2020 Census PSAP

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(2-2018)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001

OMB Control No: 0607-1003

FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
DECENNIAL CENSUS PROGRAMS
Dear State Tribal Liaison:

The U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) invites your state to participate in the 2020 Census
Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP). Do not miss your once-per-decade opportunity to
review and update state reservations, state designated tribal statistical areas (SDTSAs), and
census designated places (CDPs) as part of the 2020 Census PSAP.
We strongly encourage your participation in the 2020 Census PSAP for the following reasons:
• The federal government allocates over $675 billion in federal funds annually for
infrastructure, programs, and services based on Census Bureau data.
• Participation ensures that state recognized tribes in your state will gain valuable information
that will aid in making decisions about education, health services, and housing.
• The 2020 Census PSAP is your only opportunity to review and update state reservations,
SDTSAs, and CDPs for your state prior to the 2020 Census.
Action Steps if you have state recognized tribes:
1. Review the enclosed 2020 Census Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) Information
Guide to learn more about PSAP and help your state prepare for participation.
2. Sign-up for the 2020 Census PSAP by filling out the enclosed State Tribal Liaison Contact
Update Form and State Recognized Tribes Update Form. Please return the completed forms in
the enclosed, postage-paid envelope or scan and e-mail the forms to geo.psap@census.gov,
within two weeks of receipt.
You can find statistical data for state recognized tribal areas in the Census Bureau’s My Tribal Area
application at https://www.census.gov/tribal/.
If reports newly recognized state tribes, the Census Bureau will provide you the materials
necessary to participate in the PSAP. If there are no state recognized tribes to report, please return the
State Recognized Tribes Update Form stating NO CHANGE in boxes 1 and 2.

census.gov

Note: Please only provide updates for state recognized tribes in your state. The Census Bureau will
contact all federally recognized American Indian tribes directly to request their participation in PSAP.
The Census Bureau will offer webinar training for the 2020 Census PSAP beginning in February 2019.
Details are available on the PSAP Web site at
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/psap.html.
2020 Census PSAP Schedule
Event

Date

March – May 2018 Contact 2010 Census PSAP participants to inquire about 2020
Census PSAP participation.
July 2018

PSAP invitation materials sent to PSAP participants.

January 2019

PSAP delineation phase begins. Participants have 120 calendar
days to submit updates.

February 2019

PSAP webinar trainings begin.

July 2019

Send PSAP participants communication notifying closeout of
delineation phase.

January 2020

PSAP verification phase begins. Participants have 90 calendar
days to review updates.

If you are not interested in participating in the 2020 Census PSAP, please e-mail or call the
Census Bureau with an explanation. Contact information is provided below.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail: geo.psap@census.gov
Phone: 1–844–788–4921
Web site: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/psap.html
We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,

Albert E. Fontenot, Jr.
Associate Director for
Decennial Cenus Bureau
Enclosures
cc: State Data Center Contact
We estimate that completing this program will take a total of 40 hours on average, from 2018-2020.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to geo.psap@census.gov. This collection has been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight digit OMB approval number that
appears at the upper left of the letter confirms this approval. If this number were not displayed, we
could not conduct this survey. The Census Bureau conducts this program under the legal authority of
the Title 13 U.S. Code, Section 6.
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