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Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program
Feedback Materials
User Guide
July 2009
Form # D-1765
Option 1 – Title 13 Full Address List Review
(Paper address list format)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1
2010 Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program
Feedback Overview
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Overview ...................................................................................................................................1
Confidentiality ...........................................................................................................................1
Respondent Burden ..................................................................................................................2
Chapter 2
2010 Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program
Feedback Materials – Introduction
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Introduction ...............................................................................................................................3
Census Entity Codes – Local Governments.............................................................................4
Census Entity Codes – Tribal Governments ............................................................................5
Census Block Number Differences Between Initial LUCA Products and LUCA Feedback
Products .............................................................................................................................5
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Reviewing the Feedback Materials
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1. Feedback Address Update Summary Report ....................................................................8
2. Detailed Feedback Address List ........................................................................................10
Reading the Detailed Feedback Address List.................................................................10
Understanding the Detailed Feedback Address List Processing Codes ........................13
3. Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List ............................................................18
Reading the Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List.....................................18
4. Full Address List.................................................................................................................21
Reading the Full Address List .........................................................................................21
5. Full Address Count List ......................................................................................................27
Reading the Full Address Count List ..............................................................................27
6. Paper Maps or Shapefiles ..................................................................................................29
7. Map Sheet to Block Number Relationship List ...................................................................29
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How to File an Address Appeal
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Background...............................................................................................................................31
Where to File an Appeal .................................................................................................31
Deadline for Filing an Appeal..........................................................................................31
Instructions................................................................................................................................31
1. Determine if You are Eligible to File an Appeal..................................................................31
2. Review Your Feedback Materials and Identify Addresses That Are Eligible for Appeal....32
3. Flagging Addresses for Appeal on the Detailed Feedback Address List...........................32
4. Adding Addresses (if any) Still Missing from Previously Challenged Blocks .....................33
5. Prepare Supporting Documentation...................................................................................35
6. Organize and Ship Your Appeal Materials to the Appeals Staff ........................................36
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Returning or Destroying Census Bureau Title 13, U.S.C. Confidential Address
Materials
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Program Conclusion .................................................................................................................37
Returning Census Bureau Title 13, U.S.C. Confidential Address Materials ...........................37
Destroying Census Bureau Title 13, U.S.C. Confidential Address Materials..........................38
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A
Confidentiality Agreement Form
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Attachment B
Return or Destruction of Title 13, U.S.C. Materials
41
Attachment C
Appeals Address Add Page
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Attachment D
Title 13 Disclosure Notice
43
Attachment E
The Map Legend
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Attachment F
Physical Location Description and Street Type Abbreviation Examples
48
Attachment G
Unit Designation Abbreviation Examples
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Glossary
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TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1:
Figure 2.2:
Figure 2.3:
Figure 2.4:
Figure 3.1:
Figure 3.2:
Figure 3.3:
Figure 3.4:
Figure 3.5:
Figure 3.6:
Figure 3.7:
Census Entity Identification Codes .................................................................................4
Initial LUCA Product, Census Block Suffixes..................................................................5
2010 Census LUCA Feedback Census Blocks...............................................................6
Feedback Materials Block Number Differences..............................................................7
Feedback Address Update Summary Report .................................................................9
Detailed Feedback Address List Field Names and Descriptions ..................................11
Detailed Feedback Address List, Example ...................................................................12
2010 Census LUCA Detailed Feedback Address List Processing Codes ....................14
Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List Field Names and Descriptions ......18
Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List, Example .......................................19
Census Block Differences Between the Initial LUCA Address Count List and the
Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List .....................................................20
Figure 3.8: Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List .......................................................20
Figure 3.9: Full Address List Field Names and Descriptions for Local Governments.....................23
Figure 3.10: Full Address List for Local Governments, Example ......................................................24
Figure 3.11: Full Address List Field Names and Descriptions for Tribal Governments ....................25
Figure 3.12: Full Address List for Tribal Governments, Example......................................................26
Figure 3.13: Full Address Count List Field Names and Descriptions................................................27
Figure 3.14: Full Address Count List, Example .................................................................................28
Figure 3.15: Map Sheet to Block Number Relationship List..............................................................30
Figure 4.1: Flagging an Address for Appeal, Example....................................................................32
Figure 4.2: Appeal Address Add Page, Example ............................................................................34
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Chapter 1
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Feedback Overview
Overview
Confidentiality
Respondent Burden
Overview
The Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) program is an integral part of
the 2010 Decennial Census activities that utilizes the expertise of tribal, state,
and local governments to improve the accuracy and completeness of the
address list used to take the census.
In accordance with the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994, Public
Law 103-430, the feedback phase of the LUCA program provides
participating governments with detailed feedback materials that document
which local address additions and updates the Census Bureau accepted or did
not accept. Your review of the feedback materials is voluntary.
LUCA participants that wish to dispute the Census Bureau’s determinations
regarding their submissions of address information may appeal those
determinations if they meet specific eligibility criteria. Appeals must be filed
within 30 calendar days after the eligible government’s receipt of its
feedback materials. Appeals filed after the deadline will be denied. Filing an
appeal is optional and is not a requirement of the LUCA program. A
description of the LUCA appeals process and step-by-step instructions for
how to file an address appeal are provided in Chapter 4.
Confidentiality
The LUCA program feedback materials contain confidential Title 13, United
States Code (U.S.C.) material 1. The law requires that anyone who reviews
Title 13 materials must sign the 2010 Decennial Census LUCA program
Confidentiality Agreement and return it to the Census Bureau. Those persons
who signed the Confidentiality Agreement prior to the LUCA program
review, or whose signatures were added during the review phase of the
program, are not required to sign the Confidentiality Agreement again.
However, anyone who will review or have access to the Title 13 confidential
feedback materials and has not already signed the Confidentiality
Agreement must do so before reviewing the Title 13 feedback materials.
A blank Confidentiality Agreement form is included in this user guide as
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Title 13, U.S.C. provides for the confidential treatment of census-related information, including individual
addresses and map spots. Title 13 requires that all liaisons, reviewers, and anyone with access to Title 13
materials abide by the Confidentiality and Security Guidelines. Title 13 also requires that the Census
Bureau maintain the confidentiality for all of the information that it collects.
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Feedback Overview
Attachment A, and is included in your feedback package. (This form is also
available on the LUCA program Web site at
.) You must return this form to
your Census Bureau Regional Census Center for your jurisdiction when adding
additional reviewers.
At the conclusion of the 2010 Decennial Census LUCA program, you must return
to the Census Bureau or destroy, according to the Census Bureau’s specific
guidelines, all Title 13 confidential materials and all copies. Your LUCA
liaison must verify the return or destruction of Title 13 materials by signing the
Return/Destruction of Title 13, U.S.C. Materials form found in Attachment B or
included in the feedback package. Additionally, all reviewers and anyone with
access to Title 13 confidential materials must sign this form. (This form is also
available on the LUCA program Web site at
.)
You may direct general questions about the content and review of the feedback
materials to your Census Bureau Regional Census Center toll free at
1-866-511-LUCA (5822). For technical assistance about computer applications
including the MAF/TIGER Partnership Software (MTPS), please call the LUCA
Technical Help Desk toll free at 1-866-919-LUCA (5822).
Respondent Burden
The Census Bureau estimates that it will take between 10 and 200 hours to
complete the LUCA review depending on the number of addresses. This includes
the time needed to assemble and review the feedback materials and file address
appeals.
Please send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to:
Paperwork Project 0607-0795
4600 Silver Hill Road, Room 3K138
Washington, DC 20233
Or you may e-mail your comment to ; use “Paperwork
Project 0607-0795” as the subject. Please include a copy of your message
addressed to .
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Census Bureau cannot ask you to respond
to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OMB number is printed on
each LUCA form.
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Feedback Materials – Introduction
Introduction
Census Entity Codes – Local Governments
Census Entity Codes – Tribal Governments
Census Block Number Differences Between Initial LUCA Products and LUCA Feedback
Products
Introduction
The Census Bureau provides the 2010 Census LUCA program feedback
materials according to the participation option and in the format that you
selected, either paper or computer-readable. Only the addresses within the
boundary of your jurisdiction, reservation, and/or off-reservation trust land are
included in your feedback materials. For Option 1, these materials include the
2010 Census LUCA:
1. Feedback Address Update Summary Report – displays the tallies of
actions taken by the Census Bureau for all the address updates you
submitted.
2. Detailed Feedback Address List – shows all address record updates
submitted by you and a processing code identifying a specific action
taken by the Census Bureau on that address record. This list also
identifies any addresses deleted during the Census Bureau’s Address
Canvassing operation.
3. Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List – contains
address counts for those census blocks that you challenged, if any.
The list includes the original Census address count, the address counts
you submitted to the Census Bureau, and the most recent Census
Bureau count of residential (housing unit and other living quarters)
addresses. In addition, the list includes census blocks where address
counts decreased as a result of Census Bureau operations.
4. Full Address List – contains all the residential addresses for those
housing units and other living quarters 2 currently recorded in the
Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB) for your
jurisdiction, reservation, and/or off-reservation trust land. This
address list reflects updates resulting from your participation in the
2010 Census LUCA program, the Address Canvassing operation, and
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During your initial LUCA review, Other Living Quarters (OLQ) were identified as Group Quarters (GQ).
OLQs are a place where people could live or stay that is normally owned or managed by an entity or
organization providing services or care for the residents. The Census Bureau will verify OLQs as GQs
during a separate field operation.
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address information provided by the United States Postal Service
(USPS).
