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Item ~. 16 Consider and disc~~.ss Crn:~l~.•a ~~~~ Flartici.(~ant
statistical. Areas Fr~ogram. (Coy-rnty J~_rdge?
Col_mty JI-rdge stated that the Col-tr^t wog-rld take this ~_rp
next month, hoFrefl_ill.y with fewer time constraints.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND FIVE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Fred Henneke OFFICE: County Judge
MEETING DATE: January 25. 1999 TIl~fE PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
Consider and discuss Census 2000 Participant Statistical Areas Program.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
County Judg~~~
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter
SSl and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.

All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has been
prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will be
appreciated and contribute towazds you request being addressed at the eazliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules
Adopted by Commissioners' Court, Court Order No. 25722.
Census 2000 Participant Statistical Areas
Program
The Census Bureau is offering local participants the opportunity to
delineate statistical areas for tabulation in Census 2000. We aze providing
these guidelines to give participants detailed instructions and assistance in
submitting specific statistical azeas as part of the Census 2000 Participant
Statistical Areas Program which includes:
Census Tracts
Census Block Groups (BGs)
Census Designated Places (CDPs)
Census County Divisionsi (CCDs)
We have organized these guidelines into several chapters:
• General information;
• Statistical areas boundary feature criteria which apply to all the
participant statistical areas;
• Separate chapters for each type of participant statistical azea;
• Instructions for the review and approval of proposed participant
statistical areas by interested parties locally;
• Procedures for annotating the maps;
• Procedures for submitting statistical azeas through equivalency files;
• Information on transmitting the proposed statistical areas to the
Census Bureau; and '
_ The review and approval o!`~the proposed statistical areas by the Census
Bureau.
Please read all the guidelines for the azeas for which you are interested in
submitting plans; there aze some instructions that apply to the manner in
which multlple statistical azeas aze to be submitted that may not be
apparent in any one chapter.
The Census Bureau appreciates the assistance of our local participants in
the identification of participant statistical areas boundazies for Census
2000. Without the knowledge provided by our local partners in planning
Census 2000, the Census Bureau would be unable to meet many of the data
needs that are part of our agency's mission: to be the statlstical source for a
better understanding of our Nation.
i Census county divisions exist in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California,
Colorado. Delaware. Florida. Georgia. Hawaii. Idaho, Kentucky, Montana. Nevada.
New Mexico, Oklahoma. Oregon. South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas. Utah. Washington,
and Wyoming.
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