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What are the new disclosure avoidance requirements for custom tabulations?
Starting in February 2018, the Census Bureau is no longer approving requests for special tabulations involving substate geographies unless the data a...
I still have questions about the new disclosure avoidance policy as it relates to custom tabulations. Who can I speak to about my data needs?
 Please start by contacting the custom tabulation office for the data you are interested in: American Community Survey    &nbs...
What guidance is available to help me understand the potential impact of the new disclosure avoidance protections on the data I’m requesting?
Users should carefully consider whether to use a special tabulation or perform their analyses within a Federal Statistical Research Data Center. Requ...
Why do the new disclosure avoidance requirements apply to custom tabulations involving substate geographies?
Generally speaking, it’s more difficult to protect data from geographic areas with smaller populations. Geography combined with detailed inform...
When will differential privacy methods be applied to custom tabulations? Prior to or after 2020?
No timetable has been developed. An interim procedure for special tabulations is under review and will be implemented as soon as practical. See al...
Will the new disclosure avoidance policy affect the cost or time required to generate custom tabulations?
In the short term it will. Developing the enhanced privacy methods for tabulations is more time- and resource-intensive than traditional methods. The...
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