5. Full Address Count List – contains the current residential address
counts, including housing unit and other living quarters, for each
census block within your jurisdiction, reservation, and/or offreservation trust land.
6. Maps (paper or shapefiles) – paper maps or shapefiles may include
feature updates provided by you, other LUCA participants, and/or
other updates found by the Census Bureau during address canvassing.
a. Map Sheet to Block Number Relationship List (for use with
paper maps) – identifies the map sheet or sheets on which
each census block is located and is sorted by census tract
number and census block number in ascending order.
or
b. Readme file (for use with shapefiles)
Due to scheduling changes that have impacted the processing of coordinates,
the Census Bureau will not provide structure coordinates or map spots for
housing units collected during address canvassing.
Census Entity Codes – Local Governments
All local government entity codes appearing on the feedback materials have a
two-letter code identifying the type of entity – ST (state), CO (county), PL
(place), or MC (minor civil division). County, place, and minor civil division
codes include the state 2-digit FIPS numeric code. Minor civil division codes
also include the county code. For example:
State:
County:
Place:
MCD:
ST61
CO61923 (state and county codes)
PL6144444 (state and place codes; county not shown)
MC6192355555 (state, county, and MCD codes)
Figure 2.1: Census Entity Identification Codes
Entity
State
County
Place
Minor Civil Division
(MCD)
4
Total
Characters
Census Entity ID Code
ST (2 alpha) + (2 numeric)
CO (2 alpha) + State (2 numeric) + County (3 numeric)
PL (2 alpha) + State (2 numeric) + Place (5 numeric)
MC (2 alpha) + State (2 numeric) + County (3 numeric) +
MCD (5 numeric)
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Census Entity Codes – Tribal Governments
Tribal government entity codes contain a unique 12-character alphanumeric
identification code assigned by the Census Bureau that identifies the tribe and
its associated geographic area. For example, the 12-character identification
code, TR0013TA0185, consists of the tribal code, TR0013 and the tribal
geographic area code, TA0185.
Census Block Number Differences Between Initial LUCA Products
and LUCA Feedback Products
The Census Bureau continually updates its database adding new roads and/or
boundary updates that can subdivide census blocks. For this reason, you may
find a difference between the census block numbers on your initial LUCA
products and your LUCA feedback products.
The newly created census blocks are assigned a 4-digit “parent” block number
(i.e., 1101) plus an alphabetic suffix (i.e., 1101A). This is why some census
blocks on your initial LUCA materials had suffixes.
For instance, Figure 2.2 shows “parent” block 1101 on the initial LUCA
materials contained blocks 1101A, 1101B, 1101E, 1101F in ‘Any City’ and
blocks 1101C, 1101D within ‘Any County’ but outside of ‘Any City’.
Note that LUCA participant ‘Any City’ received addresses only for those
census blocks located within its jurisdiction, i.e. 1101A, 1101B, 1101E, and
1101F. Census blocks 1101C and 1101D are located outside of ‘Any City’ in
‘Any County’.
Figure 2.2: Initial LUCA Product, Census Block Suffixes
ANY COUNTY
61101
Any City 44444
Parent Block 1101
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This process of adding roads and updating boundaries has continued since you
received your initial LUCA materials. Some blocks may now be numbered
differently in your feedback materials than they were on your initial LUCA
materials. Some formerly unsuffixed blocks now have suffixes, while some
formerly suffixed blocks may have been further subdivided.
Note in Figure 2.3 how resuffixing occurred because of a boundary change
by ‘Any City,’ and also the addition of Willow Street. The computer
algorithm that assigns suffixed block numbers does not attempt to preserve the
old suffixed numbers for the portions of the original “parent” block number
even when they are unaffected by a new road or boundary. Thus, in Figure
2.3 the census block bounded by Elm St., Oak St., and 1st Ave. now is
numbered 1101E but corresponds exactly to the former block 1101A. The
original blocks 1101D, 1101E, and 1101F are now completely reconfigured
and numbered 1101A, 1001B, 1101F, and 1101G.
‘Any City’ would receive feedback materials containing addresses only for
those census blocks located within their jurisdiction, i.e. 1101A, 1101B,
1101D, 1101E, 1101F, and 1101G. Census block 1101C is located outside of
‘Any City’ in ‘Any County’.
Figure 2.3: 2010 Census LUCA Feedback Census Blocks
Any City 44444
Parent Block 1101
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Fortunately, the majority of block numbers are unchanged since your initial
LUCA review. To avoid confusion where there has been a change, however,
all blocks with suffixes, including blocks that have been newly subdivided
since your initial LUCA review, will be identified only with their 4-digit
numeric “parent” block number on the Detailed Feedback Address List and
the Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List, i.e., 1101. Because
these products compare your originally proposed changes with the Census
Bureau’s address list following address canvassing, reverting to “parent”
block numbers prevents the erroneous comparison of renumbered or
reconfigured census blocks.
By contrast, the maps/shapefiles, the Full Address List, and the Full Address
Count List show the blocks as currently numbered following the most recent
round of resuffixing, i.e., 1101A, 1101B, etc.
Figure 2.4: Feedback Materials Block Number Differences
Suffixed Block Numbers
(1101A, 1101B, 1101C)
“Parent” Block Numbers (no suffix)
(1101)
1. Full Address List
1. Detailed Feedback Address List
2. Full Address Count List
2. Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List
3. Maps/Shapefiles
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Feedback Address Update Summary Report
Detailed Feedback Address List
Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List
Full Address List
Full Address Count List
Paper Maps or Shapefiles
Map Sheet to Block Number Relationship List
1. Feedback Address Update Summary Report
The Feedback Address Update Summary Report, Figure 3.1, displays the
tallies of actions taken by the Census Bureau for all of the address updates
that you submitted and the total number of address records on your
original Census address list that were deleted by the Census Bureau during
the Address Canvassing operation, if any.
The total number of participant address records submitted by the Census
Bureau for processing equals the total number of address records
processed as requested plus the total number of address records not
processed as requested.
See Figure 3.1 for an example of the Feedback Address Update Summary
Report.
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Figure 3.1: Feedback Address Update Summary Report
2010 Decennial Census
Local Update of Census Addresses Program
FEEDBACK ADDRESS UPDATE SUMMARY REPORT
Option 1 – Title 13 Full Address List Review
Entity: PL6144444 Any City
309
Date: 06/14/2009
Total number of participant address records submitted by the Census Bureau for
processing
Participant Action Accepted
150
30
40
25
20
265
Total number of added address records accepted into the Census address list
Total number of corrected address records accepted into the Census address list
Total number of deleted address records accepted and deleted from the Census
address list
Total number of out of jurisdiction address records removed from your jurisdiction in
the Census address list
Total number of nonresidential address records changed in the Census address list
Total number of address records processed as requested
Participant Action Not Accepted
20
10
5
1
4
2
2
44
2
Total number of added address records not accepted into the Census address list
Total number of corrected address records not accepted into the Census address list
Total number of deleted address records not accepted and not deleted from the Census
address list
Total number of out of jurisdiction address records not removed from your jurisdiction
in the Census address list
Total number of nonresidential address records not changed in the Census address list
Total number of address records submitted with blank or erroneous code
Total number of noncity-style address records submitted
Total number of address records not processed as requested
Total number of address records on your original Census Address List deleted during
Address Canvassing.
Form# D-1736
OMC No. 0607-0795
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Census Bureau
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2. Detailed Feedback Address List
The Detailed Feedback Address List, Figure 3.3, shows all address record updates
submitted by you and a Census processing code identifying a specific action taken by
the Census Bureau on that address record. In addition, the list contains any addresses
that were on your initial Census address list but were deleted during the Census
Bureau’s Address Canvassing operation.
If you did not submit address updates to the Census Bureau and/or there were no
addresses deleted during address canvassing, the Detailed Feedback Address List will
state “NO ADDRESS DELETES IN THIS ENTITY.”
Most address records on the Detailed Feedback Address List that the Census Bureau
retained in the MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB) because they were verified during
address canvassing, can be found in their current form using the MAFID, column 3, to
search for their corresponding MAFID, column 2, on the Full Address List.
Because MAF addresses are constantly updated and changed as a result of various
census operations, (i.e., LUCA, Address Canvassing, etc.) it is possible for two or more
addresses associated with different MAFIDs to match each other. In instances where
multiple MAFIDs actually represent the same single address, one MAFID is assigned to
the address for future census operations. This MAFID is called the Surviving MAFID.
Any previously used MAFIDs that share this address remain in the MAF and are linked
to this Surviving MAFID.
Column 4 contains Surviving MAFIDs where applicable. Although the MAFID
assigned to the address on your initial LUCA products is in column 3 (MAFID), use the
Surviving MAFID number in column 4 to search for its corresponding MAFID on the
Full Address List. See Figure 3.3, Line 26 on page 12.
The Detailed Feedback Address List uses “parent” block numbers that do not contain a
suffix. Refer to the section, Census Block Number Differences Between Initial LUCA
Products and LUCA Feedback Materials and Figures 2.2 and 2.3.
For example, in Figure 3.3 the initial address list contained addresses in census blocks
1101A, 1101B, 1101E, and 1101F that the participant updated and submitted. The
Detailed Feedback Address List records these addresses to the “parent” block, 1101.
Reading the Detailed Feedback Address List
The header area of your Detailed Feedback Address List contains the program
name, your entity name and census entity code or your tribal code and tribal
geographic area code, your sort selection, the date the list was created, and the page
number of each sheet of the total number of sheets in the address list. The address
list sort is the same sort selection you chose when you registered for the LUCA
program, either Census Tract Number/Block Number/Street Name/House Number
or Street Name/House Number.
