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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - The Indiana census data is in
The Gary Post Tribune reported this morning:
Indiana has received its census numbers, according to a release from the U.S. Census Bureau.Hmm, "two weeks to put the information into their computers." More likely, two minutes, IMHO.The numbers were sent to Gov. Mitch Daniels and the leaders in the Indiana General Assembly.
Data is usually then released to the public within 24 hours of the first information given. * * *
State Sen. Sue Landske, R-Cedar Lake, has said it will take about two weeks to put the information into their computers. Both the Indiana House and Senate will then have committees start to look at it to form proposed redistricting maps. They’ll both create bills that will act as any other bill. The deadline for completed redistricting is April 29.
The data for Indiana isn't up yet, but it will be available here, perhaps yet today, via a large zip file, that you can import into your own program.
This file, that you can read right now, tells how to load the data into an Access database. This "read me" file describes using the FTPs, which will "provides quick access for data users such as State Data Centers and news media who need to begin their analysis immediately upon data release." Others may choose to use American Fact Finder.
See also this Feb. 8, 2011 story by Maureen Hayden of CNHI, headed "Indiana may get head start on political mapmaking."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 10, 2011 01:32 PM
Posted to Indiana Government