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CB01-CN.177

Contact:  Decennial Media Relations
301-457-3691/301-457-3620 (fax)
301-457-1037 (TDD)
e-mail: 2000usa@census.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, AUGUST 6, 2001 (MONDAY)

Census Bureau to Brief Reporters on Census 2000 Supplementary Survey

**CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**

What:
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will hold a technical briefing for the media to discuss and release on an embargoed basis the first results of the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. The 700,000 household survey was conducted simultaneously with last year's census. The survey is designed to test the operational feasibility of collecting long form-type data independently of a decennial census. The initial data cover demographic, economic and housing characteristics for the country, 50 states and the District of Columbia.
When:
Tuesday, July 31, 10:30 a.m. EDT
Who:
Nancy Gordon, associate director for demographic programs Preston J. Waite, associate director for decennial census
Where:
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4830
Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

The embargoed live webcast of the briefing can be accessed at <https://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html>. Viewing the webcast requires RealPlayer™ software, which can be downloaded for free at <http://www.real.com/player/>.

Reporters may attend the briefing in person or participate via the webcast.

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