Address List Development in Census 2000

By U. S. Census Bureau Department

Book Id: WPLBN0000582136
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Title:	Address List Development in Census 2000
Author:	U. S. Census Bureau Department
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Census., Census report
Collections:	Government Library Collection, U.S. Census Bureau Collection
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Publisher:	United States Census Bureau Department


Citation APA MLA Chicago Census Bureau Department, B. U. (n.d.). Address List Development in Census 2000. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Excerpt: The purpose of the report that follows is to synthesize results of address list development in Census 2000 from evaluations, experiments, and other assessments and to make recommendations for planning the 2010 Census.

Table of Contents
Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1.1 Master Address File overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1.2 Master Address File building process history . . . . . . . . . . .2 1.3 Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2. Methodology and Results from Individual Operation Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2.1 The Mailout/Mailback approach operations . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2.2 The Update/Leave approach operations . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 2.3 The List/Enumerate approach operations . . . . . . . . . . . .14 2.4 Operations that cross enumeration approaches . . . . . . . .15 3. Methodology and Results From Combined Operation Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 3.1 Overall analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 3.2 Addresses in the final census count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 3.3 Addresses that were not in the final census count but were in the Decennial Master Address File . . . . . . . .34 3.4 Addresses that were in the Master Address File but were never delivered to the Decennial Master Address File . . .36 4. Methodology and Results From Coverage and Quality Evaluations of the Final Census Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 4.1 Housing unit coverage in Census 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 4.2 Housing unit duplication in Census 2000 as measured in the Housing Unit Coverage Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 4.3 Housing unit coverage in the Master Address File . . . . . .40 4.4 Geocoding error of collection blocks and tabulation blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 5. Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the 2010 Census 47 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 TABLES Table 1. Changes in the Inventory of Addresses on the Delivery Sequence File Over Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Table 2. Distribution of Delivery Sequence File Added Addresses by Inside or Outside of the Blue Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Table 3. Counts of Collection Blocks by the Number of New Housing Units Per Block for New Addresses Inside the Blue Line on the September 1998 Delivery Sequence File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Table 4. Distribution of Added and Deleted Addresses in NRFU by TEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Table 5. Distribution of Added and Deleted Addresses in NRFU by Unit Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 U.S. Census Bureau