LUCA
CIC/SDC Webinar – LUCA Resource Guide for Stakeholders and Enumerating Census Statutes in MN
The State Data Center and Census Information Center networks co-hosted this webinar on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Esteban Camarena from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights shared a LUCA resource guide with action steps for the CIC and SDC networks, and Jeff Howison gave a presentation on Minnesota’s project to collect a list of all references to Census data in their state and local laws.
A recording of the webinar can be found below or at this YouTube link on the Texas Demographic Center’s page.
Slide decks from the presentations:
Letter commenting on the LUCA appeals process
Here is a letter from the steering committee, commenting on the proposed appeals process for Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA), in response to US OMB’s Federal Register Notice. The letter was sent June 18, 2018.
California Department of Finance 2020 Census website
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New from California State Data Center
California Department of Finance 2020 Census website
Information about the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program and the California LUCA Participation Incentive
Find it here: http://www.dof.ca.gov/Forecasting/Demographics/2020_Census/index.html
Preparing for Local Update of Census Addresses webinar
The State Data Center Program hosted a webinar, November 29, 2017, on preparing for Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA), from the viewpoint of state and local governments participating in the review.
This webinar provides an overview of the LUCA process, followed by information on identifying and preparing local address sources, using the block level housing unit counts available from Census, and tools to assist with local address file development.
The presenters are Robert Scardamalia and Dale Miller. Robert Scardamalia served as New York’s Chief Demographer for over 20 years, and was a member of the SDC Steering Committee ahead of the 2000 an 2010 Censuses. Dale Miller is the Principal Planner with the Herkimer and Oneida Counties (New York) Planning Program. He has been involved with each census since 1990, and participated in his region’s LUCA review in 2000 and 2010.
The complete slidedeck from November 29 can be downloaded as a PowerPoint file.
Acknowledgements: The SDC Steering Committee thanks Robert Scardamalia and Dale Miller for delivering this presentation; Census Bureau for hosting the live webinar; and Minnesota State Demographic Center for repackaging this webinar as YouTube videos.
This webinar is the second in a series of Plan to Plan for 2020 webinars organized by the SDC Steering Committee and hosted by the SDC Program.
LUCA Feedback / Appeals
The Census Bureau held a conference call with the Steering Committe on December 1, 2009 to discuss some of the initial questions that the Bureau has received regarding the program.