2020 Data Products and Potential Impacts of Differential Privacy

The Census Bureau is rethinking the way it will produce and release the data from 2020 Census. There are concerns that personal information could be discovered given current computing power, other data sources, and Census 2020 results. Currently the Bureau is working to balance data privacy with high quality data products. This presentation will present the basics of the Disclosure Avoidance System including applying differential privacy and its impacts on data quality, what the data user community needs to know, and how to be prepared. The session will focus on 2020 data products with a special emphasis on the redistricting dataset, the release schedule, and how to access the new figures. Presenters: James Whitehorne, U.S. Census Bureau; and Elizabeth Garner, Colorado Department of Local Affairs State Demography Office. Watch this presentation of the 2020 Nebraska Data Users Conference, August 19-20.