U.S. Census Bureau agrees to settlement providing Ohio’s population data by Aug. 16, ahead of redistricting deadlines Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com COLUMBUS, Ohio—The U.S. Census Bureau has agreed with Attorney General Dave Yost to provide raw population data to state officials by Aug. 16, giving state leaders time to meet initial September deadlines for drawing new political districts. However, it remains to be seen whether, even with the announcement, state leaders will have enough time to work out 10-year-long redistricting agreements — particularly regarding legislative districts. The settlement agreement, announced by Yost’s office on Tuesday, follows an appeals court ruling last week directing a lower court to work “expediently” to get the census to deliver Ohio’s data in a “legacy format” by Aug. 16. That means the data will come in a raw form, without the data tables and other formats the census usually prepares for states to make the numbers easier to use.