1. Census Bureau Estimates A State Perspective APDU Annual Conference Washington, DC 20 September 2010

2. Busy Time for the Estimates Branch 10/1/2015

3. Estimates to serve Federal Law Census Bureau Sample Surveys Census Coverage Evaluation Needs of State and Local Governments 10/1/2015

4. Quality of the Estimates Wrong on 61 of 39,000 in ‘06, ‘07 –99.4% correct! Improvements sought for –College and Military Counties IRS data for person based rather than return based –Immigration from Abroad –Vital Statistics –Housing Unit Method 10/1/2015

5. State Demographers Need Coverage by age-sex-race for counties - affect estimates of net migration Detailed fertility, mortality, and gross migration numbers and rates for counties Consistent estimates of population size for small areas (Estimates vs ACS) 10/1/2015

6. Challenges are shared Consistency of race/ethnic data across sources and time Movement of military population and dependents Immigration and the foreign born Timely and consistent data for all units of local government 10/1/2015

7. Warren A. Brown Georgia State Data Center brown@cviog.uga.edu 10/1/2015