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The Detailed Feedback Address List is the same format for both local and tribal
governments.
In an effort to expedite your feedback review, address records accepted by the
Census Bureau are shaded gray. Unshaded address records are address records not
accepted or deleted by the Census Bureau. If resources are limited, you may wish
to focus your review on address records that were not accepted or deleted
(unshaded) by the Census Bureau. The Appeal Code column (10) is shaded and is
reserved for use by the LUCA Appeals Staff.
The table in Figure 3.2 describes the data in the various fields on the paper Detailed
Feedback Address List. Refer to Figure 3.3 for an example.
Figure 3.2: Detailed Feedback Address List Field Names and Descriptions
Field
Number
Field Name
1
2
3
1
2
3
Address Appeal Flag
Line #
MAFID
4
4
Surviving MAFID
5
5
Census Processing Code
6
6a
State County Code
7
6b
Census Tract Number
8
6c
Census Block Number
9
7a
House Number
10
7b
Street or Road Name
11
7c
Physical Location Description
or Other Living Quarters
Name
12
7d
Apt/Unit #
13
7e
14
8a
15
16
8b
9
17
10
City Style Mailing ZIP Code
Noncity-Style Mail Delivery
Address RR#, HCR#, or PO
Box#
Noncity-Style ZIP Code
OLQ*
Appeal Code (For Appeal
Staff Use Only)
Field Description
Blank field for participant to flag an address for appeal.
Sequential number of the address record.
Unique control number assigned to each address.
Unique control number assigned to an address previously matched to
several MAFIDs. See page 10.
Combination of the action code submitted by the participant and a
Census Bureau processing number that pertains to a specific action
taken by the Census Bureau on each address.
5-digit FIPS state and county code for your jurisdiction
Up to a 4-digit number followed by a decimal point and a 2-digit
suffix, if applicable. Includes a period for suffixed tracts. If no suffix,
includes period and zero fill.
Census 2000 tabulation block number. Up to a 4-digit number (no
suffix).
Housing unit or other living quarters house number, which can contain
numbers, letters, hyphens, or other characters.
Including prefix and/or suffix directional as part of the address of the
housing or other living quarters.
Description of living quarters, e.g., 2 STORY STONE
HOUSE/SHTTERS or name of other living quarters , e.g., BAYSIDE
NURSING HOME.
Within structure descriptor or identifier, such as APT 5 or 1st FL
FRNT.
5-digit ZIP Code for city-style mailing addresses.
Rural route and box number, post office box number, etc.
5-digit ZIP Code for noncity-style mailing address.
Displays a “Y” if the unit is an other living quarters.
Blank for Appeal Staff Use Only.
* During your initial LUCA review, Other Living Quarters (OLQ) were identified as Group Quarters (GQ). OLQs are a
place where people could live or stay that is normally owned or managed by an entity or organization providing services or
care for the residents. The Census Bureau will verify OLQs as GQs during a separate field operation.
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Figure 3.3: Detailed Feedback Address List, Example
Fictitious Address Information
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Understanding the Detailed Feedback Address List Processing Codes
The action codes used by LUCA participants to make updates to the Census
Bureau’s Address List include:
A – Add Address (includes addresses submitted by participants using the
Address List Add Page)
C – Address Correction
D – Delete Address
J – Not in Jurisdiction Address
N – Nonresidential Address
The table in Figure 3.4 lists the census processing code assigned to each
address you submitted to the Census Bureau. The processing code is a
combination of the action code you submitted for each address and a census
processing number identifying a specific action taken by the Census Bureau
on that address.
The Census Bureau Action column specifies if the action to each address you
submitted was accepted or not accepted by the Census Bureau. For example,
“A1” indicates the Census Bureau accepted the address added by the
participant, while a “C6” indicates that the Census Bureau did not accept the
corrected or changed address submitted by the participant.
Additional processing codes will be created and assigned as required and
provided as a user guide supplement with your LUCA feedback package.
The Description column explains why the address record was accepted or not
accepted as a result of the Address Canvassing operation.
Note: In order to determine which version of an address to use on the Full
Address List for census questionnaire mailing, the Census Bureau defers to:
1. The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Delivery Sequence File (DSF) 3
2. Field findings
For example, the initial mailing address sent to a LUCA participant contained
the street name “PNE ST.” The participant submitted a correction (C) to the
street name as “PINE ST.” Although address canvassing found the street
name as “PINE ST,” the Census Bureau deferred to the USPS DSF, since the
mailing address supplied by the USPS is “PNE ST,” which is used on the Full
Address List.
The Detailed Feedback Address List may include addresses that were on your
initial Census address list but were deleted by the Address Canvassing
operation. These addresses are assigned an “X1” processing code.
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A computerized file containing all delivery point address serviced by the U.S Postal Service (USPS). The USPS
updated the DSF continuously as its letter carriers identify addresses for new delivery points or changes in the status
of existing addresses.
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Figure 3.4: 2010 Census LUCA Detailed Feedback Address List Processing Codes
Census
Processing
Code
1
A1
2
A2
Census Bureau Action
Action Accepted:
Address record added
Action Accepted:
Address already exists in
the MTDB
3
A3
Action Accepted:
Different version of the
address record
4
A4
Action Accepted:
Additional GQ validation
may be required
5
A5
Action Accepted:
Address record added, no
additional GQ validation
required
6
A6
Action Accepted:
Additional GQ validation
may be required
7
A7
Action Accepted:
Uninhabitable 4 address
8
A8
Action Not Accepted:
Address not found
9
A9
Action Not Accepted:
Missing required data
10
A10
Action Not Accepted:
Nonresidential address
11
A11
Action Not Accepted:
Unable to process
address record
Description
The Census Bureau accepted the added address record.
The Census Bureau accepted the address record since it
already exists in the MTDB.
The Census Bureau accepted the added address record but a
different version of the address record was found inside your
jurisdiction during address canvassing. The address record,
including block number, may vary from your address
submission.
The Census Bureau accepted the added address record flagged
as a GQ by the participant. The address record was found
during address canvassing as a potential GQ and must be
processed through Group Quarters Validation (GQV) to verify
that it is an acceptable GQ or HU address.
The Census Bureau accepted the added address record flagged
as a GQ by the participant but the address record was found as
an HU during address canvassing and was not referred to
Group Quarters Validation (GQV).
The Census Bureau accepted the added address record. The
address record was not flagged by the participant as a GQ but
was found during address canvassing as a potential GQ and
must be processed through Group Quarters Validation (GQV) to
verify that it is an acceptable GQ or HU address.
The Census Bureau accepted the added address record
although it was found during address canvassing as an
uninhabitable address.
The Census Bureau did not accept the added address record
because it could not be found during address canvassing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the added address record
because it lacked valid geographic and/or address information
and/or format required for Census Bureau processing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the added address record
because it was found during address canvassing to be a
nonresidential address with no housing units.
The Census Bureau did not accept the added address record
because the address record could not be processed. Address
records that could not be processed include duplicate add
records or add records submitted with a MAFID.
4
Uninhabitable is defined as a living quarters that is open to the elements, condemned, or under construction.
Uninhabitable addresses will remain in the census although those locations were not occupied at the time of the
Address Canvassing Operation.
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Census
Processing
Code
Census Bureau Action
Description
12
C1
Action Accepted:
Address record correction
13
C2
Action Accepted:
Different version of the
address record
14
C3
Action Accepted:
Additional GQ validation
required
15
C4
Action Accepted:
Additional GQ validation
required
16
C5
Action Accepted:
Uninhabitable 5 address
17
C6
18
C7
19
C8
Action Not Accepted:
Missing/Invalid MAFID
20
C9
Action Not Accepted:
Nonresidential address
21
C10
22
D1
23
D2
The Census Bureau accepted the correction to the address
record.
The Census Bureau did not accept all of the corrections to the
address record, as a different version of the address record was
found during address canvassing. Individual components of the
address and/or block number may vary from your address
submission.
The Census Bureau accepted the correction to the address record
originally classified as a GQ, and the address record was found
during address canvassing but must be processed through Group
Quarters Validation (GQV) to verify that it is an acceptable GQ or
HU address.
The Census Bureau accepted the correction to the address record
originally classified as an HU. The address record was found
during address canvassing and reclassified as a GQ and referred
to Group Quarters Validation (GQV) to verify that it is an
acceptable GQ or HU address. Individual components of the
address and/or block number may vary from your address
submission.
The Census Bureau accepted the correction to the address record
although it was found during address canvassing as an
uninhabitable address.
The Census Bureau did not accept the correction to the address
record because it could not be found during address canvassing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the correction to the address
record because it lacked valid geographic and/or address
information and/or format required for Census Bureau processing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the correction to the address
record because it did not contain a valid MAFID number and could
not be processed as a correction.
The Census Bureau did not accept the correction to the address
record because it was found as a nonresidential address with no
housing units during address canvassing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the correction to the address
record because an exact match of the Census Bureau’s original
address was found during address canvassing.
The delete action was accepted by the Census Bureau and the
address was deleted from the Census address list.
The Census Bureau did not accept the delete action because the
address was found during address canvassing as a residential
address. Individual components of the address and/or block
number may vary from your address submission.
Action Not Accepted:
Address not found
Action Not Accepted:
Missing required address
data
Action Not Accepted:
Original address record
verified
Action Accepted:
Address record deleted
Action Not Accepted:
Address record not
deleted
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Uninhabitable is defined as a living quarters that is open to the elements, condemned, or under construction.
