Here is info on an upcoming presentation by the Center for Rural Studies:
The Center for Research on Vermont is pleased to begin its Fall 2009
series of events on Thursday, September 24, 2009, with
Research-in-Progress Seminar #222, "Counting Vermont in the Twenty-first
Century: The 2010 Census and Changes to Data on Our State and
Communities,” by Frederick Schmidt, Emeritus, Community Development &
Applied Economics, University of Vermont, and William “Chip” Sawyer,
Center for Rural Studies.
The free, public event begins at 7:30 p.m., in Memorial Lounge on the
main floor of the Waterman Building at the University of Vermont.
Additional details follow below; an announcement in .pdf format is attached.
For more information, please contact the Center for Research on Vermont
at 802-656-4389 or <[log in to unmask]> or visit the Center's Web site at
<www.uvm.edu/~crvt>.
Finally, we appreciate your help in publicizing our programs by
forwarding this message to interested friends and colleagues.
Sincerely,
Kristin Peterson-Ishaq
Coordinator, Center for Research on Vermont
and Vermont Studies Program
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The Center for Research on Vermont
Research-in-Progress Seminar #222
“Counting Vermont in the Twenty-first Century:
The 2010 Census and Changes to Data on Our State and Communities”
By Frederick Schmidt, Emeritus, Community Development & Applied
Economics, University of Vermont
and William “Chip” Sawyer, Center for Rural Studies
Thursday, September 24, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building
University of Vermont
In April 2010, every person and housing unit in Vermont will be counted
by the United States Census Bureau. The decennial census, America’s
largest non-military mobilization of workers, has been a part of our
history since 1790. Every decade Vermonters have eagerly awaited the
updated counts of people and housing units in our state, counties, and
local communities. However, this decade will be a little different. For
the 2010 Census, government workers will fan out across the nation to
perform basic headcounts, and then that will be all. No longer will our
ten-year census provide data on income, employment, poverty, education,
migration, ancestry, disability, language, transportation, and the cost
and condition of housing. Vermonters and all Americans will now get
these valuable data points from a new source: the American Community Survey.
Beginning in 2010, we will have access to American Community Survey data
on our state, counties, and communities in annual releases. This new
arrangement will take some getting used to: the data for our towns and
villages will be released in rolling five-year averages. Every data
point will be accompanied by a margin of error. The rules of what type
of resident can fill out the survey have also changed.
What do these changes mean, and why were they made? What data can we
expect from the 2010 Census, and for what information will we now have
to turn elsewhere? This presentation will discuss the many changes that
we can expect from the data on our state and its communities from the
new American Community Survey. The presenters will also discuss areas
that have not changed as well as the preparations being made for the
twenty-second U.S. Census.
Fred Schmidt, Emeritus Co-Director of the Center for Rural Studies has
been involved with every decennial census since 1960. Despite
modification of the 2010 Census, it remains a critical document
reflecting changes in Vermont’s 246 cities and towns. The CRS has
archived this community data back to the initial data collection efforts in the 1790s. Fred has worked with
local planners, transportation agencies, state government and elected
officials to better understand Vermont’s demographics.
William “Chip” Sawyer of St. Albans, Vt., is a
Senior Outreach Professional at the Center for Rural Studies where he
specializes in community development and planning and provides support
and technical assistance for local decision-makers and entrepreneurs in
Vermont. As Manager of the Vermont State Data Center, Sawyer acts as a
liaison between the U.S. Census Bureau and data users in Vermont.
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Kristin Peterson-Ishaq
Coordinator, Center for Research on Vermont
and Vermont Studies Program
University of Vermont
589 Main Street, Nolin House
Burlington, VT 05401-3439
Email: <[log in to unmask]>; Telephone: 802-656-8363
Web site: <www.uvm.edu/~crvt>