Newark NJ Resident Income from 2011 to 2017

Newark NJ Resident Income from 2011 to 2017

Newark has made remarkable progress in reshaping the downtown area of the city. Buildings have risen out of the dust, while historic sites have been resurrected and reborn again.

So how have Newark residents faired during this renaissance? This series will take a look at the rise of the workforce, incomes, and status of the residents in Newark.

With the uptick in companies placing a significant bet on Newark, the median incomes of Newark residents remain low. The following chart gives a breakdown of income by wards (districts) of the city.

As the data shows, the median income for the city of Newark NJ fell during the same 7 year period (see chart Resident Income by Ward).

Overall income levels for 4 of the 5 Newark wards have dropped over the 7 year period from 2011 to 2017. The East ward is the exception as median incomes in this ward had a modest rise during the same period.

For more details and data points, click to https://jasfel.shinyapps.io/NewarkCensus2011-2017/

Which colleges have the most players in NFL training camps?

Which colleges have the most players in NFL training camps?

Defending national champion Alabama leads the way with 59 to just edge out LSU and Miami (FL) which were tied for second with 58 players each. After those top three, there is a bit of a drop as Florida, Florida State and Ohio State all have 51 players representing them in NFL camps. Rounding out the Top 10 schools were USC (48), Georgia (42), and Auburn and Oklahoma tied for the last stop with 40 players each. Overall, there were 327 schools – including all NCAA college football divisions, junior colleges, and foreign players. 103 schools had only one player in an NFL camp at the start of NFL training camps last month. 45 schools had only 2 players represented. Kansas was the lowest ranked school from an FBS “Power 5” conference with 8 players. Iowa State was the next lowest with 11 followed by ACC schools Wake Forest and Syracuse with 12. Independent Notre Dame was the highest school outside a Power 5 conference with 38 players to rank #13. UCF was the next highest as the Knights were tied with Rutgers, Missouri and West Virginia at #37 with 24 players each. To see the full analysis courtesy of Jasfel Analytics, click here: https://jasfel.shinyapps.io/CollegesInNFL2018/
3 Opportunities for Local Government Municipalities to Unlock Their Data

3 Opportunities for Local Government Municipalities to Unlock Their Data

Over  the last decade, a significant number of federal governmentt agencies have taken advantage of data technology and data strategists to reap great benefits. With data being created exponentially each day, state and local government municipalities have a unique opportunity to cultivate and use large amounts of internal and external data to improve public health outcomes for its citizens, and to increase the efficiency and quality of citizen engagement.

For many years I have participated in initiatives with federal and state government data integration and analytics. It is evident that local municipalities would advance their efforts greatly by taking advantage of the large amount of data they collect.

3 opportunities for State and Local Municipalities to Utilize a Data Strategist 

1. Public Health: Transforming unstructured human service data by merging with structured data to create actionable information.

In today’s environment department of health organizations across the country have a significant amount of data stored in structured and unstructured formats. Valuable information that can enable caseworkers, supervisors and service providers to better serve clients, improve quality initiatives and enable improved management decision-making. This can be achieved by obtaining better understanding of risks, needs and service experiences. Understanding what data you have access to, and its location is the first step to creating solutions.

2. Department of Transportation: Translating data generated by transit applications and IOT devices can provide tremendous insights on transportation use within a municipality or community.

Establishing a way to access and organize data is the first step, as access and analysis of travel data can provide a detailed understanding of new developments and trends in transportation mobility, identifying specific public transportation needs, assessing impacts relating to current and future transportation projects, and prioritizing investments in maintaining, enhancing or expanding current transportation service availability.

3. Public Safety: protecting citizens is often a top priority of any local municipality. Using existing technologies and available internal and external data sources, public safety divisions can establish predictive policing of communities and neighborhoods in their jurisdiction.

Your data is a  valuable asset in accomplishing your goals and initiatives. Integrating your data with external social media, statistical, and demographic data to create a 360-degree view of your citizens is within reach.

Gary Mann is Managing Director for JASFEL Analytics, and chief data strategist. He has over 20 years experience helping government and commercial organizations acquire, integrate, clense, and analyze data to drive decisions, and execute strategic and tactical initiatives.  Gary can be reached at GMann@jasfel.com or visit Jasfel Analytics at www.jasfel.com .