Uninhabitable addresses will remain in the census although those locations were not occupied at the time of the
Address Canvassing Operation.
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Census
Processing
Code
Census Bureau Action
Description
Action Not Accepted:
Missing required address
data
Action Not Accepted:
Missing/Invalid MAFID
The Census Bureau did not accept the delete action because the
address record lacked valid geographic and/or address information
and/or format required for Census Bureau processing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the delete action because the
address record did not contain a valid MAFID.
The Census Bureau did not accept the delete action because the
address was found during address canvassing as a nonresidential
address and will be retained in the MAF. Therefore, the address will
not be mailed to.
The Census Bureau did not accept the delete action because the
address was found during address canvassing and was classified
as a GQ and referred to Group Quarters Validation (GQV) to verify
that it is an acceptable GQ or HU address.
The Census Bureau did not accept the delete action because the
address was found to exist during address canvassing and
classified as an uninhabitable address.
The Census Bureau accepted the out of jurisdiction action because
the address was not found in your jurisdiction during address
canvassing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the out of jurisdiction action
because the address was found inside your jurisdiction during
address canvassing as a residential address. Individual
components of the address and/or block number may vary from
your address submission.
The Census Bureau did not accept the out of jurisdiction action
because the address record lacks valid geographic and/or address
information and/or format required for Census Bureau processing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the out of jurisdiction action
because the address record does not contain a valid MAFID number
and cannot be processed.
The Census Bureau did not accept the out of jurisdiction action
because the address was found during address canvassing in your
jurisdiction as a nonresidential address with no housing units.
The Census Bureau did not accept the out of jurisdiction action
because the address was found inside your jurisdiction and
classified as a GQ and referred to Group Quarters Validation (GQV)
to verify that it is an acceptable GQ or HU address.
The Census Bureau did not accept the out of jurisdiction action
because the address was found inside your jurisdiction and was
classified as an uninhabitable address during address canvassing.
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D3
25
D4
26
D5
Action Not Accepted:
Nonresidential address
27
D6
Action Not Accepted:
Address classified as a
GQ/OLQ
28
D7
Action Not Accepted:
Uninhabitable 6 address
29
J1
Action Accepted:
Address record out of
jurisdiction
30
J2
Action Not Accepted:
Address record within
jurisdiction
31
J3
Action Not Accepted:
Missing required address
data
32
J4
Action Not Accepted:
Missing/Invalid MAFID
33
J5
Action Not Accepted:
Nonresidential address
34
J6
Action Not Accepted:
Address classified as a
GQ/OLQ
35
J7
Action Not Accepted:
Uninhabitable address
6
Uninhabitable is defined as a living quarters that is open to the elements, condemned, or under
construction. Uninhabitable addresses will remain in the census although those locations were not
occupied at the time of the Address Canvassing Operation.
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Census
Processing
Code
Census Bureau Action
36
N1
Action Accepted:
Nonresidential address
record
37
N2
Action Not Accepted:
Address not found
38
N3
Action Not Accepted:
Residential address
record
39
N4
Action Not Accepted:
Missing required address
data
40
N5
Action Not Accepted:
Missing/Invalid MAFID
41
N6
Action Not Accepted:
Address classified as a
GQ/OLQ
42
N7
Action Not Accepted:
Uninhabitable 7
residential address
43
R1
Action Not Accepted:
Blank or erroneous code
44
R2
Action Not Accepted:
Noncity-style address
45
X1
Census Bureau Action:
Address deleted by the
Census Bureau
Description
The Census Bureau accepted the nonresidential address action
because the address was found during address canvassing as a
nonresidential address.
The Census Bureau did not accept the nonresidential address
action because the address was not found during address
canvassing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the nonresidential address
action because the address was found during address canvassing
as a residential address. Individual components of the address
and/or block number may vary from your submission.
The Census Bureau did not accept the nonresidential address
action because the address record lacked the valid geographic
and/or address information and/or format required for Census
Bureau processing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the nonresidential address
action because the address record did not contain a valid MAFID
number and could not be processed as a nonresidential address.
The Census Bureau did not accept the nonresidential address
action because the address was found inside your jurisdiction as a
residential address although it varied from the original address
record. The address record was classified as a GQ during
address canvassing and referred to Group Quarters Validation
(GQV) to verify that it is an acceptable GQ or HU address.
The Census Bureau did not accept the nonresidential address
action because the address was found inside your jurisdiction and
was classified as an uninhabitable residential address during
address canvassing.
The Census Bureau did not accept the address record because
the Action Code submitted for the address record was blank or did
not contain a value equal to “A,” “C,” “D,” “J,” or “N”.
The Census Bureau did not accept the address record because
the address submitted was a noncity-style address that did not
contain a house number and/or street name.
The address record was deleted by the Census Bureau as a result
of the address canvassing operation.
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Uninhabitable is defined as a living quarters that is open to the elements, condemned, or under
construction. Uninhabitable addresses will remain in the census although those locations were not
occupied at the time of the Address Canvassing Operation.
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3.
Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List
The Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List, Figure 3.6,
contains address counts for those census blocks that you challenged, if
any. The list also includes census blocks where address counts decreased
as a result of Census Bureau operations. The list includes the original
Census address count, the address counts you submitted to the Census
Bureau, and the final Census Bureau count of residential (housing unit and
other living quarters) addresses.
Reading the Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List
The heading area of your Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge
List contains the program name, your entity name and census entity
code or your tribal code and tribal geographic area code, the date the
list was created, and the page number of each sheet of the total number
of sheets.
The list contains two (2) sections with eight (8) fields each and is the
same format for local and tribal governments. The table in Figure 3.5
shows the field names and field descriptions. Refer to Figure 3.6 for a
detailed example.
Figure 3.5: Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List Field Names and
Descriptions
Field Name
1
Census Tract Number
2
Census Block Number
Original Census Count of Housing Unit
Addresses
3
4
Participant Count of Housing Unit Addresses
5
Final Census Count of Housing Unit
Addresses
6
Original Census Count of Other Living
Quarters* Addresses
7
8
Participant Count of Other Living Quarters
Addresses
Final Census Count of Other Living Quarters
Addresses
18
Field Description
Up to a 4-digit number followed by a decimal point and a 2-digit suffix, if
applicable. Includes a period for suffixed tracts. If no suffix, includes
period and 00.
Census 2000 tabulation block number. Up to a 4-digit number (no suffix).
Number of housing addresses originally recorded in the Census Count of
Housing Unit Addresses column for each block on the Address Count List.
The number of housing unit addresses submitted by the participant for that
block.
Number of housing unit addresses currently listed in the MTDB for that
block.
Number of other living quarters addresses originally recorded in the
Census Count of Group Quarters Addresses column for each block on the
Address Count List.
Number of other living quarters addresses submitted by the participant for
that block.
Number of other living quarters currently listed in the MTDB for that block.
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Figure 3.6: Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List, Example
2010 Decennial Census
Local Update of Census Addresses Program
DETAILED FEEDBACK ADDRESS COUNT CHALLENGE LIST
ST/CO: 61/923 Any County, NC
Entity: Any city PL6144444
Date: 06/14/2009
Page: 1 of 1
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The Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List uses parent block
numbers that do not contain a suffix. Refer to the section, Census Block
Number Differences Between Initial LUCA Products and LUCA Feedback
Materials and Figures 2.2 and 2.3 for an explanation of why the Detailed
Feedback Address Count Challenge List uses parent block numbers.
For instance, in the example below, the participant challenged the counts for
census blocks 1234A, 1234B, and 1234E (column C, in italics). They did not
challenge blocks 1234C, 1234D, and 1234F (column C, in parentheses).
Therefore, the Census Bureau infers that the participant agrees with the counts
for those unchallenged blocks. After processing the results of the Address
Canvassing operation, the Final Census Count of Housing Unit Addresses is
calculated for each block (column D).
Figure 3.7: Census Block Differences Between the Initial LUCA Address Count List and the
Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List
Census Block
(A)
1234A
1234B
1234C
1234D
1234E
1234F
Total for block
parent 1234
Original Census Count of
Housing Unit Addresses
(B)
10
10
10
5
0
10
Participant Count of
Housing Unit Addresses
(C)
5
15
(10)
(5)
10
(10)
Final Census Count of
Housing Unit Addresses
(D)
13
10
10
7
10
5
45
55
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Figure 3.8 displays the results for the parent block (all parts of block 1234) on
the Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List. The Participant Count
of Housing Unit Addresses column contains the participant count (30) for the
challenged blocks, plus the inferred counts (25) for the unchallenged blocks.
Figure 3.8: Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List
Census
Tract
Number
Census
Block
Number
Original
Census
Count of
Housing
Unit
Addresses
14.02
14.02
1234
1321
45
20
Participant
Count of
Housing
Unit
Addresses
55
Final
Census
Count of
Housing
Unit
Addresses
Original
Census
Count of
Other
Living
Quarters*
Addresses
Participant
Count of
Other
Living
Quarters
Addresses
Final
Census
Count of
Other
Living
Quarters*
Addresses
Census
Tract
Number
Census
Block
Number
57
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In addition, Figure 3.8 also includes census block 1321 where address counts
decreased as a result of Census Bureau operations. You may wish to review
the Detailed Feedback Address List for census processing code “X1” in
blocks where the address count decreased to ensure that addresses were not
deleted erroneously.
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If no block counts were challenged and/or no blocks decreased in address
counts, the Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List will state
“NO ADDRESS DELETES IN THIS ENTITY” in the first six (6)
columns.
