Here are two tools to help you answer the question "How did our area respond in Census 2000?"
The Tract Level Planning Database with Census 2000 Data is a database that assembles a range of housing, demographic, and socioeconomic variables that are correlated with mail nonresponse. The Tract Level Planning Database with Census 2000 Data is one of many resource tools to aid the many planning activities leading up to the 2010 Census.
Below are links to the tract-level planning database with Census 2000 data.
It includes the "hard to count scores" by census tract. It does not include the Census 2000 mail return rates (with characteristics).
http://www.census.gov/procur/www/2010communications/library.html
The mail response rates (participation rates) by tract can be found at:
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/rates.html.
NOTE: Data users may need to link both databases. The 2 databases have different geographies. The Planning database is based on tabulation geography. The Mail Response/Participation rates database is based on collection geography.
Please contact your local State Data Center for assistance with Census Bureau data and programs. The data center addresses can be found at:
http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/
