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FW: crowding (AHS vs Decennial vs ACS)

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I'm forwarding the message below, sent to me by Erin Riches of the California Budget Project. If you have any thoughts on this issue, please reply to the list (ahs@huduser.gov) so that we can all see it. Notice that if you just hit "reply," your answer will go to me alone.

I am not including the attachment, to save disk space and bandwidth for those who aren't interested. I'm sure Erin would be happy to send it anyone who wants to see it.

Forwarded Message:

"Erin Riches" <eriches@cbp.org>

01/29/2004 03:15 PM

Hi Dav-

This may be a question for the listserv...a reporter pointed out this week that the 2000 Census data for at least some CA metro areas shows much higher rates of overcrowding than the 2002 AHS data, which I included in my housing report that was released yesterday. An example of the differences for San Diego is attached. Any thoughts? I know that the ACS data generally came out higher, but ACS does individuals rather than households like AHS, so that made some sense. Not sure why 2000 Census would be so different? Hard to believe that overcrowding has gone down that much in two years...

-Erin Riches
California Budget Project

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Dav Vandenbroucke
Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
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