Services offered through organizations participating in the Census Bureau Summary Tape Processing Center Program have been a valuable information resource for urban and regional planning and decision making. While it is planned that the Summary Tape Processing Center Program will be continued with minor modifications, the Census Bureau State Data Center Program is being considered as a means of extending user services and improving planning and decision-making capacity through a cooperative program between participating States and the Census Bureau. This paper summarizes the current status of and plans for the Summary Tape Processing Center Program, the State Data Center Program, and related Census Bureau user services programs.