U.S. Census Bureau

Census 2000
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs

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  1. Federal Register Notice on American Indian and Alaska Native Areas - June 2000

  2. Alaska Native Regional Corporation Program

  3. Alaska Native Village Statistical Area Program

  4. Block Definition Project

  5. Participant Statistical Areas (census tracts, block groups, census county divisions, census designated places[CDP]

  6. State Designated American Indian Statistical Area Program

  7. State Reservation Program

  8. Tribal Designated Statistical Area Program

  9. Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area Program

  10. Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) Program

Alaska Native Regional Corporation Program

This program provides the 12 nonprofit Alaska National Regional Corporation representatives the oppurtunity to review and update the census boundaries of the Alaska Native Regional Corporations. The Census Bureau is not making any changes to this program for Census 2000. We will tabulate data for these areas.

Alaska Native Village Statistical Area Program

This program provides the nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporation representatives the opportunity to delineate, review, and update the Alaska Native Village Statistical Area boundaries. The Census Bureau is not making any changes to this program for Census 2000. We will tabulate data for these areas.

Block Definition project

In the Block Definition project, the tribes have the opportunity to identify features they want the Census Bureau to hold as Census 2000 block boundaries. The resulting block definitions should represent smaller units of geography that better represent the American Indian communities and thus support their data needs from Census 2000. We did not modify this program for Census 2000.

Participant Statistical Areas (census tracts, block groups, census county divisions, census designated places [CDP]

Tribes can define the aforementioned statistical areas if the 1990 population of the American Indian reservation and trust lands meets the population threshholds listed below.

The Census Bureau is making one major change to the CDP program for Census 2000 by eliminating the population threshold for CDPs. One result of this change is additional American Indian communities or settlements may qualify as CDPs. In the 1990 Census, the CDP population threshold for American Indian Reservations was 250 people.
Get information on the Participant Statistical Area Programs here.

State Designated American Indian Statistical Area Program

The Census Bureau will offer this program to the states for state-recognized American Indian tribes without a land base. A state government liason can review and update the boundaries for these geographic areas. The Census Bureau will provide data for this area. This is a new program for Census 2000.

State Reservation Program

The purpose of this program is to provide data to tribes where the state recognizes a land base for a tribe but the tribe is not Federally recognized. A state government liaison can review and update the boundaries for these geographic areas.

Tribal Designated Statistical Area Program

This program provides all Federally recognized American Indian tribes outside the state of Oklahoma without a land base, the oppurtunity to delineate an identifiable land area as a Tribal Designated Statistical Area (TDSA). The Census Bureau made one major change to this program for Census 2000. For the 1990 Census, both Federally recognized American Indian tribes and state-recognized American Indian tribes delineated a TDSA. For Census 2000, this program will be open only to Federally recognized American Indian tribes. We will offer the State Designated American Indian Statistical Area program to the states for the state-recognized tribes.

Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area Program

This program information is currently being updated.

Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) Program

This is the first program offered in the decennial cycle. The tribes can provide boundary and feature updates to the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau made one major modification to this program for Census 2000. The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Indian Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 1995 that allows the tribes to submit their boundary changes directly to the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau only will accept boundary changes from the tribes for American Indian reservations and trust lands.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Geography Division
Last Revised: Thursday, 30-Sep-2004 14:09:34 EDT
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