[United States Government Manual] [May 31, 1996] [Pages 152-154] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]Bureau of the Census [For the Bureau of the Census statement of organization, see the Federal Register of Sept. 16, 1975, 40 FR 42765] The Bureau of the Census was established as a permanent office by act of March 6, 1902 (32 Stat. 51). The major functions of the Bureau are authorized by the Constitution, which provides that a census of population shall be taken every 10 years, and by laws codified as title 13 of the United States Code. The law also provides that the information collected by the Bureau from individual persons, households, or establishments be kept strictly confidential and be used only for statistical purposes. The principal functions of the Bureau include: --decennial censuses of population and housing; --quinquennial censuses of agriculture, State and local governments, manufacturers, mineral industries, distributive trades, construction industries, and transportation; --current surveys that provide information on many of the subjects covered in the censuses at monthly, quarterly, annual, or other intervals; --compilation of current statistics on U.S. foreign trade, including data on imports, exports, and shipping; --special censuses at the request and expense of States and local government units; --publication of estimates and projections of the population; --publication of current data on population and housing characteristics; and --current reports on manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade, services, construction, imports and exports, State and local government finances and employment, and other subjects. The Bureau makes available statistical results of its censuses, surveys, and other programs to the public through printed reports, computer tape, CD-ROM's, the [[Page 153]] Internet, and other media and prepares special tabulations sponsored and paid for by data users. It also produces statistical compendia, catalogs, guides, and directories that are useful in locating information on specific subjects. Upon request, the Bureau makes searches of decennial census records and furnishes certificates to individuals for use as evidence of age, relationship, or place of birth. A fee is charged for searches. Field Organization--Bureau of the Census ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Address ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGIONAL OFFICES: ATLANTA--Alabama, Florida, Georgia (all counties), South Suite 3200, 101 Marietta St. NW., Atlanta, GA Carolina (counties of Aiken and Edgefield), Tennessee (all 30303-2700 counties except Fayette, Hardeman, Mcnairy, Shelby, and Tipton), and Virginia (counties of Bristol City, Scott, and Washington) BOSTON--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Suite 310, 2 Copley Pl., P.O. Box 9108, Boston, New York (counties of Albany, Allegany, Broome, MA 02117-9108 Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chanango, Clinton, Cortland, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesse, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates), Rhode Island, and Vermont (all counties) CHARLOTTE--District of Columbia, Indiana (counties of Suite 106, 901 Center Park Dr., Charlotte, NC Clark, Floyd, Harrison, and Scott), Kentucky (all counties 28217-2935 except Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Henderson, Pendleton, and Robertson), Maryland (counties of Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince Georges, and St. Mary's), North Carolina (all counties), Ohio (Lawrence County), South Carolina (all counties except Aiken and Edgefield), Virginia (all counties except Bristol City, Scott, and Washington), and West Virginia (counties of Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wayne, and Wyoming) CHICAGO--Illinois (all counties except Clinton, Jersey, Suite 5501, 2255 Enterprise Dr., Westchester, IL Madison, Monroe, and St. Claire), Indiana (all counties 60154-5800 except Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Ohio, and Scott), Iowa (Scott County), and Kentucky (Henderson County) DALLAS--Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Suite 210, 6303 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX Oklahoma (counties of Bryan, Le Flore, McCurtain, and 75235-5269 Sequoyah), Tennessee (counties of Fayette, Hardeman, Mcnairy, Shelby, and Tipton), and Texas DENVER--Arizona, Colorado, Iowa (Pottawattamie County), P.O. Box 272020, 6900 W. Jefferson Ave., Denver, Kansas (all counties except Allen, Atchison, Bourbon, CO 80227-9020 Crawford, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Neosho, Osage, Shawnee, and Wyandotte), Montana (all counties), Nebraska (all counties except Dakota), North Dakota (all counties except Cass), Oklahoma (all counties except Bryan, LeFlore, McCurtain, and Sequoyah), South Dakota, Utah (all counties except Washington), and Wyoming DETROIT--Indiana (county of Dearborn and Ohio), Kentucky P.O. Box 35405, 1395 Brewery Park Blvd., Detroit, (counties of Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, MI 48232-5405 Harrison, Kenton, Pendleton, and Robertson), Michigan, Ohio (all counties except Lawrence), Pennsylvania (Mercer County), and West Virginia (counties of Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, and Ohio) KANSAS CITY--Illinois (counties of Clinton, Jersey, Suite 600, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Ave., Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair), Iowa (all counties except Kansas City, KS 66101-2410 Pottawattamie and Scott), Kansas (counties of Allen, Atchison, Bourbon, Crawford, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Neosho, Osage, Shawnee, and Wyandotte), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska (Dakota County), North Dakota (Cass County), and Wisconsin LOS ANGELES--California (counties of Fresno, Imperial, Suite 300, 15350 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91406- Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, 4224 Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, and Ventura), Hawaii, Nevada (counties of Clark and Nye), and Utah (Washington County) NEW YORK--New Jersey (counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Rm. 37-130, 26 Federal Plz., New York, NY 10278- Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union) and New 0044 York (counties of Bronx, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester) [[Page 154]] PHILADELPHIA--Delaware, Maryland (counties of Allegany, 105 S. 7th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3395 Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Dorchester, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Queen Annes, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, and Worcester), New Jersey (counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, and Warren), Pennsylvania (all counties except Mercer), West Virginia (all counties except Boone, Brooke, Cabell, Hancock, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Ohio, Wayne, and Wyoming) SEATTLE--Alaska, California (counties of Alameda, Alpine, Suite 500, 101 Stewart St., Seattle, WA 98101- Amadore, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del 1098 Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba), Idaho, Nevada (all counties except Clark and Nye), Oregon, and Washington DATA PREPARATION DIVISION 1202 E. 10th St., Jeffersonville, IN 47132 PERSONAL CENSUS SEARCH UNIT P.O. Box 1545, Jeffersonville, IN 47131 HAGERSTOWN COMPUTER-ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING CENTER 319 E. Antietam St., Hagerstown, MD 21740-5789 TUCSON COMPUTER-ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING CENTER Suite 151, 6363 S. Country Club Rd., Tucson, AZ 85706-5906 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information, contact the Public Information Office, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20233. Phone, 301- 457-2794. Fax, 301-457-3670, or 301-457-4439.