Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Orange County Register, Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
Owner: Freedom Communications (Ca.)
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	27.4
2004	24.6
2003	22.3
2002	18.8
2001	17.5
2000	18.5
1999	15.9
1998	15.8
1997	17.8
1996	18.0
1995	16.7
1994	19.9
1993	18.7
1992	14.3
1991	14.3
1990	14.3
The latest year at peak is	2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The Orange County Register, Santa Ana
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	27.4	48.8	56
2004	24.6	48.7	50
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, Freedom Communications (Ca.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 59.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The Orange County Register, Santa Ana
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 56.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 70, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 250,001 to 500,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 19 out of 24
newspapers reporting in the category of 250,001 to 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 San Jose Mercury News, California, with a 32.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 52.6 percent non-white. Its index is 61.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 303,418 ranks 26 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 The Orange County Register, Santa Ana
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	30.8	898,821
Black	1.5	43,686
Asian and Pacific Islander	13.7	400,948
Native-American	0.3	8,627
Other non-white	0.2	4,680
Multi-racial	2.3	65,709
Non-white	48.7	1,422,471
White	51.3	1,496,502
Total		2,918,973
	Home county:  Orange
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	30.8	875,579
Black	1.5	42,639
Asian and Pacific Islander	13.8	391,896
Native-American	0.3	8,414
Other non-white	0.2	4,525
Multi-racial	2.3	64,258
Non-white	48.7	1,387,311
White	51.3	1,458,978
Total		2,846,289
The home county of this newspaper is Orange.
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
The Orange County Register, Santa Ana
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
92646 / Huntington Beach / CA / 10.9 mi.	7,824	21,511	36.4	$69,638	22.8	9.4	0.6	0.4	9.4
92708 / Santa Ana / CA / 8.5 mi.	7,791	18,050	43.2	$69,710	41.4	10.8	1.1	0.3	25.7
92683 / Westminster / CA / 10 mi.	7,315	26,369	27.7	$49,686	63.8	21.6	0.8	0.3	38.5
92653 / Laguna Woods / CA / 11.7 mi.	7,291	22,609	32.2	$46,716	22.6	11.7	1.0	0.2	7.6
92677 / Laguna Niguel / CA / 17 mi.	6,921	23,389	29.6	$80,146	22.6	10.4	1.2	0.2	7.8
92804 / Brookhurst Cente / CA / 9.6 mi.	6,905	24,061	28.7	$41,887	63.4	39.3	2.9	0.4	17.7
92705 / Santa Ana / CA / 1.1 mi.	6,784	14,308	47.4	$62,368	43.0	33.8	1.3	0.3	5.8
92630 / Lake Forest / CA / 10.3 mi.	6,664	20,166	33.0	$68,311	33.3	18.6	1.7	0.2	9.8
92692 / San Juan Capistr / CA / 13.1 mi.	6,408	16,603	38.6	$82,690	23.7	10.5	1.2	0.2	8.9
92870 / Placentia / CA / 7.4 mi.	6,346	15,589	40.7	$63,367	45.4	30.2	1.6	0.4	11.2
92647 / Huntington Beach / CA / 11.1 mi.	6,214	20,139	30.9	$57,528	40.3	24.1	1.1	0.4	11.8
