Progress 01/01/12 to 09/30/12
Outputs
Target Audience: Our target audiences include: Academics who need Census/Demographic Data(including Extension Personnel) South Dakota Businesses who need Census/Demographic Data State, Local and Tribal governments Media - print, radio, televised, internet Individual citizens and residents of the state Non-Profit agencies Changes/Problems: The change to becoming South Dakota's lead data center in 2011 was followed by becoming part of the Federal-State Cooperative for Population Estimates (FSCPE) during August, 2012. Essentially, this puts our data as the official data for the state. While it isn't a change in what we do, it includes a higher expectation of excellence. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Of the 38 media contacts listed, 3 reporters learned to use factfinder to acquire their own data without assistance. The Population Projections document is being used for county, business and community planning across state agencies. The state legislature now is aware of the challenges in surveying/polling on reservations. The Rural Life/Census Data Center became South Dakota's lead data center in 2011. In August, 2012, it became the official agency as part of the Federal-State Cooperative for Population Estimates, legitimizing our population projections as official for the state.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Population Projections for South Dakota 2010-2035 by county (preliminary) Eric Guthrie and Mike McCurry
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Progress 01/01/11 to 12/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: 1/1/11-12/31/2011 167 total requests for data served 52 Academic 5 Business 37 Government 46 Media 13 Citizens/Private 17 Non-profit PARTICIPANTS: Mike McCurry, State Demographer Mary KillsAHundred graduate assistant Kristi Trevino Graduate Assistant TARGET AUDIENCES: Target Audiences include: media government nonprofits citizen groups academics PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Academic requests for Census data provided data for others publications. One business application resulted in the construction of a branch bank in a small community. Another resulted in an improved approach to marketing hearing aids. Government requests frequently resulted in improved local governmental services and grant applications. Media requests resulted in articles and citations in publications and programs ranging from USA Today and Diane Sawyer's 20-20 to rural SD weeklies, on topics dealing with demography Citizen requests resulted in a better informed public, while non-profit requests resulted in grant applications for community improvement and development efforts
Publications
- Economic and Skills Mismatch Index on South Dakota Reservations Corcoran, Trevino, KillsAHundred, Furman, Brooks, McCurry, 2011
- A Century of American Indian Agriculture, Corcoran, KillsAHundred, McCurry, 2011
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Progress 01/01/09 to 12/31/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Rural Life Census Data Center functions as a virtual center, responding to requests for Census and other informaiton pertinent to rural people and communities in South Dakota. From January 1, 2009-December 31, 2009, 169 data requests were received in the Rural Life and Census Data Center. This is an average of just over 14 requests per month. The largest number of these requests, 77 (45.56 percent), came from those in academia, including faculty, staff, and administrators who requested data for reports and grant proposals. Others requesting information (in descending order) came from media (15.93 percent), government (16.42 percent), business (9.49 percent), private citizens (7.58 percent), and public service/not for profit organizations (5.02 percent). Five new reports/publications were completed by Data Center employees during 2009. One was a 40 page report, completed by Kristi Corcoran and Mike McCurry, examining levels of wages required to be considered self-sufficient in South Dakota. In addition, three newsletters and one Extension Extra were distributed. All of these were sent to government officials, businesspeople, Extension agents, and the general public. The newsletters and Extension Extra are also posted on the Data Center website. In addition to these electronic reports, multiple web pages describing farm size and farm number trends from 1974-2007 were reported and published on our website for the state of South Dakota and each of the 66 counties. Lastly, county seat population pyramids were updated and posted on the website. Externally funded research included NRI Grant 2008-02676 "Marketing Rural Communities to Attract and Retain Workers. During 2009, job vacancy surveys were conducted among employers in Groton, Hot Springs and Edgemont to determine the nature, extent and economic impact of workforce shortages. Kristi Corcoran and Extension Educators Dan Oedekoeven and Darah Darrington were funded through this grant for their part in this research. PARTICIPANTS: W. Trevor Brooks was a doctoral student in Rural Sociology and a graduate research assistant on the project. He had major responsibility for research and preparation/posting of reports on the web site for the project. Currently, Jake Cummings is the doctoral student in Rural Sociology who is the graduate research assistant on the project. He now has major responsibility for research and preparation/posting of reports on the web site for the project. Michael McCurry, Ph.D., is an extension sociologist in the Rural Sociology Department. He collaborated with Trevor Brooks and collaborates with Jake Cummings on much of the research and preparation of reports on the project. He also has major responsibility in the community outreach component of the project, disseminating findings to communities and groups. TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audiences include a wide array of users of Census data. These are identified, in part, through the sources of requests for information received in the Center. These include: faculty, staff, and administrators in academia; state and local government officials and staff; media reporters preparing stories on population and community changes in the state; business leaders; public service/ not for profit leaders and staff; and the general public. Through outreach efforts, particular attention has been directed to American Indian groups and organizations in the state and region during this past fiscal year. Finally, graduate students in Rural Sociology have been a target audience during the past fiscal year, assisting these students in gaining skills in working with demographic data. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Outreach included participation in Dakotafest, where Dr. Ron Stover, Kristi Corcoran, and Jake Cummings presented PowerPoint slides detailing changes in South Dakota farm size and number based on 2007 Census of Agriculture data. Dr. Stover, Kristi, and Jake also answered questions and accepted data requests which they answered later. Contacts were recorded for 207 visitors at our Dakotafest booth including residents from 39 South Dakota counties, six different states (Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming), and two Hutterite colonies. Mike and Jake also participated in presentations for South Dakota Cooperative Extension in Brookings, SD and the Rural Sociological Society in Madison, WI. Finally, the data center has continued to incorporate other graduate students within the Rural Sociology Department in its work. In addition to the aforementioned publications, Mike and Jake have been working with Saileza Khatiwada, a doctoral sociology student, on population pyramid revisions and future newsletters detailing infant mortality and pregnancy characteristics. These newsletters should be published by February 2010.
Publications
- Brooks, Trevor, Joel Vargas, and Michael McCurry. January, 2009. South Dakota Net Migration Estimates. Rural Life Census Data Newsletter, No. 1. Published on http://sdrurallife.sdstate.edu/publications/net-migration.pdf
- Chatterjee, Priyanka, W. Trevor Brooks, and Michael McCurry. April, 2009. Private Industry Change in South Dakota. Rural Life Census Data Newsletter, No. 2, Published on http://sdrurallife.sdstate.edu/publications/private%20industry.pdf
- Corcoran, Kristi and Michael McCurry. 2009. Wages Required for Self-Sufficiency in South Dakota. South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service. Publication EC930. College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. South Dakota State University.
- Cummings, Jake, W. Trevor Brooks, Donna Hess and Diane Kayongo-Male. November, 2009. South Dakota Farm Number and Size Trends. Rural Life Census Data Newsletter, No. 2, Published on http://sdrurallife.sdstate.edu/publications/SD%20Farm%20Number%20and% 20Size%20Trends.pdf
- McCurry, Mike. July 2009. Just What is a "Farm." Extension Extra. ExEX9004. Published on http://sdrurallife.sdstate.edu/publications/farm%20definition.pdf
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