Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, California
Owner: Tribune Co. (Ill.)
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005	19.0
2004	19.6
2003	20.1
2002	19.3
2001	20.3
2000	20.6
1999	19.5
1998	19.3
1997	19.1
1996	19.1
1995	19.6
1994	19.0
1993	17.2
1992	15.7
1991	14.1
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	2000
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Los Angeles Times
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	19.0	58.2	33
2004	19.6	60.0	33
How the index is calculated
The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff
divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area.
(Parity = 100.)
Company index
This newspaper's owner, Tribune Co. (Ill.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 55.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Los Angeles Times
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 33.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 46, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of more than 500,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 9 out of 10
newspapers reporting in the category of more than 500,000 daily sales.
An example of a newspaper of similar circulation, in an area of similar level of non-white residents, but one that has a relatively high Diversity Index, is Houston Chronicle, Texas, with a 21.3 percent non-white staff in a community that is 51.2 percent non-white. Its index is 42.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 902,164 ranks 4 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Details on race/ethnicity
in the circulation area
and the home county
of Los Angeles Times
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	38.3	4,804,406
Black	7.0	875,804
Asian and Pacific Islander	11.8	1,480,600
Native-American	0.3	35,950
Other non-white	0.2	24,802
Multi-racial	2.4	296,734
Non-white	60.0	7,518,296
White	40.1	5,022,285
Total		12,540,581
	Home county:  Los Angeles
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	44.6	4,242,213
Black	9.5	901,472
Asian and Pacific Islander	12.1	1,147,834
Native-American	0.3	25,609
Other non-white	0.2	19,935
Multi-racial	2.3	222,661
Non-white	68.9	6,559,724
White	31.1	2,959,614
Total		9,519,338
The home county of this newspaper is Los Angeles.
About this report
This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that
every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to
employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does
not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area.
That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and
Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population.
The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight.
Notes and definitions
1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100.
2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year.
3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers.
4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category.
5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available.
6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates.
7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area.
8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000.
9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004.
10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year.
Demographics of ZIP Codes
where sales were reported by
Los Angeles Times
Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a
ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information.
Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here.
ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office	Weekday sales	Households	Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households)	Median household income	Non-white % of population	Hispanic % of population	Black % of population	Native % of population	Asian % of population
90045 / Westchester / CA / 10.8 mi.	12,213	15,558	78.5	$56,566	47.9	17.5	16.5	0.2	9.6
90012 / Los Angeles / CA / 0 mi.	8,005	7,840	102.1	$20,152	86.7	30.1	16.2	0.2	38.9
90049 / Los Angeles / CA / 13.4 mi.	7,381	16,578	44.5	$84,342	15.4	4.6	1.2	0.1	6.8
90066 / Playa Vista / CA / 11.1 mi.	6,944	23,236	29.9	$45,089	54.1	33.2	3.9	0.4	13.3
90024 / Village / CA / 10.6 mi.	6,131	16,757	36.6	$47,573	39.0	7.4	2.1	0.1	24.3
90266 / Manhattan Beach / CA / 14 mi.	5,944	14,426	41.2	$100,761	14.6	5.2	0.6	0.1	6.1
90025 / West Los Angeles / CA / 11.4 mi.	5,879	21,180	27.8	$47,806	40.7	15.9	3.0	0.2	16.9
90275 / Rolling Hills Es / CA / 21.5 mi.	5,795	15,304	37.9	$95,643	36.9	5.7	2.0	0.1	26.0
90034 / Palms / CA / 8.8 mi.	5,693	25,811	22.1	$37,231	64.6	29.2	14.7	0.2	16.0
90272 / Pacific Palisade / CA / 15.9 mi.	5,665	9,173	61.8	$122,877	11.1	3.6	0.8	0.1	4.6
90046 / West Hollywood / CA / 7.5 mi.	5,580	28,666	19.5	$37,398	19.0	8.1	3.3	0.2	4.2
92660 / Newport Beach / CA / 34 mi.	5,414	12,869	42.1	$98,119	11.2	3.9	0.5	0.1	5.2
90064 / Rancho Park / CA / 10 mi.	5,374	10,852	49.5	$59,923	35.9	15.8	2.4	0.1	14.0
92626 / Costa Mesa / CA / 30.4 mi.	5,283	17,931	29.5	$57,929	36.4	19.0	1.7	0.3	12.3
92653 / Laguna Woods / CA / 40.8 mi.	5,178	22,609	22.9	$46,716	22.6	11.7	1.0	0.2	7.6
90405 / Santa Monica / CA / 12.8 mi.	5,166	14,285	36.2	$50,540	28.2	13.2	3.1	0.3	7.6
90210 / Beverly Hills / CA / 9.4 mi.	4,905	8,647	56.7	$112,572	15.1	4.9	1.3	0.1	4.8
91367 / Woodland Hills / CA / 21.7 mi.	4,657	15,643	29.8	$61,356	22.4	7.6	3.4	0.2	7.3
90036 / Miracle Mile / CA / 6 mi.	4,628	17,212	26.9	$47,746	33.6	6.6	7.1	0.2	16.3
90277 / Redondo Beach / CA / 16.6 mi.	4,584	17,049	26.9	$68,263	21.9	9.2	1.8	0.3	7.6
92612 / Irvine / CA / 34.8 mi.	4,439	13,753	32.3	$60,257	44.4	7.1	1.4	0.1	31.5
92677 / Laguna Niguel / CA / 45.2 mi.	4,361	23,389	18.6	$80,146	22.6	10.4	1.2	0.2	7.8
90274 / Rolling Hills Es / CA / 20 mi.	4,346	9,366	46.4	$117,979	26.0	3.8	1.2	0.1	18.0
90069 / West Hollywood / CA / 7.9 mi.	4,318	13,640	31.7	$51,215	17.3	7.3	2.9	0.2	4.1
90403 / Santa Monica / CA / 13.6 mi.	4,309	13,888	31.0