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Item ~.1?. Consider and disc~_iss Cens~_is ~~~~ participant
Statistical Areas program. (County 3~_idge)
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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: CountX Judge
MEETING DATE: Januar~25. 1999 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
Consider and discuss Census 2000 Participant Statistical Areas Program.
EN~CUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAIVE OF PERSON .ADDRESSING THE COURT:
3TIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
County Jude
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title ~, Chapi
551 and ~~'__ Government Code, is as follows:
MeetinU scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEI`~"ED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEI~~D ON:
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.

All Agenda Reeuests ~.vill be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has be
prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will
appreciated and contribute towards you request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Ru
Adopted by Commissioners' Court, Court Order No. ''5723.

w 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 are providing
these guidelines to give participants detailed instructions and assistance in
submitting specific statistical areas as part of the Census 2000 Participant
Statistical Areas Program which includes:
~ Census Tracts
Census Block Groups (BGs)
Census Designated Places (CDPs)
Census County Divisional (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 area:
• Instructions for the review and approval of proposed participant
statistical areas by interested parties locally;
• Procedures for annotating the maps;
• Procedures for submitting statistical areas through equivalency files:
• Information on transmitting the proposed statistical areas to the
Census Bureau: and "
_ The review and approval .of the proposed statistical areas by the Census
Bureau.
Please read all the guidelines for the areas for which you are interested in
submitting plans: there are some instructions that apply to the manner in
which multiple statistical areas are 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 boundaries 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 statistical source for a
better understanding of our Nation.
1 Census county divisions exist in the following states: Alabama. Arizona. California.
Colorado. Delaware. Florida. Georgia. Hawaii, Idaho. Kenrucky. Montana. Nevada.
New Vfexico. Oklahoma. Oregon. South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas. Utah. Washington.
and GVyoming. ',