92886 / Yorba Linda / CA / 9.1 mi.	6,193	13,208	46.9	$82,188	22.7	11.1	0.9	0.3	8.1
92691 / San Juan Capistr / CA / 12.5 mi.	6,060	15,597	38.9	$75,184	24.4	13.7	1.0	0.3	6.8
92780 / Tustin / CA / 2.2 mi.	5,876	18,288	32.1	$47,961	57.7	40.4	2.8	0.3	11.4
92626 / Costa Mesa / CA / 7.9 mi.	5,795	17,931	32.3	$57,929	36.4	19.0	1.7	0.3	12.3
92672 / Vista del Mar / CA / 23.4 mi.	5,507	14,275	38.6	$57,110	23.4	17.9	0.7	0.4	2.5
90631 / La Habra Heights / CA / 13.2 mi.	5,492	21,720	25.3	$50,666	56.0	45.4	1.3	0.3	6.9
92807 / Anaheim Hills / CA / 5.6 mi.	5,478	12,553	43.6	$76,381	32.3	14.6	1.6	0.3	12.9
92867 / Villa Park / CA / 3.6 mi.	5,387	12,460	43.2	$63,039	43.7	31.4	0.9	0.3	9.0
92648 / Huntington Beach / CA / 12.2 mi.	5,330	18,371	29.0	$64,156	24.3	12.3	0.6	0.5	8.2
90630 / Cypress / CA / 12.8 mi.	4,914	16,065	30.6	$63,611	42.8	15.8	2.7	0.4	20.9
92704 / Santa Ana / CA / 6.3 mi.	4,827	19,669	24.5	$49,923	87.2	69.1	1.5	0.2	15.3
92627 / Mesa Center / CA / 9.7 mi.	4,802	21,880	21.9	$46,138	47.8	41.2	0.8	0.3	3.4
92806 / Sunkist / CA / 5.7 mi.	4,560	10,742	42.5	$50,555	60.4	44.7	2.3	0.4	10.6
90620 / Buena Park / CA / 11.9 mi.	4,479	13,165	34.0	$57,861	53.7	25.7	2.9	0.4	21.6
92688 / Trabuco Canyon / CA / 13.6 mi.	4,456	15,203	29.3	$74,173	27.9	14.3	1.9	0.3	8.1
92821 / Brea / CA / 11.4 mi.	4,440	12,581	35.3	$59,189	34.2	20.8	1.2	0.3	9.4
92805 / Federal / CA / 7 mi.	4,439	16,901	26.3	$39,609	81.7	74.0	1.3	0.3	5.0
92869 / Orange / CA / 1.5 mi.	4,357	11,723	37.2	$74,117	45.2	31.2	1.1	0.2	10.7
92801 / Anaheim / CA / 9.4 mi.	4,301	17,793	24.2	$39,789	70.8	50.9	3.7	0.3	13.2
92649 / Huntington Beach / CA / 13.4 mi.	4,184	13,917	30.1	$70,779	20.5	9.7	0.6	0.3	7.2
92840 / Garden Grove / CA / 6.8 mi.	4,176	14,588	28.6	$47,153	65.7	37.6	1.4	0.4	24.2
92660 / Newport Beach / CA / 9.5 mi.	4,165	12,869	32.4	$98,119	11.2	3.9	0.5	0.1	5.2
92679 / Trabuco Cyn / CA / 14.2 mi.	4,092	9,955	41.1	$112,998	17.5	7.9	1.0	0.2	5.8
92675 / San Juan Capistr / CA / 18.6 mi.	3,970	11,111	35.7	$62,937	37.6	32.9	0.5	0.5	2.2
92656 / Laguna Hills / CA / 13.6 mi.	3,895	16,564	23.5	$74,688	30.0	13.0	2.0	0.3	11.0
92707 / South Main / CA / 5.1 mi.	3,821	13,236	28.9	$49,080	88.0	79.2	1.0	0.3	6.5
92629 / Monarch Beach / CA / 19.6 mi.	3,734	11,708	31.9	$64,622	21.4	15.5	0.7	0.3	2.7
92831 / Fullerton / CA / 9.1 mi.	3,473	13,148	26.4	$45,102	47.3	29.1	2.5	0.4	12.3
92833 / Fullerton / CA / 10.7 mi.	3,398	14,689	23.1	$50,929	59.2	29.0	2.2	0.3	25.5
92673 / San Clemente / CA / 21.6 mi.	3,328	5,206	63.9	$92,073	17.3	11.3	0.6	0.3	3.3
92802 / Holiday / CA / 6.9 mi.	3,231	12,170	26.5	$41,408	73.1	57.9	2.0	0.4	11.0
92706 / Santa Ana / CA / 4.2 mi.	3,179	9,534	33.3	$45,435	78.1	69.0	1.3	0.2	6.5
92841 / Garden Grove / CA / 9.2 mi.	3,052	9,198	33.2	$46,892	63.0	26.5	1.2	0.4	32.1
92612 / Irvine / CA / 7.7 mi.	3,044	13,753	22.1	$60,257	44.4	7.1	1.4	0.1	31.5
92835 / Fullerton / CA / 10.2 mi.	2,987	8,172	36.6	$66,607	27.0	11.0	1.2	0.2	12.3
92887 / Yorba Linda / CA / 8.5 mi.	2,955	6,624	44.6	$103,926	28.9	8.6	1.5	0.2	15.8
92604 / Irvine / CA / 5.2 mi.	2,932	9,697	30.2	$71,779	36.9	8.3	1.1	0.2	23.8