4. Full Address List
The Full Address List, Figure 3.10, contains all of the residential
addresses, including housing units and other living quarters 8, currently
recorded in the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB) for your
jurisdiction, reservation, and/or off-reservation trust land. This address list
is a result of your participation in the 2010 Census LUCA program, the
Census Bureau’s Address Canvassing operation, and address information
provided by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The Census Bureau
visited each census block within your jurisdiction, reservation, and/or offreservation trust land during address canvassing to update the MTDB and
attempt to verify your LUCA submissions.
In order to determine which version of an address to use on the Full
Address List, the Census Bureau defers to:
1. The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Delivery Sequence File (DSF) 9
2. Field findings
For example, the initial mailing address sent to a LUCA participant
contained the street name “PNE ST.” The participant submitted a
correction (C) to the street name as “PINE ST.” Although address
canvassing found the street name as “PINE ST,” the Census Bureau
deferred to the USPS DSF, since the mailing address supplied by the
USPS is “PNE ST,” which is used on the Full Address List.
The Full Address List uses the most recent round of resuffixing for census
blocks. Refer to the section, Census Block Number Differences Between
Initial LUCA Products and LUCA Feedback Materials and Figures 2.2
and 2.3.
Reading the Full Address List
The header area of your address list contains the program name, your
entity name and census entity code or your tribal code and tribal
geographic area code, your sort selection, the date the list was created,
8
During your initial LUCA review, Other Living Quarters (OLQ) were identified as Group Quarters (GQ).
OLQs are a place where people could live or stay that is normally owned or managed by an entity or
organization providing services or care for the residents. The Census Bureau will verify OLQs as GQs
during a separate field operation.
9
A computerized file containing all delivery point address serviced by the U.S Postal Service (USPS). The
USPS updated the DSF continuously as its letter carriers identify addresses for new delivery points or
changes in the status of existing addresses.
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and the page number of each sheet of the total number of sheets. The
address list sort is the same sort selection you chose when you
registered for the LUCA program, either the Census Tract
Number/Block Number/Street Name/House Number sort or the Street
Name/House Number sort. The list contains columns for a census
place code and/or a MCD code applicable to your jurisdiction.
The table in Figure 3.9 describes the data in the various fields on the
Full Address List for local governments. Refer to Figure 3.10 for an
example.
The table in Figure 3.11 describes the data in the various fields on the
Full Address List for tribal governments. Refer to Figure 3.12 for an
example.
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Figure 3.9: Full Address List Field Names and Descriptions for Local Governments
Field
Number
Field Name
1
2
Line #
MAFID
3a
State County Code
3b
Place Code
3c
MCD Code
3d
Census Tract Number
3e
Census Block Number 10
4a
House Number
4b
Street or Road Name
4c
Physical Location Description
or Other Living Quarters*
Name
4d
Apt/Unit #
4e
City-Style Mailing ZIP Code
Noncity-Style Mail Delivery
Address
RR#, HCR#, or PO Box#
Noncity-Style ZIP Code
OLQ*
5a
5b
6
Field Description
Sequential number of the address record.
Unique control number assigned to each address.
5-digit FIPS state and county code for your
jurisdiction.
5-digit FIPS place code for your jurisdiction, if
applicable.
5-digit FIPS MCD code for your jurisdiction, if
applicable.
Up to a 4-digit number followed by a decimal point
and a 2-digit suffix, if applicable. Includes a period
for suffixed tracts. If no suffix, includes period and
zero fill.
Current census block number. A 4-digit number
plus a 1 alpha character suffix, if applicable, used by
the Census Bureau to identify each census block.
Census blocks are numbered uniquely within each
census tract.
Housing unit or other living quarters house number,
which can contain numbers, letters, hyphens, or
other characters.
Including prefix and/or suffix directional as part of
the address of the housing or other living quarters.
Description of living quarters, e.g., 2 STORY
STONE HOUSE/SHTTERS or name of other living
quarters, e.g., BAYSIDE NURSING HOME.
Within structure descriptor or identifier, such as
APT 5 or 1st FL FRNT.
5-digit ZIP Code for city-style mailing addresses.
Rural route and box number, post office box
number, etc.
5-digit ZIP Code for noncity-style mailing address.
Displays a “Y” if the unit is an other living quarters.
* During your initial LUCA review, Other Living Quarters (OLQ) were identified as Group Quarters (GQ).
OLQs are a place where people could live or stay that is normally owned or managed by an entity or
organization providing services or care for the residents. The Census Bureau will verify OLQs as GQs
during a separate field operation.
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Blocks with no known addresses contain “X’s” in columns 2, 4a, 4c, 4d, 4e, 5a, 5b, and 6. Field 4b will
contain the statement “***NO KNOWN ADDRESSES IN THIS BLOCK***”
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Figure 3.10: Full Address List for Local Governments, Example
Fictitious Address Information
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Figure 3.11: Full Address List Field Names and Descriptions for Tribal Governments
Field
Number
Field Name
1
2
3a
Line #
MAFID
State County Code
3b
Place Code
3c
MCD Code
3d
Tribal Sub-Div.
3e
Census Tract Number
3f
Census Block Number 11
4a
House Number
4b
Street or Road Name
4c
Physical Location Description
or Other Living Quarters*
Name
4d
Apt/Unit #
4e
City-Style Mailing ZIP Code
Noncity-Style Mail Delivery
Address(5)
RR#, HCR#, or PO Box#
Noncity-Style ZIP Code
OLQ*
5a
5b
6
Field Description
Sequential number of the address record.
Unique control number assigned to each address.
5-digit FIPS state and county code for your jurisdiction.
5-digit FIPS place code for your jurisdiction, if
applicable.
5-digit FIPS MCD code for your jurisdiction, if
applicable.
The Tribal Subdivision Code is a unique number
assigned by the Census Bureau to a legal subdivision of
a federally-recognized American Indian reservation, offreservation trust land, or Oklahoma tribal statistical area.
Up to a 4-digit number followed by a decimal point and
a 2-digit suffix, if applicable. Includes a period for
suffixed tracts. If no suffix, includes period and zero
fill.
Current census block number. A 4-digit number plus a
1 alpha character suffix, if applicable, used by the
Census Bureau to identify each census block. Census
blocks are numbered uniquely within each census tract.
Housing unit or other living quarters house number,
which can contain numbers, letters, hyphens, or other
characters.
Including prefix and/or suffix directional as part of the
address of the housing or other living quarters.
Description of living quarters, e.g., 2 STORY STONE
HOUSE/SHTTERS or name of other living quarters,
e.g., BAYSIDE NURSING HOME.
Within structure descriptor or identifier, such as APT 5
or 1st FL FRNT.
5-digit ZIP Code for city-style mailing addresses.
Rural route and box number, post office box number,
etc.
5-digit ZIP Code for noncity-style mailing address.
Displays a “Y” if the unit is an other living quarters.
* During your initial LUCA review, Other Living Quarters (OLQ) were identified as Group Quarters (GQ).
OLQs are a place where people could live or stay that is normally owned or managed by an entity or
organization providing services or care for the residents. The Census Bureau will verify OLQs as GQs
during a separate field operation.
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Blocks with no known addresses contain “X’s” in columns 2, 4a, 4c, 4d, 4e, 5a, 5b, and 6. Column 4b
will contain the statement “***NO KNOWN ADDRESSES IN THIS BLOCK***”
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Figure 3.12: Full Address List for Tribal Governments, Example
Fictitious Address Information
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5. Full Address Count List
The Full Address Count List contains the current residential address
counts, including those for housing units and other living quarters, for
each census block within your jurisdiction, reservation, and/or offreservation trust land.
The list contains a census place code and/or a MCD code applicable to
your jurisdiction and is sorted by census tract number, census block
number, MCD code, and place code.
The Full Address Count List uses the most recent round of resuffixing for
census blocks. Refer to the section, Census Block Number Differences
Between Initial LUCA Products and LUCA Feedback Materials and
Figures 2.2 and 2.3.
Reading the Full Address Count List
The heading area of your Full Address Count List contains the
program name, your entity name and census entity code or your tribal
code and tribal geographic area code, the date the list was created, and
the page number of each sheet of the total number of sheets.
The list contains two (2) sections with six (6) fields each. A
“TOTAL” row appears on the last page that contains the total number
of census blocks, the Census Bureau’s total count of housing unit
addresses, and the Census Bureau’s total count of other living quarters
addresses.
Figure 3.13 provides a table that explains the field names. Refer to
Figure 3.14 for an example.
Figure 3.13: Full Address Count List Field Names and Descriptions
Field Name
1
2
Place Code
MCD Code
3
Census Tract Number
4
Census Block Number
5
Final Count of Housing Unit Addresses
6
Final Count of Other Living Quarters
Addresses*
Field Description
5-digit FIPS place code for your jurisdiction, if applicable.
5-digit FIPS MCD code for your jurisdiction, if applicable.
Up to a 4-digit number followed by a decimal point and a
2-digit suffix, if applicable. Includes a period for suffixed
tracts. If no suffix, includes period and zero fill.
Current census block number. A 4-digit number plus a 1
alpha character suffix, if applicable, used by the Census
Bureau to identify each census block. Census blocks are
numbered uniquely within each census tract.
Total number of housing unit addresses currently listed in
the MTDB for that block.
Total number of Other Living Quarters Addresses
currently listed in the MTDB for that block.
* During your initial LUCA review, Other Living Quarters (OLQ) were identified as Group Quarters (GQ).
