2000 Census: Significant Increase in Cost Per Housing Unit	 
Compared to 1990 Census (11-DEC-01, GAO-02-31). 		 
								 
The estimated $6.5 billion full-cycle cost of the 2000 decennial 
census is nearly double the $3.3 billion of the 1990 census. When
full-cycle cost is divided by the number of American households, 
the cost per housing unit of the 2000 census was $56 compared to 
$32 per housing unit for the 1990 census. The primary reasons for
the cost increases include the following: (1) in the 1990 census,
field data collection cost was $16 per housing unit, while in the
2000 census it was $32 per housing unit; (2) in the 1990 census, 
technology costs were $5 per housing unit compared to $8 per	 
housing unit for the 2000 census; and (3) the data content and	 
products activity cost $3 per housing unit in 1990, and $5 per	 
housing unit in 2000.						 
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REPORTNUM:   GAO-02-31						        
    ACCNO:   A02541						        
  TITLE:     2000 Census: Significant Increase in Cost Per Housing    
Unit Compared to 1990 Census					 
     DATE:   12/11/2001 
  SUBJECT:   Census						 
	     Cost analysis					 
	     Cost accounting					 
	     Census Bureau Accuracy and Coverage		 
	     Evaluation Program 				 
								 
	     Census Bureau New Construction Program		 
	     Census Bureau Partnership and Marketing		 
	     Program						 
								 
	     Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund			 
	     1990 Decennial Census				 
	     2000 Decennial Census				 

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