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2000 Census: Progress Made on Design, but Risks Remain

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 14, 1997
Report No. GGD-97-142
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Summary:

The Census Bureau now plans to conduct the 2000 Census using a combination of mailed questionnaires and followup statistical sampling methods to achieve a more accurate count of the U.S. population than that obtained by the 1990 Census. However, the Bureau and Congress have not agreed on the methodology for conducting the 2000 Census and as of July 1, 1997, the Bureau had yet to share with Congress detailed results of its analysis supporting the use of statistical sampling. As a result, some Members of Congress have expressed concern about the Bureau's plan. With a census dress rehearsal scheduled for 1998, time and resources will be wasted if the Bureau tests a plan that Congress later rejects.

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