Tips and Documentation
SDC New Lead Webinar 2026
The SDC steering committee hosted a “new” lead webinar where newer and more experienced leads got to meet each other and went over some SDC network basics.
Here are the slides from the presentation!
We also talked about the SDC “tree states”, which are small groups of SDC leads paired with a steering committee member that are meant to be helpful for checking in with other leads about Census news or questions. The division of tree states can be found as a document on the Governance page of the Clearinghouse.
Webinar – Developing Tools for Data Users
The State Data Center and Census Information Center networks co-hosted this very informative webinar on March 27, 2024 to share some of the great work being done by members of the two networks to make data more accessible for their communities.
You can view the full recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC3_kZkEVIY&ab_channel=TexasDemographicCenter
And all of the slides are available for download below as a PowerPoint file or PDF:
List of governments submitting cases to 2020 Census Count Question Resolution Operation (CQR)
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List of governments submitting cases to 2020 Census Count Question Resolution Operation (CQR). Updated weekly.
Find it here: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/program-management/cqr/cqr-cases-received.pdf
Adjustments to 2020 Census Operations
The State Data Center (SDC) Steering Committee, on behalf of the 1,800 affiliates of the State Data Center network, submitted this letter to the Census Bureau (Director Dillingham) expressing our concern over adjustments to 2020 Census operations and their impact on Census data quality.
The Census Bureau issued this press release on Monday, August 3, 2020 —
Statement from U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham: Delivering a Complete and Accurate 2020 Census Count – Release Number CB20-RTQ.23
New York Times article links to the SDC Steering Committee Letter
- NY Times, Aug 4, 2020 — With Census Count Finishing Early, Fears of a Skewed Tally Rise
Follow up NY Times story that included an interview of Bob Coats, Chair, SDC Steering Committee
- NY Times, Aug 7, 2020 — Poll Watch: Why an Accurate Census Is So Important
CEDSCI Deep Links Tutorial
For those of you fighting with the new CEDSCI website, you can access tables directly through URL “deep links.” I have found for simple tasks, like getting several tables for all counties in a state, this is faster than going through the web search and table filter.
via Mara Kaminowitz, GIS Coordinator, Baltimore Metropolitan Council