2020 Public Use Microdata Areas Program

OMB No. 0607-XXXX; Approval Expires xx/xx/20xx

Subject: 2020 PUMA official launch announcement and download materials instructions

Dear 2020 PUMA Contact:

You are receiving this email because you are a point of contact for the 2020 Public Use Microdata Areas Program (PUMA). With receipt of this email, please take the following actions to begin your work.

Note that all materials created in support of the 2020 PUMA are digital and are available online at
<https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/pumas/2020pumas.html>.

• Download and review the 2020 PUMA Criteria and Guidelines.

• Download and review the 2020 PUMA Participant Guide.

• Download and install the Geographic Update Partnership Software (GUPS).

  • IMPORTANT: You must download and install the version of GUPS specific from the website listed above to participate in the 2020 PUMA. Previously installed GUPS versions are not valid for use in delineation of PUMAs.

For additional information and guidance, refer to both the 2020 PUMA website and the main PUMA website at <https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/pumas.html>.

The Census Bureau will contact you to confirm receipt of this correspondence. Please contact the Census Bureau PUMA team by email at <geo.puma@census.gov> if you have any questions regarding the 2020 PUMA.

We estimate that completing this program will take 40 hours on average. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to geo.puma@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 email 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.