Government Publications

STATE DATA CENTER AFFILIATE PROGRAM

The State Data Center (SDC) Program is a cooperative program between the states and the Census Bureau that was created in 1978 to make data available locally to the public through a network of state agencies, universities, libraries, and regional and local governments. The Business and Industry Data Center Program (BIDC) was added in 1988 to meet the needs of local business communities for economic data.

The Governor of each state appoints a lead organization responsible for providing efficient access to U.S. Census Bureau data and information through a wide network of lead, coordinating and affiliate agencies in each state. The SDCs are official sources of demographic, economic, and social statistics produced by the Census Bureau. These data are made available the SDCs at no charge and, in turn, the SDCs make these data accessible to state, regional, local and tribal governments, and non-governmental data users at no charge or on a cost-recovery or reimbursable basis as appropriate. The SDCs provide training and technical assistance in accessing and using Census Bureau data for research, administration, planning and decision making by local governments, the business community, and other interested data users.

In Wisconsin, the lead State Data Centers are:

Department of Administration
Demographic Services Center
101 E. Wilson St., 10th Floor
P.O. Box 8944
Madison, WI 53708-8944
Mr. Philip Wells
philip.wells@wisconsin.gov
(608) 266-1927
FAX (608) 267-8917

and

Applied Population Laboratory
Department of Rural Sociology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
316E Ag Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1522
Mr. Dan Veroff
dlveroff@wisc.edu
(608) 265-9545
FAX (608) 262-6022

The Government Publications Department serves as the Eau Claire area’s affiliate and liaison to the Wisconsin State Data Center. Contact Leslie Foster at 715-836-3247 or fosterla@uwec.edu for additional information.