FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2002


Mark Tolbert III                                       CB02-CR.22
Public Information Office
(301) 763-3691/457-3620 (fax) 
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e-mail: <2000usa@census.gov>                           Press Kit                        

                **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
                                
        Census Bureau Director to Unveil National Survey's 
                    Findings for New England
                                
   Home Values, Income, Commute Times, Education and Child Poverty

What:  Census Bureau Director C. Louis Kincannon will brief reporters on
       the new 2001 Supplementary Survey data for the United States, 
       Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The 
       data include changes between 2000 and 2001 in home values, income, 
       travel time to work, education and child poverty. The survey is a 
       forerunner of the nationwide American Community Survey, which will 
       replace the census long form by 2010. Community leaders can use 
       these data to plan and evaluate public programs such as new roads, 
       public transportation, housing and day care centers. 

When:  Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at 12:00 p.m. EST

Who:   C. Louis Kincannon, director of the U.S. Census Bureau
       William Francis Galvin, the secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
       Arthur G. Dukakis, regional director, Boston Regional Office, U.S. Census Bureau
     
Where: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Beacon Hill State House
       Beacon Street
       Secretary of State Conference Room #116
       Boston, Massachusetts

  For more information about this event, contact the Census Bureau's
Public Information Office, Decennial Media Relations Section, on (301) 763-3691.