While much of the Census Bureau?s efforts are focused on production of the first of the 2020 Census data products – the data used to apportion seats in the U.S. House of Representatives – work continues on the first set of 2020 Census data products that will be protected using the TopDown Algorithm (TDA) central to the Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS).
Our current schedule points to April 30, 2021, for release of the apportionment counts. We will announce the release schedule for the first DAS-protected product?the redistricting (P.L. 94-171) data?once planning for this product is complete. Read more.
