Table 2-4. Entities Needed by Federal Agencies Using Housing Data
Department of Agriculture | State or Nation | |
BNA | ||
Department of Commerce | County | |
Census Tract/BNA | ||
Census Block | ||
Department of Energy | State or Nation | |
County | ||
Census Tract/BNA | ||
Block Group | ||
Department of Health and Human Services | County | |
Census Tract/BNA | ||
Department of Housing and Urban Development | State or Nation | |
County | ||
Place (with or without MCDs) | ||
Census Tract/BNA | ||
Block Group | ||
Department of Justice | Block Group | |
Department of Transportation | Traffic Analysis Zone | |
Environmental Protection Agency | County | |
Block Group |
Source: Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census “Federal Agency 2000 Census Content Requirements—Summary of Submissions to OMB,” (draft), September 2, 1993.
In addition to meeting with Federal agencies, the Census Bureau undertook numerous programs and activities with State agencies and selected tribal, local, and regional officials. These efforts were designed to encourage public awareness of the 1990 census, to build wide public support, to seek participation in the preparatory definitional process, to ensure the maximum return of correctly filled out questionnaires, and to determine the geographic levels for which the officials needed decennial census data to accomplish their decision-making, regulatory, and legislative mandates. As part of this outreach effort, the Census Bureau made a number of efforts to improve or revise the geographic structure for the decennial census. The Geographic