Census - 2030 Decennial Census FY 2022 - FY 2024
Investment ID: 006-000404100
Overview
Program Title
Census - 2030 Decennial Census FY 2022 - FY 2024
Description
Formerly known as Census - 2030 Decennial Census FY 2022 - FY 2026 ---
The U.S. census counts each resident of the country, where they live on April 1, every ten years ending in zero. The Constitution mandates the enumeration to determine how to apportion the House of Representatives among the states. This investment covers the Design Selection Phase (FYs 2022 - 2024) for the 2030 Census. The 2030 Census strategic goals are consistent with prior decennial census goals and include: 1) A Complete and Accurate Census, 2) Embraced and Trusted Results, 3) An Efficient and Effective Program, and 4) An Appropriately Sized, Skilled, and Structured Workforce.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Associated Websites
https://www.census.gov/
Investment Detail
The Decennial Census is mandated under Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. The mission of the 2030 Census is to conduct a census of population and housing and disseminate data to the President, the States, and the American people. The vision of the 2030 Census is an efficient and quality census that counts people once, only once, and in the right place. The 2030 Census strategic goals are consistent with prior decennial census goals and include: 1) A Complete and Accurate Census, 2) Embraced and Trusted Results, 3) An Efficient and Effective Program, and 4) An Appropriately Sized, Skilled, and Structured Workforce.
The 2030 Census guiding principles are: 1) Manage stakeholder communications and expectations throughout the decade; 2) Simplify quality-driven designs, solutions, and methods; 3) Replace data field collection with high-quality alternative data sources whenever possible; 4) Distribute program work, resources, and costs more evenly across the life-cycle; 5) Follow disciplined program and engineering management practices.
The cost of completing the Decennial Census strategic goals had significantly increased each decade since 1970 as the population became more challenging to count. For the 2010 Census, the cost per housing unit was $93. For the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau successfully utilized automation and cloud infrastructure to reduce the cost per housing unit from $93 to $88 (with COVID costs removed). The 2030 Census, as currently designed, is expected to continue to reduce the cost per housing unit to below $88 through expanded use of automation and cloud infrastructure.
The 2030 Census return on Investment (ROI) is planned to be achieved utilizing the Census Engineering and Infrastructure elements. The Census Engineering element establishes, manages, and reports on the information technology (IT) architecture, engineering, and integration processes and solutions to support 2030 Census business capabilities and functions. The Infrastructure element covers work associated with acquiring, configuring, developing, maintaining, and decommissioning hardware, appliances, middleware, network, and facilities components which host and/or enable the IT solutions and applications.
The 2030 Census guiding principles are: 1) Manage stakeholder communications and expectations throughout the decade; 2) Simplify quality-driven designs, solutions, and methods; 3) Replace data field collection with high-quality alternative data sources whenever possible; 4) Distribute program work, resources, and costs more evenly across the life-cycle; 5) Follow disciplined program and engineering management practices.
The cost of completing the Decennial Census strategic goals had significantly increased each decade since 1970 as the population became more challenging to count. For the 2010 Census, the cost per housing unit was $93. For the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau successfully utilized automation and cloud infrastructure to reduce the cost per housing unit from $93 to $88 (with COVID costs removed). The 2030 Census, as currently designed, is expected to continue to reduce the cost per housing unit to below $88 through expanded use of automation and cloud infrastructure.
The 2030 Census return on Investment (ROI) is planned to be achieved utilizing the Census Engineering and Infrastructure elements. The Census Engineering element establishes, manages, and reports on the information technology (IT) architecture, engineering, and integration processes and solutions to support 2030 Census business capabilities and functions. The Infrastructure element covers work associated with acquiring, configuring, developing, maintaining, and decommissioning hardware, appliances, middleware, network, and facilities components which host and/or enable the IT solutions and applications.