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| The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness | ||||||||||||
| Coverage characteristics | 5.1.1 Statistical presentation Data are disseminated on the number of population which are consistent with the 1990 census enumeration and updated monthly using birth, death, emigration, and immigration statistics.The data are measured at the first of the month for the monthly data and as at July 1 for the annual data. The census is held every ten years. | |||||||||||
| Periodicity | 4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly and annual. | |||||||||||
| Timeliness | 4.1.2 Timeliness Monthly estimates are released within 3 months after the end of the reference month.Annual mid-year estimates are released within 12 months after the end of the reference period. | |||||||||||
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| Advance dissemination of release calendar | 5.1.3 Advance release calendar A schedule of release dates for population estimates is shown on the Bureau of Census Internet website (http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/estsched.html). | |||||||||||
| Simultaneous release to all interested parties | 5.1.4 Simultaneous release Population estimates are disseminated on the Bureau of Census Internet website (http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/popest.html) at the national, state, county, place and county subdivision, and metropolitan area level, as well as for Puerto Rico municipios.Annual data are also available in hardcopy format. The data on the monthly and annual estimates are disseminated on the following Bureau of Census Internet website (http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/uspop.html). The annual data are also released in a hardcopy publication which includes a note informing the public that the monthly and annual data are released on the Internet website. | |||||||||||
| Integrity | ||||||||||||
| Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information | 0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics The U.S. Census is mandated by Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States. The collection of the data is authorized under Title 13, United States Code, which also requires the publication of the data. No individual-level input data are released.The U.S. Constitution can be accessed on the following Internet website (http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html). Copies of the United States Code are available, free of charge, at the following Internet addresses (http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html), or for a fee from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. 0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Bureau of Census Confidentiality provisions governing the compilation of the data are set forth in Title 13, United States Code, Chapter 9, Section 301.0.4.1 Quality policy Bureau of Census The Office of Management and Budget's Statistical Policy Directive Number 3 requirs prompt release of Principal Economic Indicators. The intent of the directive is to preserve the time value of such information, strike a balance between timeliness and accuracy; and provides for a performance evaluation of each principal indicator at least every 3 years.1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination Bureau of Census Copies of the U.S. Code are available either in hardcopy or on CD-ROM from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. (Phone: 1 202 5121800. Fax: 1 202 5122250.) The Code is also available on the following Internet website (http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm).The U.S. Constitution can be accessed on the following Internet website (http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html). Copies of the United States Code are available, free of charge, at the following Internet addresses (http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html), or for a fee from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. | |||||||||||
| Identification of internal government access to data before release | 1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release Any Federal Government agency which demonstrates a need for the data can access it prior to release if they agree not to release it before the U.S. Bureau of the Census release. | |||||||||||
| Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases | 1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products There is no ministerial commentary attached to release of these data. | |||||||||||
| Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology | 4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data The data are considered to be "official" when first released but can be subject to revision.1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. The public is informed of major changes in methodology at the time the change is introduced. | |||||||||||
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| Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics | 5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques Documentation is provided as part of any hardcopy publications. Detailed methodological documentation also is available on the Internet at (http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/popest.html) under the sections on concepts and methodology.(See also summary methodology) | |||||||||||
| Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness | 4.2.2 Temporal consistency Summary data on national level population are published on the Internet website for the following: total monthly population estimates, 1980 to current; annual population estimates by age group and sex, selected years from 1990 to current; and annual population estimates by sex, race and Hispanic origin, selected years from 1990 to current.Detailed data files are also published on the Internet for monthly population estimates, 1990 to current, and historical national population estimates, 1900 to current. In addition, quarterly population estimates, 1980 to current, are available for each of the 4 population universes described in the coverage characteristics cell. The files also show a breakdown of national population estimates by single year of age, by sex, by race (white, black, Hispanic, American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut, Asian and Pacific Islander), and by Hispanic origin (Hispanics can be of any race). Annual mid-year state and county data by age, sex, race, and origin are released within two years of the reference date. Annual mid-year total population data for 46,000 political units are released within two years of the reference date. The annual data are also available in hardcopy format. | |||||||||||
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