Census Bureau Director to Discuss Redistricting Data, Center of Population and 2010 Census Briefs

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Mar 17, 2011, 01:04 ET

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released today by the Census Bureau:

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What:

U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves will brief the media on 2010 Census news, releases and products.  Groves will discuss quality indicators and the completion of all releases of 2010 Census redistricting data, and he will announce the site of the new national mean center of population. The briefing will include the release of the first two 2010 Census briefs — population distribution, and race and ethnicity — and a question-and-answer session.


When:

Thursday, March 24, 2011, 2 to 3 p.m. (EDT)


Who:

Robert M. Groves, director, U.S. Census Bureau

Nicholas A. Jones, chief, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division

Marc J. Perry, chief, Population Distribution Branch, Population Division


Where:

National Press Club, 13th floor

First Amendment Lounge

529 14th Street, NW  

Washington, DC 20045


Members of the media may also participate by telephone.

(Please dial-in early to allow time for the operator to place you in the call.)

Dial-in number:  800-779-8723

Password:  CENSUS

(For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the call.)

Online Press Kit:

Event materials will be posted online shortly after the event begins and can be accessed by clicking on the 2010 Census Operational Press briefing at http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/operational-press-briefing/.

Webcast:

There will be a live webcast of the briefing, accessible at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=76315 at 1 p.m. (EST) on event day.  

Please RSVP by 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, to the Public Information Office at 301-763-3030 or to [email protected].  

For more information about the U.S. Census Bureau, please visit http://www.census.gov and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube (/uscensusbureau).

Contact:

Public Information Office

301-763-3030

e-mail: [email protected]

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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