Question Resolution Program, Decennial Management Division, U.S. Census 
Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-0001. Governmental units can submit their 
challenge electronically to dmd.cqr@census.gov.
    2. Will the Census Bureau make corrections to the census counts 
based on information submitted by governmental units?
    The Census Bureau will make corrections if research indicates they 
are warranted. The Census Bureau will base its determination of whether 
a correction is necessary or not, on the quality and completeness of 
the information provided by State, local, or Tribal governmental unit 
representatives and the results of the Census Bureau's research of the 
census records. The Census Bureau will not incorporate the CQR 
corrections into 2010 data summary files and tables prepared after the 
CQR process begins nor will the Census Bureau retabulate Summary File 1 
or Demographic Profile tables.
    3. Which governmental units are eligible to submit CQR challenges 
and which entities are eligible to be challenged?
    The Census Bureau will research and, if necessary, correct the 
counts for the following entities.
     States and statistically equivalent entities can submit 
challenges for their State or equivalent, plus any counties or 
equivalent entities, minor civil divisions, incorporated places 
(including consolidated cities), State designated Tribal statistical 
areas, State-recognized American Indian Reservations, Hawaiian 
homelands, and (in Hawaii and Puerto Rico only) for census designated 
places within their jurisdiction. Puerto Rico may also submit 
challenges for sub-minor civil divisions.
     Counties and statistically equivalent entities can submit 
challenges for their county or equivalent entity plus any minor civil 
divisions, incorporated places, and (in Hawaii and Puerto Rico only) 
Census Designated Places within their jurisdiction. Municipios in 
Puerto Rico may also submit challenges for subminor civil divisions.
     Actively functioning minor civil divisions can submit 
challenges for their minor civil division plus any incorporated place 
within their jurisdiction.
     Incorporated places (including consolidated cities) can 
submit challenges for their place.
     Federally-recognized American Indian Tribes can submit 
challenges for an American Indian Reservation or off-reservation trust 
lands, Tribal-designated statistical areas, and Oklahoma Tribal 
statistical areas plus any American Indian Tribal subdivisions within 
their jurisdiction.
     Alaska Native Regional Corporations can submit challenges 
for their regional corporation and for Alaska Native Village 
Statistical Areas (ANVSAs) within their jurisdiction.
     Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas can submit 
challenges for their ANVSA.
    The Census Bureau will not accept challenges for any other types of 
statistical or legally defined areas.
    4. Will the Census Bureau incorporate corrections from the CQR 
Program into the apportionment, redistricting data, or 2010 Census data 
products?
    In accordance with the law, the apportionment counts are delivered 
to the President by December 31, 2010. The Census Bureau will not 
change the apportionment counts to reflect corrections resulting from 
the CQR Program.
    The Census Bureau plans to begin delivery to the States on the 
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required for redistricting purposes in February 2011 and will complete 
this delivery by the statutory deadline of March 31, 2011. The Census 
Bureau will not change the data in these products to reflect the 
results of CQR challenges.
    The Census Bureau will not incorporate CQR corrections into any 
2010 Census data products. The planned CQR Program allows the Census 
Bureau to maintain consistency between data products while maintaining 
the schedule for timely release of the data. However, the Census Bureau 
will issue revised, certified population and housing unit counts for 
the affected governmental unit(s), maintain a list of CQR corrected 
geographic areas on the American Factfinder, and/or other Census Bureau 
URL locations, and will incorporate any corrections into its Postcensal 
Estimates Program beginning in December 2012.

Executive Orders

    This notice has been determined to be not significant for purposes 
of Executive Order (E.O.) 12866. This program does not contain policies 
with federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a 
federalism assessment under E.O. 13132.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required 
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure 
to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, unless 
that collection of information displays a current valid OMB control 
number. In accordance with the PRA, OMB approved the CQR Program on 
February 22, 2011, under control number 0607-0879. The estimated burden 
hours are 7,800.

    Dated: March 2, 2011.
Robert M. Groves,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2011-5217 Filed 3-7-11; 8:45 am]
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