OLQs are a place where people could live or stay that is normally owned or managed by an entity or
organization providing services or care for the residents. The Census Bureau will verify OLQs as GQs
during a separate field operation.
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Figure 3.14: Full Address Count List, Example
2010 Decennial Census
Local Update of Census Addresses Program
FULL ADDRESS COUNT LIST
ST/CO: 61/923 Any County, NC
Entity: Any city PL6144444
Place
Code
MCD
Code
44444
Date: 06/14/2009
Page: 1 of 1
Census
Tract
Number
Census
Block
Number
111.02
1033A
Final Count
of Housing
Unit
Addresses
10
Final Count
of Other
Living
Quarters*
Addresses
111.02
1033B
2
0
44444
111.02
1033C
5
0
111.02
1040C
7
0
44444
111.02
1041
3
0
44444
111.02
1042
8
0
44444
111.02
1043
8
0
44444
111.02
1044
8
0
44444
111.02
1045A
6
0
33333
44444
111.02
1045B
4
0
44444
111.02
1045C
6
0
44444
111.02
1045D
5
0
44444
111.02
1047
4
0
44444
112.01
1101
6
0
44444
112.01
1102
6
0
44444
112.01
1103
8
0
44444
112.01
1104
4
0
44444
112.01
1105
4
0
44444
112.01
1106
6
0
44444
112.01
1201
8
0
44444
112.01
1202
6
0
112.01
1203
6
0
TOTAL
22
130
0
44444
33333
MCD
Code
Census
Tract
Number
Census
Block
Number
Final Count
of Housing
Unit
Addresses
Final Count
of Other
Living
Quarters*
Addresses
0
44444
44444
Place
Code
Form # D-1735
OMB No. 0607-0795
* Other Living Quarters (OLQ) must be verified by the Census Bureau as a Group Quarters during a future operation
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Reviewing the Feedback Materials
6. Paper Maps or Shapefiles
The paper maps or shapefiles include any feature updates provided by you
or other LUCA participants that the Census Bureau verified during address
canvassing and/or additional updates added by the Census Bureau. The
paper maps and shapefiles are provided for geocoding reference.
Note: You may not submit map or shapefile updates for the 2010 Census
LUCA Feedback phase due to 2010 Census scheduling.
The paper maps or shapefiles use the most recent round of resuffixing for
census blocks. Refer to the section, Census Block Number Differences
Between Initial LUCA Products and LUCA Feedback Materials and
Figures 2.2 and 2.3.
The map legend on the LUCA feedback paper maps is similar to the
legend example described in Attachment E. Refer to the readme file for
shapefile layout.
7. Map Sheet to Block Number Relationship List
The Map Sheet to Block Number Relationship List (for use with paper
maps) shows all the census block numbers for your jurisdiction and the
map sheet(s) on which they are found. This list is sorted by census tract
number and census block number in ascending order. Refer to Figure 3.15
for an example.
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Figure 3.15: Map Sheet to Block Number Relationship List
Form # D-1699
2010 Decennial Census
Local Update of Census Addresses Program
Map Sheet to Block Number Relationship List
ST/CO:
61/923
Listing for: ANY CITY PL6144444
Census
Tract
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
Census
Block #
1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074
1075
1077
1078A
1078B
1079
1080A
1080B
1080C
1080D
1080E
1080F
1080G
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Map# (s)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Date: 06/14/2009
Page: 1 of 1
Census
Tract
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
14.02
15.01
15.01
15.01
Census
Block #
1080H
1080I
1075
1077
1076
1090
1101A
1101B
1101D
1101E
1101F
1101G
1108
1109
1218
1219
1220
1221
1222
2331
2332
2333
Map# (s)
Census
Tract
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1,2
1,2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
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Block #
Map# (s)
Chapter 4
2010 Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)
How to File an Address Appeal
Background
Where to File an Appeal
Deadline for Filing an Appeal
Instructions
Chapter 4 is provided by the 2010 Decennial Census LUCA Appeals Staff, an
independent, temporary federal entity set up by Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to administer the appeals process. This chapter includes step-by-step
instructions for participating governments to file an address appeal. Filing an appeal
is optional and is not a requirement of the LUCA program.
Background
To ensure that LUCA program participants have a means to dispute the
Census Bureau’s determinations regarding their suggestions for the Census
Address List, the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994 requires the
OMB, in consultation with the Census Bureau, to develop an appeals process.
The Federal Register final notice publication date and Federal Register
number for the 2010 Census LUCA appeals process is included in a LUCA
feedback insert. A copy of that notice is included with your feedback
materials for your reference and is available at . To access
the notice, click on Geography then Geographic Programs; click on 2010
Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA).
Where to File an Appeal
Appeals must be filed with the 2010 Decennial Census LUCA Appeals
Staff. Your feedback materials package includes the address of the
Appeals Staff.
Deadline for Filing an Appeal
The deadline for filing an appeal is 30 calendar days after the date you
receive your feedback materials from the Census Bureau. Appeals filed
after the 30-day deadline will be denied by the Appeals Staff as untimely.
Instructions
1. Determine if You are Eligible to File an Appeal
You are eligible to file an appeal if:
•
You returned address additions or corrections to the 2010 Census
Address List after your LUCA review, or
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How to File an Address Appeal
•
You challenged the count of addresses in one or more census blocks
on the Address Count List after your LUCA review, or
•
You certified to the Census Bureau after your LUCA review that the
2010 Census Address List was correct and required no update.
2. Review Your Feedback Materials and Identify Addresses That Are
Eligible for Appeal
You may appeal the following types of addresses:
•
Address additions and corrections you provided to the Census Bureau
after your LUCA review of the 2010 Census Address List that the
Census Bureau was able to process, but ultimately did not accept
because they could not be verified during the Address Canvassing
operation. These addresses are identified on the Detailed Feedback
Address List by Census Processing Codes:
− A8
− A10
− C6
− C9
•
Addresses that the Census Bureau deleted from the 2010 Census
Address List during the Address Canvassing operation that you did not
comment on during your LUCA review.
•
Addresses you believe are still missing from blocks whose address
counts you challenged during your LUCA review, as evidenced by the
revised address counts for those blocks shown on the Detailed
Feedback Address Count Challenge List.
3. Flagging Addresses for Appeal on the Detailed Feedback Address
List
For each eligible address on your Detailed Feedback Address List that you
believe should be reinstated to the 2010 Census Address List, print an ”R”
in the Address Appeal Flag column (column 1) of that record.
Figure 4.1: Flagging an Address for Appeal, Example
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How to File an Address Appeal
Once you have completed your review of the Detailed Feedback Address
List:
• Number the pages that contain one or more appealed addresses in
sequential order in the following manner: “Page # of # pages.”
• Make a legible photocopy of only those pages of the list that contain
an appealed address for submission to the LUCA Appeals Staff.
o All address list copies are confidential Title 13, U.S.C.
information. Keep all copies in a secure location.
4. Adding Addresses (if any) Still Missing from Previously Challenged
Blocks
If you wish to appeal the revised address count for one or more census
blocks whose counts you challenged during your LUCA review (as
evidenced by the revised address counts for those blocks as shown on your
Detailed Feedback Address Count Challenge List), follow the instructions
below for adding addresses on the Appeal Address Add Page. A blank
copy of the Appeal Address Add Page is provided with your feedback
materials and in Attachment C. An example is shown in Figure 4.2.
• Make a sufficient number of photocopies of the blank Appeal Address
Add Page to accommodate the number of addresses to be submitted on
appeal.
• Enter each added record on a separate line of the Appeal Address Add
Page.
• Clearly print the required address information and geographic codes in
the appropriate fields for each added address record. You must
provide the correct census geographic codes—state code, county code,
census tract number (from the map or shapefile), and census block
number (from the map or shapefile)—when adding an address record.
The Census Bureau cannot process an address add without a complete
set of geocodes.
• Number the added addresses sequentially in ascending order, starting
with number 1 for the first added record, by entering a number in the
Line Number column of each address. For example, if you added 25
records, you would enter a “1” in the Line Number column of the first
added record and continue sequentially in ascending order until you
enter “25” in the Line Number field of the last added address.
• Number the Appeal Address Add Pages in sequential order in the
following manner: “Page # of # pages.”
• Make a copy of the completed Appeal Address Add Pages to keep for
your records.
o All address list copies are confidential Title 13, U.S.C.
information. Keep all copies in a secure location.
• Submit the original copy of the completed Appeal Address Add Pages
to the LUCA Appeals Staff with your appeal.
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Figure 4.2: Appeal Address Add Page, Example
2010 Decennial Census
Local Update of Census Addresses Program
APPEAL ADDRESS ADD PAGE
Page: ______1_____ of ____1_______
Date: _______12/25/2009______
Entity Name: _________Any
City_________________________________________________
Census Geography
(2)
Line
#
(1)
State
Code
(2a)
County
Code
(2b)
Census
Tract
Number
(2c)
Entity ID Code: PL6144444_____
Mailing Address
(3)
Census
Block
Number
(2d)
House Number
(3a)
1
61
923
16.01
1101B
2901
2
61
923
16.01
1101B
2903
3
61
923
16.01
3115
1167
4
61
923
16.01
3115
5
61
923
18.01
1201
Street or Road Name or
RR#, HCR#, or PO Box#
(3b)
1169
Physical Location Description
(3c)
Willow St.
Willow St
Willow St
Willow St
RR#2 Cherry Run Rd
White House with Black Shutters, .8 mile from Rt.
