Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Nebraska Voting Demographics via US Census Bureau

This is data released by the US Census Bureau this past February 29.

The sources listed: Vintage 2014 Population Estimates, 2014 American Community Survey.



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This is the data generated for the 2nd Congressional District via the US Census widget: "My Congressional District."



Congressional District 2, Nebraska
Source: 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
Sex and AgeEstimate
Total population641,045
Male317,870
Female323,175
Under 5 years48,969
5 to 9 years49,310
10 to 14 years44,508
15 to 19 years42,867
20 to 24 years41,482
25 to 34 years102,083
35 to 44 years84,080
45 to 54 years82,844
55 to 59 years39,559
60 to 64 years33,684
65 to 74 years40,721
75 to 84 years19,472
85 years and over11,466
Median age (years)34.0
18 years and over471,786
65 years and over71,659
RaceEstimate
Total population641,045
One race622,942
White525,423
Black or African American62,753
American Indian and Alaska Native5,013
Asian18,834
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander548
Some other race10,371
Two or more races18,103
Hispanic or Latino Origin by TypeEstimate
Total population641,045
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)70,608
Mexican56,030
Puerto Rican1,331
Cuban1,191
Other Hispanic or Latino12,056
Not Hispanic or Latino570,437
Place of BirthEstimate
Total population641,045
Native588,251
Born in the United States581,366
State of residence386,470
Different state194,896
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)6,885
Foreign born52,794
AncestryEstimate
Total population641,045
American22,715
Arab2,617
Czech24,542
Danish12,021
Dutch11,789
English39,689
French (except Basque)15,470
French Canadian2,198
German185,141
Greek1,395
Hungarian1,532
Irish101,249
Italian31,277
Lithuanian2,868
Norwegian13,396
Polish27,647
Portuguese559
Russian4,913
Scotch-Irish3,514
Scottish6,738
Slovak414
Subsaharan African7,724
Swedish23,085
Swiss2,004
Ukrainian960
Welsh2,984
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)879
Veteran StatusEstimate
Civilian population 18 years and over470,439
Civilian veterans39,466
Disability Status of the Civilian Non-Institutionalized PopulationEstimate
Total civilian non-institutionalized population633,476
With a disability62,628
Under 18 years168,496
With a disability5,759
18 to 64 years395,875
With a disability33,752
65 years and over69,105
With a disability23,117
Residence 1 Year AgoEstimate
Population one year and over630,586
Same house519,867
Different house in the U.S.106,765
Same county73,327
Different county33,438
Same state17,776
Different state15,662
Abroad3,954
Source: 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
Estimates in the People, Workers, Housing, Socioeconomic, and Education tabs are from the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is an annual household survey developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to replace the long form of the decennial census program. Each year, the ACS samples about 3.5 million household addresses to produce nearly 11 billion estimates covering demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics.
Except where noted, 'race' refers to people reporting only one race. 'Hispanic' refers to an ethnic category; Hispanics may be of any race.


Saturday, April 16, 2016

Husker Football Spring Red/White Game

First attempt at a Tableau data viz project. Will have to work on editing the annotations, so any input would be much appreciated. Click on the image to enlarge.


Thursday, March 31, 2016

Thoughts on "The Third Wave" by Steve Case

The Third Wave: an entrepreneur's vision of the future is a new book by Steve Case, scheduled for release on April 5, 2016.

I tried to get an idea what topics would be discussed in this book with a Web search, but only came up with this article from Fortune entitled The Co-Founder of AOL Forecasts the Future of Tech (A version of this article appears in the April 1, 2016 issue of Fortune with the headline Steve Case Wants Tech to Love the Government). The interviewer's question:
The sectors you say are ripe for disruption—food, hospitals, transportation, education, financial services—are pretty ­fundamental. You’re ­talking about a huge shift in the way we live in the near future.

Case goes on to say that the Internet will become more a part of our lives. I would guess this is referencing IoT with applications to wearables, nearables and the whole quantified self movement toward behavioral change to a more healthy lifestyle. He cites the need for partnerships in this effort:
For example, if you really want to revolutionize health care, it’s not just about the app; it’s also about partnering with doctors and hospitals.
I would say that the healthcare sector has traditionally been reluctant to introduce broad-based tech initiatives. What reigns are proprietary solutions in the form of data silos that can ensure monetization. I think this will be the hardest prediction to see fruition.

Case cites the need to partner with Government:
Policy will also become a bigger deal because these are regulated businesses. In many cases, actually, the government is the largest customer, so a strategy of ­ignoring government—which is pretty common now—won’t work.
This is probably most likely to occur if it hasn't already with the various open data, social entrepreneurship programs enacted by the Obama administration such as The Opportunity Project.

My own impression is that we are beginning to appreciate the beginnings of what I consider Web 3.0.

The Rise of 2-Pizza Teams (increasing signal over noise)

Just to look back, Web 1.0 was about the dot com era with clicks or eyeballs being the main focus. This bubble burst, and Web 2.0 arrived with the advent of social media where content was considered king, especially when it could be generated free of charge thanks to user-generated media. Unfortunately, as more folks became involved, it became more about attracting attention, so that trolls with exaggerated rants and opinions became the noise that tends to quash any serious discussion.

Web 3.0 will bring about the acceptance of small groups of individuals, some say 2-pizza teams, Seth Godin calls tribes, who are dedicated to solving specific problems with domain knowledge matched with data science tools and methods.

Beyond this I don't want to make predictions. Social media is embracing more push than pull these days as we see the effort to eliminate chronological timelines in Twitter and Instagram, in order to support advertising.

What becomes of Facebook and Twitter? It might be the tribes that survive the nuclear meltdown.