I'm pretty sure that personal information isn't released, at least not for a very long time. This comes up in genealogical contexts where past censuses are very valuable in tracing your ancestry. I forget the exact number but its many decades, perhaps as many as 75-100.
On Aug 24, 2010 6:12 PM, "Ian Dees" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Lord-Castillo, Brett >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > TIGER 2010 is a different beast from past TIGER products. Each county was >> required to respond to the Census bureau with their addressing and >> centerline data to build it. So, it is a year or more out of date, but also >> it is derived mostly from existing local sources. >> >> Required under what law? Do they have to release it into the public >> domain? >> > > Title 13 of US code says that the census must release its data for everyone > to use. They've interpreted this to mean "public domain" as with other > federally-funded projects.
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