Count Question Resolution (CQR)
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Basic Facts
- Scope: The CQR Program is a planned
administrative review program that will handle external
challenges to particular official Census 2000 counts of
housing units and group quarters population received from
state, local or tribal officials of governmental entities or
their designated representatives in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
The CQR program is not intended to create a mechanism or
process to challenge the March 6, 2001, decision of the
Secretary of Commerce to release unadjusted Census 2000
redistricting data. No changes will be made to the
apportionment or redistricting counts as a result of this
program.
- Duration: 6/30/01 - 9/30/03
- Corrections Issued:
- Boundaries - revise inaccurate boundaries to reflect
those in effect January 1, 2000
- Geocoding - place erroneously-located living quarters
and associated population within correct boundaries/census
blocks
- Coverage - add or remove specific living quarters
and persons residing therein that were identified during
the Census 2000 process but erroneously included or
excluded due to processing errors. Addresses for living
quarters that were not found to be erroneously excluded
due to processing errors will be added to the Census
address list for use in future statistical programs of
the Census Bureau.
Supporting Evidence Required
- Specify whether the challenge disputes the location of a
governmental unit boundary or the number of housing units
and/or group quarters population and
- For boundary disputes, submit Census 2000 maps
or other maps showing Census 2000 tabulation block numbers
and boundaries legally in effect as of January 1, 2000.
Indicate on the map the location of the correct boundary
and the portion of the boundary that the Census Bureau
depicted incorrectly. These maps must identify the state,
county, census tract, and block(s) involved in the question
and include a list of affected addresses indicating their
location in relation to the boundary requiring correction.
- For geocoding errors, identify the specific
Census 2000 state, county, census tract and tabulation
block(s) being contested and include a list of the addresses
for all housing units and/or group quarters in the contested
block(s) on April 1, 2000. Summary File 1 can be used to
check the tabulation block housing unit counts and to
infer whether housing units and/or group quarters were
enumerated at the correct location.
- For housing unit challenges, identify the
specific Census 2000 state, county, census tract, and
tabulation block(s) being contested and include a list of
residential addresses that existed as viable living
quarters in each contested block(s) on April 1, 2000.
Summary File 1 (SF1) can be used to obtain tabulation
block housing unit counts.
- For group quarters challenges, provide a
complete address list for all group quarters units that
should be included in each contested block(s) (include
state, county, and census tract); the name(s) of the group
quarters; and the name, address, and telephone number for
the administrative office of each group quarters facility
as of April 1, 2000. Group quarters are institutional
(e.g., mental hospitals, hospices, prisons, etc.) and
noninstitutional (e.g., college dormitories, military
barracks, group homes, shelters, etc.). Summary File 1
(SF1) can be used to obtain tabulation block group
quarters population counts.
Additional Information
- State, local governmental/tribal officials should
contact:
U.S. Census Bureau, Room 2002-2
Decennial Management Division
Count Question Resolution
4700 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7100
Washington, DC 20233-7100
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