301/56 intersection
Fictitious Address Information
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Apt/
Unit#
(3d)
ZIP Code
(3e)
99997
99997
99997
99997
99997
Appeal
Code
(4)
(For
Appeal
Staff
Use
Only)
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How to File an Address Appeal
5. Prepare Supporting Documentation
You must submit written/printed documentary evidence in paper form that
substantiates the existence or correctness of each address you appeal.
Useful types of evidence to support your appeal include:
•
Tax assessment records.
•
Provision of utilities (electricity, gas, sewer, water, telephone, etc.) to
the residence.
•
Documentation of an on-site inspection and/or interview of residents
and/or neighbors.
•
Issuance of a recent occupancy permit for the unit.
•
Provision of other governmental services (driver’s licenses, vehicle
registrations, voter registrations, housing assistance, welfare, etc.) to
residents of the unit.
•
Photography, including aerial photography.
•
Aerial maps printed from an online mapping service.
•
Land use maps.
•
Local 911 emergency lists.
For each address from the Detailed Feedback Address List that you are
appealing, print its Address Appeal Flag and Line Number on the
supporting documentation you submit to show the exact location in the
document where the evidence for that address is located. For example, if
you are submitting property tax records to support your appeals, you are
appealing 400 Elm Street, Anytown, ZIP Code 12345 to be restored to the
Census Address List, and its Address Appeal Flag is “R” and its Line
Number is 275, print “R275” on the tax record next to the address that
supports your appeal.
Only submit documentation specific to the addresses you are appealing,
e.g., one property tax record or one utility record for each appealed
address or only those pages of a list with the records for the appealed
addresses highlighted and annotated.
Also provide information that demonstrates the accuracy of the address
reference sources you provide as supporting evidence, such as the date of
the source, the methods used to update the source, and how you or the
originator use the source.
For more details on acceptable supporting documentation, contact the
Appeals Staff. Information for contacting the Appeals Staff is provided on
a separate handout in your feedback materials package.
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How to File an Address Appeal
6. Organize and Ship Your Appeal Materials to the Appeals Staff
Prepare a cover letter describing your appeal to the Appeals Staff. The
cover letter should outline the basis of your appeal and your position for
why the Appeals Staff should adopt your recommendations.
The cover letter must provide the contact information for the appeal,
including:
•
The name of the governmental jurisdiction filing the appeal
•
The name of the contact person for the appeal, and their:
o mailing address
o telephone number
o fax number (if any)
o electronic mail address (if any).
Package the cover letter, the annotated pages from your Detailed Feedback
Address List, any Appeal Address Add Pages you filled out, the
supporting documentary evidence you are submitting, and any other
related material in the following manner:
•
Double wrap all address materials. Label both sides of the inner
envelope or wrapping with the disclosure notice as shown below and
in Appendix C:
“This Package Contains U.S. Census Bureau Address Information:
DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED BY Title 13 U.S.C.”
•
Do not label the outer envelope with the disclosure notice.
•
Use the FedEx label provided to you with the address for the LUCA
Appeals Staff.
•
If FedEx service is not available, use shipping contractors that provide
tracking services, such as U.S. Postal Service certified or registered
mail, United Parcel Service (UPS), or similar service.
DO NOT MAIL ADDRESS APPEALS TO THE CENSUS BUREAU
REGIONAL CENSUS CENTER.
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Chapter 5
2010 Decennial Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)
Returning or Destroying Census Bureau Title 13, U.S.C. Confidential
Address Materials
Program Conclusion
Returning Census Bureau Confidential Title 13, U.S.C. Address Materials
Destroying Census Bureau Confidential Title 13, U.S.C. Address Materials
Program Conclusion
At the conclusion of the appeals process, you must return to the Census
Bureau or destroy all Title 13, U.S.C. confidential address lists and all copies.
If you choose to destroy Title 13, U.S.C. materials, you must follow the
Census Bureau’s specific guidelines for destroying Title 13 materials as
described below or in the Confidentiality and Security Guidelines.
The designated liaison is required to verify the return or destruction of any
remaining Title 13 materials, both paper and computer-readable (i.e. paper
copies, backup files, etc.) by signing and returning to the Census Bureau the
Return or Destruction of Title 13, U.S.C. Materials form found in Appendix B.
If you return your Title 13 materials to the Census Bureau, this form must be
included. All LUCA program reviewers and anyone with access to Title 13
materials (includes all persons who signed the Confidentiality Agreement
Form) are required to sign and date this form once the appeals process has
concluded. Should any liaison, reviewer, or anyone with access to Title 13
materials leave before the completion of the LUCA program, they are required
to sign out of the program by signing and dating this form. If any liaison or
reviewer leaves and fails to sign and date this form, the current liaison can sign
out on their behalf.
Returning Census Bureau Title 13, U.S.C. Confidential Address Materials
•
Double wrap all Title 13 materials. This includes your original
LUCA address products and all paper copies.
•
Label both sides of the inner envelope or wrapping with the
disclosure notice as shown below and in Appendix C:
“This Package Contains U.S. Census Bureau Address
Information: DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED BY Title 13
U.S.C.”
•
Do not label the outer envelope with the disclosure notice.
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Address Materials
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Returning or Destroying Census Bureau Confidential Title 13, U.S.C. Address Materials
•
Address all envelopes, mailing boxes, mailing tubes, etc. to:
ATTN: GEOGRAPHY (LUCA)
U.S. Census Bureau
Address for your Census Bureau Regional Census Center
(The address for your Census Bureau Regional Census Center is on
the back cover.)
•
If FedEx service is not available, use shipping contractors that
provide tracking services such as U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
certified or registered mail, United Parcel Service (UPS), or similar
service.
•
Keep a record of the tracking number.
Destroying Census Bureau Title 13, U.S.C. Confidential Address Materials
•
Only those individuals who signed the Confidentiality Agreement
Form are permitted to destroy the materials.
•
Never deposit Census Bureau confidential materials in a trash or
recycle container before destruction.
•
Store the materials in a secure area in a container labeled
“document destruction container” until they are destroyed.
•
The destruction process must prevent recognition or reconstruction
of the paper or computer-readable information. Use one of the
following methods to destroy census confidential materials:
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
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Shredding.
Chemical decomposition.
Pulverizing (such as, hammer mills, choppers, etc.).
Burning (only in a facility approved by the Environmental
Protection Agency).
Clear magnetic media (tapes, disks, hard drives) containing
Census Bureau address information before reuse. To clear,
overwrite all Title 13 data a minimum of three times using a
commercial disk utility program or degauss using a commercial
degausser.
Clear diskettes by running a magnetic strip of sufficient length
to reach all areas of the disk over and under each surface a
minimum of three times. If the information cannot be
destroyed as suggested, the disk must be damaged in an
obvious manner to prevent use in any disk drive unit and
discarded.
Destroy CD-ROMs and DVDs using a commercial grade
shredder, suitable for rendering them unusable; or cut them up
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Returning or Destroying Census Bureau Confidential Title 13, U.S.C. Address Materials
with scissors in an obvious manner to prevent use in a drive
unit.
o Note: Hand tearing or burying information in a landfill are
unacceptable methods of disposal.
If you have questions regarding the destruction of Title 13 confidential
address materials, contact your Census Bureau Regional Census Center.
Contact information for your Regional Census Center is on the back cover
of this user guide.
Chapter 5 – Returning or Destroying Census Bureau Confidential Title 13, U.S.C.
Address Materials
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ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A
Confidentiality Agreement Form
Confidentiality Agreement Form
40
Attachment B
Return or Destruction of Title 13, U.S.C. Materials
Return or Destruction of Title 13, U.S.C. Materials
41
Attachment C
Appeals Address Add Page
2010 Decennial Census
Local Update of Census Addresses Program
APPEAL ADDRESS ADD PAGE
Page: _____________ of______________
Date: _____________________________
Entity Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Census Geography
(2)
Line
#
(1)
State
Code
(2a)
County
Code
(2b)
Census
Tract
Number
(2c)
Entity ID Code: ______________________
Mailing Address
(3)
Census
Block
Number
(2d)
House Number
(3a)
Street or Road Name or
RR#, HCR#, or PO Box#
(3b)
Physical Location Description
(3c)
Form D-1739
OMB No. 0607-0795
Apt/
Unit#
(3d)
ZIP Code
(3e)
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Census Bureau
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Appeal Address Add Page
Appeal
Code
(4)
(For
Appeal
Staff Use
Only)
Attachment D
Title 13 Disclosure Notice
Special Notice
This Package Contains
U.S. Census Bureau Address Information
DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED BY
TITLE 13, U.S.C.
Title 13 Disclosure Notice
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Attachment E
The Map Legend
This map legend is provided as an example for reading Census Bureau paper maps and may not be an exact
replication of the 2010 Census LUCA Feedback paper map.
The Map Legend
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The map legend describes the various symbols and colors used on the paper
maps. The legend is divided into three columns:
1. The Symbol Description column includes the type of features,
boundaries, and geography shown on the map.
2. The Symbol column shows the symbols representing the feature in the
symbol description.
3. The Name Style column shows an example of the name of a particular
feature such as a road, waterway, or geographic area displayed on the
map.
Boundaries
The first group of symbols in the legend refers to different boundary types or
geographic area shown on the map. Each type of boundary has a distinct
color or symbol.
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The Map Legend
Transportation
The second group of symbols
represents various types of
transportation features.
Thicker lines identify major
roadways such as interstates
and U.S. highways while
thinner lines represent
secondary roads and city
streets. Also identified are
cul-de-sacs and circles. Jeep
trails, walkways, stairways,
and ferries, represented by
distinctive dashed lines, are
included in this section.
