Rice University is a member of the Texas Research Data Center. Qualified researchers have access and support to restricted access versions of datasets maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau and other restricted federal data. The TXRDC operates in close collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau to enable research that expands basic scientific knowledge and provides benefits to the federal statistical system. The TXRDC serves Texas and the nation by hosting a secure computing lab. The closest is located at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The former TXRDC Executive Director, Dr. Mark Fossett, gave a presentation on March 22, 2018 and shared the files listed here.