Community Indicators L. Elizabeth Tolzmann Director of Policy and Planning August 6, 2019
County Vision, Mission, and Goals Vision: A vibrant community where all are valued and thrive. Mission: A county of excellence working with you to enhance our quality of life. Goals Strengthen individual, family Cultivate economic prosperity Enhance access to Model fiscal accountability, and community health, safety and invest in neighborhoods opportunity and mobility for transparency and strategic and wellbeing with concentrated financial all residents and businesses investments through effective safety-net poverty through connections to through professional operations services, innovative through proactive leadership and education, employment and and financial management. programming, prevention and inclusive initiatives that engage economic development early intervention, and all communities in decisions throughout our region environmental stewardship. about our future. 2
Indicators vs. Metrics Performance Measures Community Indicators Measures the outputs of our services Measure values, conditions and outcomes Focuses on areas where we can be more Produces the story of where our community • . efficient, cost-effective, and allocate in relation to historical trends over time resources We can control and influence Our entire community is responsible for our data and inputs controlling, impacting and influencing community indicators Data come from credible and reliable third party sources 3
Well-being Serious Crime Rate Per 100K Residents, Metro Counties, 2000-2018 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Year Ramsey Anoka Carver Dakota Hennepin Scott Washington 4 Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Report (2000-2018).
Well-being Serious Crime Rate per 100K Residents, 2014-2018 4500 4000 3814 3807 3472 3500 Although 3054 3018 2994 2906 3000 Ramsey County’s 2779 2721 2566 Serious Crime 2500 Rate increased 2000 from 2016 to 2017, 1500 it began to decrease 1000 again from 500 2017 to 2018. 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Ramsey County 7 County Metro Weighted Average 5 Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Report (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).
Prosperity Cost of Living and Median Income for 4-Person Household, 2018 $99,564.00 In Ramsey County, the cost of living is $95,966.80 $3,597.20 more $94,300.00 than the median income for a household of four. $80,904.00 Ramsey County Median Ramsey County Cost of 7 County Metro Median 7 County Metro Cost of Income Living Income Living 6 Source: US Census Bureau: American Community 5-Year Estimates (2013-2017), Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Cost of Living Tool (2018)
Prosperity Difference Between Cost of Living and Median Income* for 4-Person Household, 2018 $50,000.00 $44,621.97 Ramsey County $40,000.00 $36,166.34 remains the only county in the metro $30,000.00 where the cost of $24,838.74 $25,124.25 $24,917.58 living is higher than $20,000.00 the median income. $14,989.24 This gap continues $10,000.00 to increase . $(3,597.20) $- Ramsey Anoka Carver Dakota Hennepin Scott Washington Ramsey $(10,000.00) * Median Income is originally sourced from ACS 2017 5-year estimates and inflation adjusted for 2018. Ramsey Anoka Carver Dakota Hennepin Scott Washington 7 Source: US Census Bureau: American Community 5-Year Estimates (2013-2017), Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Cost of Living Tool (2018)
Prosperity Per Capita Income, Ramsey County, Race/Ethnicity, 2017 $41,590.00 In 2017 in Ramsey County, there was a $24,680 per capita income gap between Whites and People of Color. $19,242.00 $17,681.00 $17,428.00 $17,316.00 $16,889.00 $13,167.00 Black/ African American Indian/ Hispanic/ Latino Asian White Multi Racial Other American Alaskan Native (any race) (Non-Hispanic/ Latino) 8 Source: US Census Bureau: American Community 5-Year Estimates (2013-2017
Prosperity Per Capita Income, Ramsey County, Race/Ethnicity, 2017 $41,590.00 White (Non-Hispanic/Latino) In 2017 in Ramsey County, People of Color there was a $24,680 per capita income gap between Whites and People of Color. $16,909.90 9 Source: US Census Bureau: American Community 5-Year Estimates (2013-2017)
Opportunity Percentage of Voting Age Population Casting Ballots in Midterm Elections, Ramsey County, 2002-2018 70.00% 59.50% In 2018, 60.00% 58.10% 54.30% Ramsey County 49.50% experienced its 50.00% 45.00% highest voting for a midterm election in 40.00% the last decade with an 30.00% estimated 58.1% of the voting age population 20.00% casting a ballot. 10.00% 0.00% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 10 Source: Ramsey County Property Tax, Records, and Election Services
Accountability Ramsey County Residential Sales Assessment Ratio 96.20 100.00 96.00 94.85 94.60 94.40 90.00 80.00 70.00 60.00 50.00 40.00 30.00 20.00 10.00 0.00 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 11 Source: Ramsey County Assessors Office
Next Steps Continuous Improvement of the Community Indicators Process • Partner with stakeholders and community to define and align new indicators and monitor progress from a regional perspective • Refine performance measures to connect with community indicators when appropriate • Establish clear relationships between performance measures, strategic priorities, and community indicators • Refine structure to more rigorously support performance measures and community indicators to drive budget decisions, strategic planning and prioritization of allocation of resources 12
Key Takeaways • How are we using data to tell the story of our community over time and to drive decision-making? • Indicators involve multiple factors and disaggregation for a holistic view of an individual, family and community. • We can not improve our community alone – it requires collaboration, partnership, alignment and intentionality with our stakeholders • Community indicators directly influence the budgeting process in aligning our resources to identify priorities to be most effective in our residents-first service delivery and focusing on the right thing that will have the most impact ? 13
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