Registration is now open for the Tennessee State Data Center’s Fall Webinar Series. We’ve lined up a slate of three events focused on helping you be ready for next year’s 2020 Census data.
All webinars are free, but registration is required.
Event 1
Keeping up with data.census.gov:
A refresher, new features and planned products updates
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
2 PM ET/1 PM CT
KaNin Reese
Chief of Dissemination Outreach, Center for Enterprise Dissemination
U.S. Census Bureau
Join KaNin Reese for this refresher on Census Bureau’s primary data access platform. Whether you have been using data.census.gov or are a newcomer to the site we’ll walk you through accessing statistics and downloading data. We’ll also review new and planned features.
Event 2
Updates on the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program & Local Government Redistricting
Tuesday October 27, 2020
2 PM ET/1 PM CT
James Whitehorne
Chief, Redistricting & Voting Rights Data Office
U.S. Census Bureau
Matthew Hill
Senior Specialist (GIS), Division of Property Assessments
Comptroller of the Treasury
The first 2020 Census data product released next March kicks off a review of political districts to ensure population is roughly equal. James Whitehorne updates us on the soon to be released redistricting data. Matthew Hill with the Comptrollers Office will give a short overview local government redistricting in Tennessee
Event 3
Intro to IPUMS NHGIS:
Geographic U.S. census data, time series & crosswalks
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
2 PM ET/1 PM CT
Jonathan Schroeder
Research Scientist, IPUMS Center for Data Integration
University of Minnesota
GIS professionals across the state will among the first to delve into 2020 Census data, but older statistics are needed to show how communities change over time. Where have population shifts occurred & how has demographic makeup changed? Jonathan Schroeder of IPUMS Center for Data Integration at the University of Minnesota will talk us through it.
Presented in partnership with the Tennessee Geographic Information Council