Other Features
The third group of symbols represents
other feature types such as pipelines and
streams and nonvisible boundaries.
Streams and shorelines are blue and
geographic offset and corridors are
speckled red.
The Map Legend
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Landmarks
The last group of symbols
represents various landmarks on
the map such as rivers and lakes,
glaciers, airports, cemeteries,
golf courses, jails, military
installations, parks, and
mountain peaks. The area
outside of the subject area is
speckled gray.
Footnotes and Notes
The footnote and notes section of the legend provide additional information
and details on geographic relationships, boundaries, and symbols
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The Map Legend
Attachment F
Physical Location Description and Street Type Abbreviation Examples
Full Name
Alternate Route
Avenue
Blue
Boulevard
Brown
Boarded Up
Circle
County Highway
County Road
Court
Drive
East
Four-Wheel Drive Trail
Freeway
Green
General Delivery
Hospital
Highway Contract Route
House
Interstate
Intersection
Lane
North
Parkway
Post Office Box
Road
Route
Rural Route
South
Star Route
State Highway
State Road
State Route
Street
Thoroughfare
Township Highway
Township Road
West
White
Yellow
With
Abbreviations
ALT
AVE
BL
BLVD
BRN
BU
CIR
CO Hwy
CO Rd
CT
DR
E
4WD
FWY
GR
GEN DEL
HOSP
HCR
HSE
I
INT
LN
N
PKWY
PO BOX
RD
RTE
RR
S
ST RT
ST HWY
ST RD
ST RTE
ST
THFR
TWP HY
TWP RD
W
WHT
YLW
W/
Physical Location Description and Street Type Abbreviation Example
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Attachment G
Unit Designation Abbreviation Examples
Name
Apartment
Basement
Bottom
Downstairs
Floor
Front
Interior
Level
Lower
Middle
Mobile Home
Number
Penthouse
Room
Right
Space
Studio
Suite
Suites
Trailer
Upper
Upstairs
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Abbreviation
APT
BSMT
BOTM
DOWN
FLR
FRNT
INTE
LVL
LOWR
MIDL
MH
#
PH
RM
RGHT
SP
STUD
STE
STES
TRLR
UPPR
UPS
Unit Designation Abbreviation Examples
Glossary
American Indian area – A Census Bureau term that refers to any or all of the following
entities: American Indian reservation, American Indian off-reservation trust land,
Oklahoma tribal statistical area, joint use area, American Indian tribal subdivision, tribal
designated statistical area, and state designated American Indian statistical area.
American Indian off-reservation trust land – The United States holds title for specific
areas in trust for the benefit of federally recognized American Indian tribes (tribal trust
land) or for individual American Indians (individual trust land). Although trust land may
be located on or off a reservation, the Census Bureau recognizes and tabulates data only
for off-reservation trust land. Census data always associate off-reservation trust land
with a specific federally recognized reservation or tribal government.
American Indian reservation – A federal American Indian reservation is an area that
has been set aside by the United States for the use of one or more federally recognized
American Indian Tribes. It covers territory over which a tribe(s) has primary
governmental authority. Its boundary is defined by tribal treaty, agreement, executive or
secretarial order, federal statute, or judicial determination. A state American Indian
reservation is an area that a state government has allocated to a tribe recognized by that
state, but not by the federal government.
Census Bureau Address List – A nationwide list of all housing unit and group quarter
addresses known to the Census Bureau. In addition to the mailing address and ZIP Code,
the address list may identify the location of each housing unit and group quarters.
Census block – A geographic area bounded by visible features, such as streets, roads,
streams, and railroad tracks, and invisible features, such as the boundaries of
governmental units and other legal entities. A census block is the smallest area for which
the Census Bureau collects and tabulates statistical information. Census blocks are
numbered within census tracts and are unique to the census tract to which they belong.
Census block number – Census block numbers may contain a 4-digit number plus a 1digit alpha character, if applicable, e.g. 3001A. Suffixes, such as 2011A and 2011B,
reflect boundary changes as well as added features. See tabulation block.
Census tract – A small, relatively permanent statistical division of a county or
statistically equivalent entity, delineated for the purpose of presenting Census Bureau
statistical data. Census tracts never cross the boundary of a county or statistically
equivalent entity, but may split other geographic entities; e.g., minor civil divisions and
places.
Census tract number – Unique numbers to identify census tracts within a county or
statistically equivalent entity. Census tract numbers contain up to a 4-digit number
followed by a decimal point and a 2-digit number for suffixed tracts, e.g., 1234.01. For
census tracts without a suffix, the number will contain a period with zero fill, e.g.,
4567.00. Leading zeros are not shown on Census Bureau maps.
City-style address – An address that consists of a house number and street name; for
example, 201 Oak Street. The address may or may not be used for the delivery of mail
and may include apartment number/designations or similar identifiers.
Glossary
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Confidentiality – The guarantee made by law (Title 13, United States Code) to
individuals who provide information about themselves or their business to the Census
Bureau. This item refers to the Census Bureau’s promise of nondisclosure of that
information to others.
Feature – Any part of the landscape, whether natural (a stream or ridge) or artificial (a
road or power line). In a geographic context, features are any part of the landscape
portrayed on a map, including nonvisible boundaries of legal entities, such as city limits
or county lines.
Geocodes – Codes that place an individual address in its correct geographic location,
which includes the correct state, county, census tract, and census block codes.
Group quarters (GQ) – A place where people live or stay, in a group living
arrangement, that is owned or managed by an entity or organization providing housing
and/or services for the residents. This is not a typical household-type living arrangement.
These services may include custodial or medical care as well as other types of assistance,
and residency is commonly restricted to those receiving these services. People living in
group quarters are usually not related to each other.
Housing unit (HU) – A single-family house, townhouse, mobile home, trailer,
apartment, group of rooms, or a single room occupied as a separate living quarters or, if
vacant, intended for occupancy as a separate living quarters. A separate living quarters is
one in which one or more occupants (or intended occupants, if vacant) live separate from
any other individual(s) in the building and have direct access to the living quarters
without going through another living quarters, such as from outside the building or
through a common hall.
Legal boundary – The legally defined boundary of a governmental unit, usually
referring to a county, minor civil division, or incorporated place. The legal boundary
identifies the area within a tribal government’s jurisdiction, and thus bounds the area of
LUCA responsibility.
Master Address File (MAF) – A nationwide database of all addresses to support many
of the Census Bureau’s operations. Besides containing mailing addresses and ZIP Codes,
a MAF record also contains geographic information about the location of addresses.
Now a part of the MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB).
Noncity-style address – An address that does not have a house number and/or street
name or may not include a complete house number and street name address. This
includes rural route and box number addresses and highway contract route addresses,
etc., which may include a box number, post office boxes and drawers, and general
delivery.
Other living quarters (OLQ) – For the 2010 Decennial Census LUCA Feedback
program, an other living quarters (OLQ) is defined as a place where people could live or
stay that is normally owned or managed by an entity or organization providing services or
care for the residents. The Census Bureau will verify OLQs as Group Quarters (GQ)
during a separate field operation.
Place – A concentration of population either legally bound as an incorporated place or
identified by the Census Bureau as a census designated place.
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Minor civil division (MCD) – A type of governmental unit that is the primary
governmental or administrative division of a county or statistically equivalent entity in 28
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas. MCDs are
represented by several types of legal entities, such as townships, towns (in eight states),
and districts.
Shapefile – Spatial and attribute file used to represent geographic features such as streets
and boundaries. Shapefiles can represent point, line, or area features and require GIS or
mapping software.
Surviving MAFID – Because MAF addresses are constantly updated and changed as a
result of various census operations, (i.e., LUCA, Address Canvassing, etc.) it is possible
for two or more addresses associated with different MAFIDs to match to each other. In
instances where multiple MAFIDs actually represent the same single address, one
MAFID is assigned to the address for future census operations. This MAFID is called the
Surviving MAFID. Any previously used MAFIDs that share this address remain in the
MAF and are linked (retired) to this Surviving MAFID.
Tabulation block – The smallest area for which the Census Bureau provides decennial
census data. A tabulation block cannot be split by the boundary of any legal or statistical
entity recognized by the Census Bureau for data presentation.
Title 13, U.S.C. – Provides for the confidential treatment of census-related information,
including individual addresses and map structure points. Title 13 requires that all
liaisons, reviewers, and anyone with access to Title 13 abide by the Confidentiality and
Security Guidelines. Title 13 also requires that the Census Bureau maintain the
confidentiality for all of the information that it collects.
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER®) – A
computer database that contains a digital representation of all map features (streets, roads,
rivers, railroads, lakes, and so forth) required to support Census Bureau operations, the
related attributes for each, and the geographic identification codes for all entities used by
the Census Bureau to tabulate data for the United States, Puerto Rico, and Island Areas.
Now a part of the MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB).
Uninhabitable – The living quarters cannot be lived in. It is open to the elements, or is
burned out and there is no evidence of reconstruction or habitation. Uninhabitable
addresses will remain in the census although those locations were not occupied at the
time of Address Canvassing.
U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Delivery Sequence File (DSF) – A computerized file
containing all delivery point address serviced by the U.S Postal Service (USPS). The
USPS updated the DSF continuously as its letter carriers identify addresses for new
delivery points or changes in the status of existing addresses.
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Census Bureau Regional Census Centers
Call toll free at 1-866-511-LUCA (5822)
| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal Local |
| Author | Bureau Of The Census |
| File Modified | 2009-08-26 |
| File Created | 2009-08-26 |