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Texas State Data Center Programs: Past and Future Perspectives

Explore the retrospective and new directions of Texas State Data Centers. Learn about their roles, responsibilities, challenges, and how they cater to the diverse needs of data users in Texas.

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Texas State Data Center Programs: Past and Future Perspectives

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  1. Texas Data Center Programs: Retrospective and New Directions Texas Economic & Demographic Association September 16, 2010

  2. Texas State Data Center A demographic data, information, and consulting resource center for Texas • Facilitate access to demographic information and analysis • Provide some connection and serve the common and unique demographic related interests and needs of affiliates and other constituents

  3. U.S. Census Bureau Partnership The National State Data Center Program •  Data Centers are a Federal-State cooperative program • State Data Center (SDC) Program – created in 1978 • Business and Industry Data Center (BIDC) Program - added in 1988 • The lead organization in each state is appointed by the Governor • Includes all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the island areas

  4. TxSDC Organization: Local Affiliates

  5. TxSDC Organizational Structure:

  6. Texas SDC/BIDC Organization:

  7. What do Data Centers do? Data Center Responsibilities: Provide assistance to data users in locating, using, and understanding Census Bureau Data •   Respond Promptly to Data User requests •   Maintain an archive of Census reference materials •  Maintain appropriate technology to access and utilize data provided by the Census Bureau and Texas SDC Lead •  Provide copies of data to clients on a cost reimbursable basis •  Provide Annual Report of Data Center Activities for U. S. Census Bureau

  8. BIDC Program: The purpose of the BIDC network is to provide convenient access to statistical data and other sources of usable information by: • Providing basic economic and demographic information to data users • Completing complex analysis as needed • Performing regional economic analysis

  9. SDC/BIDC Lead Agency: The Texas Lead SDC/BIDC Agency will: • Disseminate Texas Census Data • Archive data from previous Census data releases • Coordinate the Texas SDC/BIDC networks • Produce and distribute population estimates and projections • Provide technical assistance, in-depth analysis, and consultation for data

  10. Texas SDC/BIDC User Requests

  11. Texas SDC/BIDC Network: Web Use (Hits)

  12. Texas SDC Website

  13. Identifying the Needs of Texas Data Users Data users have diverse needs - they want: • Data they can manipulate themselves •  Data in tables/maps/charts that are simple to access for their area of interest •  Data analyses: What does this data mean? •  They want to be able to help themselves (find it online in the format that they want)

  14. Updating our resources: Provide online data for Texas data users: • No duplication of Census Bureau data delivery •  Provide static profiles •  User defined data •  More GIS options and support •  Offer most current data in a timely manner • Flexibility for various uses

  15. Challenges to Current and Future Data Use: To serve data users we need to address data use: • Fewer printed sources and greater reliance on internet data distribution • Appropriate use of data • More data available more frequently – less documentation and analysis • Comparability of data over time • Assistance in accessing and using American Community Survey Data

  16. Population Estimates and Projections • Annual estimates of the total populations of counties and places in the state and estimates of county populations by age, sex, and race/ethnicity • Biennial projections of the population of the state and all counties in the state by age, sex and race/ethnicity

  17. Texas State Data Center The University of Texas at San Antonio (210) 458-6536 TXSDC@utsa.edu

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