The Secure Web Incoming Module (SWIM) is a single upload page for submitting all local geographic partnership data to the U.S. Census Bureau's Geography Division. Because of the wide variety of geographic partnership programs, the SWIM requires users to answer some basic questions about their data before submitting. These questions direct the incoming data to the right partnership program.

The general flow of questions is as follows:

1. What geographic partnership program you are submitting data for?
2. What level of government or organization is submitting the data? Many of our geographic programs allow partners from various levels of governments to submit data, which is represented as a geographic entity in the menu selection. For example, when submitting data on behalf of a state government, the submitting entity is the state, even if the data submitted pertains to some other entity within the state, such as a county.
3. What is the name of your entity? A user can select an entity's name from pre-populated drop-down boxes.

After completing the above questions, the user must select a ZIP file to upload. Using a ZIP archive ensures an efficient upload of all submitted files. There are many compression software options where one can do this with relative ease.

For more information about the Census Bureau's Geography Division, please visit our Geography Homepage.

For more information about our geographic partnership programs at the Census, please visit our Partnerships Homepage.

For a glossary of common Census Geography Terms and Concepts, please visit our Terms and Concepts page.

For additional help using the SWIM please contact us by email: geo.swim@census.gov