Freight Planning

11/27/07 - The US Census Bureau has developed a new website for the 2007 US Economic Census, visit it at http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/

11/5/07 - If you have questions about the LUCA program in your county contact your MACOG Census County Contact Person, these contact names and numbers are available by clicking here.

Below are downloadable forms used to register for the Local Update of Census Address (LUCA) Program for the 2010 Census. Fax completed forms to 630-288-9313

1.Where do I send my LUCA Registration Form? And by what time does it have to be sent in?

If you send your registration form in by Nov 19, 2007, you will have the full 120 days to review the material. But you may send in your registration form up until Dec 31, 2007, however it will not guarantee the 120 day period. Fax your registration form to 630-288-9313.

The US Census Bureau Chicago Office can be reached at 1-866-511-5822
The US Census Bureau Washington, DC Office can be reached at 1-866-919-5822

There are several key files on the CD that should be opened first.
    1. readme1.txt (this should initially open in Notepad, but it is unfriendly to read, right click on the text, choose select all, then right click, choose copy, open MS Word,           right click and choose paste, it should now be formatted in an easy to read way)
    2. As many as three PDF user guides for MTPS (LUCA Software), LUCA Userguide, BAS (for boundary and annexation survey), read/review these documents as needed, you may want to print them for easy access also.
    3. *.exe files containing encrypted and zipped Address List and Address Count List information (these are the LUCA address lists), these will be able to be extracted using the methodology described here.

The process used by the census for counting group quarters is different. If an address is identified as group quarters, census takers will visit the address and interview each resident. If there are more than 50 people at an address, census takers will more likely obtain a count through the staff. Census takers will also work with staff to obtain a count if the residents are unable to answer for themselves (if they have Alzheimers, for example). It is important to identify group quarters now.

6. We have several address from other jurisdictions and unsure what jurisdiction they belong in. I would not want that jurisdiction to miss them.
In the action code column mark that address with a "J". You might then want to work with the jurisdiction it is in to make sure they are counting that address.

7. How will the Census Bureau count persons who have a PO Box address?
The Census will attempt to mail out the questionnaires to most households. For those that do not have a house number street name style address, we use the 911 fire numbers to locate the household and do the Census in-person. LUCA is only interested in the mail out / mail back operation. So if they are not covered by LUCA, we will get them in Non Response Follow-up (or another operation) which comes after Mail out / mail back.

If you have any questions about freight planning activities, please call MACOG at (574) 674-8894 or e-mail us at macogdir@macog.com.