State Data Center Events

The Oregon 2024 Census Data Users Conference will take place remotely over two days on Thursday, October 24 and on November 12th 

Format: Remote (MS Teams links provided upon registration)

OREGON & WASHINGTON STATE DATA CENTERS


Day 1: October 24th, 2024

 

9:15am-9:30am                      Welcome and Introductions

Erica Gardner, Washington State Office of Financial Management

Ethan Sharygin, Portland State University

Brian Berman, Data Dissemination Specialist, US Census Bureau

 

9:30am – 10:15am                Census Data for Emergency Preparedness and Response

Earlene K.P. Dowell, Program Analyst, Economic Management Division, US Census Bureau

Nidaal Jubran, Program Analyst, Economic Management Division, US Census Bureau

                                                 Census Data for Emergency Preparedness and Response Slides for Viewing 

                                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYWlk-rAxjs 

 

10:15am – 11:30am                Community Resilience Estimates Demo/Workshop

Benjamin Gurrentz, Ph.D., Chief, Small Area Modeling and Development, Social, Economic, and Housing                       Statistics Division, US Census Bureau

                                                 Community Resilience Estimates Demo/Workshop Slides for Viewing 

                                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYWlk-rAxjs 

                                               

 

12:30pm – 1:45pm               Road to the 2030 Census for State and Local Partnerships

Colleen Joyce, Assistant Chief, Redistricting & Voting Rights Data Office/ADDC/HQ, U.S. Census Bureau 

Linda Akers-Smith, Government Engagement Branch Geography Division,  U.S. Census Bureau

                                                 Colleen Joyce Slides for Viewing                                      Linda Akers Slides for Viewing

                                                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYWlk-rAxjs 

 

2:00pm                                      ADJOURN

 


Day 2: November 12th, 2024

 

10:00am – 10:45am      Testing and Implementing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Questions in the American Community Survey (ACS)

                                           Jessica Holzberg, Senior Methodologist, Data Collection Quality Initiative, U.S. Census Bureau

                                                 Testing and Implementing SOGI Questions in the ACS Slides for Viewing

                                                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad9WkPyLInE 

 

11:30 am – 1:00 pm       Race and Ethnicity and SPD15 Updates

                                           Nicholas A. Jones, Director/Senior Advisor, Race/Ethnicity Research and Outreach, Population Division

                                           Roberto Ramirez, Assistant Division Chief, Special Population Statistics, Population Division

                                           Matthew Spence, Senior Advisor, Special Population Statistics, Population Division 

                                           Merarys Rios, Chief, Ethnicity and Ancestry Branch, Population Division

                                            Jessica Pena, Acting Chief, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division

                                           Rachel Marks, Branch Chief, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division

                                             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P4P9DlzCfY 

 

 

The Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) measure the social vulnerability of an area in the event of a disaster using restricted microdata and small area estimation methods. Tools, like the CRE for Equity Profiles visualization, helps users understand the social and economic characteristics of areas identified as vulnerable.

OnTheMap for Emergency Management is a public data tool that provides an intuitive web-based interface for accessing U.S. population and workforce statistics, in real time, for areas being affected by natural disasters. The tool allows users to retrieve reports containing detailed workforce, population, and housing characteristics for hurricanes, floods, wildfires, winter storms, and federal disaster declaration areas

Census Business Builder is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.