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                  **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**

                Census Bureau to Brief Reporters on 
           Local Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Results

What:  The Census Bureau's Kansas City Regional Office will brief media on
       new Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS) data on demographic,
       economic, social and housing characteristics for cities and 
       counties of 250,000 population or more. These data, including those 
       for the Wichita, Kan., Metropolitan Statistical Area, will 
       illustrate characteristics, such as education, language spoken at 
       home, household income, poverty and travel time to work. The 
       700,000-household survey was conducted simultaneously with last 
       year's census and was designed to test the operational feasibility 
       of collecting long form-type data independently of a decennial 
       census.

When:  Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 10:30 a.m. CST

Who:   Henry Palacios, Kansas City regional director
       Charles T. Nelson, assistant division chief, 
       Income and Poverty Branch, U.S. Census Bureau

Where: Woodman Alumni Center
       Arst Room
       4205 E. 21st Street, North
       Wichita, Kan.