92701 / Santa Ana / CA / 2.7 mi.	2,913	12,305	23.7	$33,728	93.4	88.5	0.7	0.2	3.3
92843 / Garden Grove / CA / 6.7 mi.	2,827	10,412	27.2	$42,872	81.9	43.1	0.8	0.2	36.0
90740 / Seal Beach / CA / 14.7 mi.	2,794	13,043	21.4	$42,067	15.9	6.5	1.4	0.2	5.8
92620 / Irvine / CA / 4.9 mi.	2,681	9,033	29.7	$86,467	39.2	6.8	1.2	0.1	27.5
92614 / Irvine / CA / 5.6 mi.	2,612	8,509	30.7	$76,934	42.2	7.0	1.3	0.1	29.0
92865 / Orange / CA / 4.6 mi.	2,541	5,941	42.8	$55,512	38.7	27.6	1.3	0.3	7.0
92703 / Santa Ana / CA / 5.7 mi.	2,527	12,716	19.9	$40,674	92.9	79.3	1.5	0.3	11.1
92845 / Garden Grove / CA / 11.9 mi.	2,465	5,541	44.5	$66,830	24.5	10.9	0.9	0.4	9.4
90621 / Buena Park / CA / 12.2 mi.	2,440	9,967	24.5	$41,716	72.9	43.6	4.5	0.4	21.7
92663 / Newport Beach / CA / 11.5 mi.	2,336	10,549	22.1	$66,978	12.4	6.7	0.7	0.3	3.2
90638 / Mirada / CA / 14.1 mi.	2,323	14,815	15.7	$61,724	52.9	33.4	1.8	0.3	15.1
92651 / South Laguna / CA / 14.6 mi.	2,323	12,076	19.2	$76,644	11.9	6.8	0.7	0.3	2.1
92868 / Orange / CA / 4.2 mi.	2,290	6,570	34.9	$45,267	61.5	45.1	2.5	0.3	11.6
90680 / Stanton / CA / 10.4 mi.	2,143	8,513	25.2	$41,578	68.8	47.9	2.1	0.4	15.7
92808 / Anaheim Hills / CA / 6.6 mi.	2,135	7,037	30.3	$88,329	37.7	11.1	2.0	0.1	21.1
90720 / Rossmoor / CA / 14.2 mi.	2,090	7,759	26.9	$65,715	24.5	11.7	2.0	0.3	8.0
92832 / Fullerton / CA / 9.2 mi.	2,017	7,682	26.3	$44,037	63.0	50.6	2.4	0.4	7.4
92866 / Orange / CA / 2.4 mi.	1,845	5,882	31.4	$45,307	42.1	33.0	1.6	0.4	5.0
92782 / Tustin / CA / 2.2 mi.	1,666	7,345	22.7	$85,977	37.7	8.6	1.7	0.1	23.6
92844 / Garden Grove / CA / 9.1 mi.	1,455	6,372	22.8	$42,218	77.8	22.3	1.2	0.2	51.8
90623 / La Palma / CA / 13.7 mi.	1,451	5,008	29.0	$69,096	63.4	11.4	4.5	0.3	44.5
92625 / Corona del Mar / CA / 11.1 mi.	1,402	6,418	21.8	$100,080	10.0	3.9	0.3	0.2	4.4
92606 / Irvine / CA / 4.8 mi.	1,286	6,657	19.3	$71,155	54.7	7.7	2.1	0.1	39.6
92861 / Villa Park / CA / 3.4 mi.	1,220	1,929	63.2	$116,658	22.2	6.1	0.7	0.4	13.1
92618 / Irvine / CA / 6.7 mi.	1,180	2,635	44.8	$53,337	41.8	14.2	2.1	0.3	20.9
92610 / Foothill Ranch / CA / 9.6 mi.	1,174	3,829	30.7	$88,710	31.8	10.9	1.8	0.2	15.0
92882 / Corona / CA / 12.7 mi.	1,024	17,904	5.7	$55,957	53.8	40.2	4.2	0.4	6.4
92694 / San Juan Capistr / CA / 15.4 mi.	993	120	827.5	$104,306	19.2	8.9	0.3	0.0	6.3
91709 / Chino Hills / CA / 14.4 mi.	926	20,026	4.6	$78,336	56.3	25.7	5.4	0.3	22.0
92624 / Dana Point / CA / 21.3 mi.	898	2,780	32.3	$60,797	20.5	15.2	0.7	0.5	2.2
92602 / Irvine / CA / 3.4 mi.	894	893	100.1	$112,399	58.6	8.3	0.8	0.1	44.4
90703 / Cerritos / CA / 15.1 mi.	800	15,383	5.2	$72,906	78.7	10.7	6.6	0.2	58.3
90604 / Whittier / CA / 15.9 mi.	760	11,737	6.5	$49,836	61.7	54.5	1.3	0.3	3.7
91765 / Pomona / CA / 15.1 mi.	647	14,662	4.4	$69,848	67.9	17.7	4.9	0.2	42.0
90603 / Whittier / CA / 15.1 mi.	635	6,732	9.4	$59,328	41.8	34.7	0.5	0.4	4.5
92657 / Newport Coast / CA / 11.6 mi.	589	2,366	24.9	$114,004	20.6	3.8	0.4	0.1	13.6
90803 / Naples / CA / 17.3 mi.	476	17,677	2.7	$60,513	19.7	9.9	2.1	0.4	4.5
92655 / Midway City / CA / 9.7 mi.	412	2,631	15.7	$42,218	65.6	27.2	1.0	0.3	34.5
90602 / Whittier / CA / 18.1 mi.	405	8,195	4.9	$40,695	74.2	68.4	1.1	0.5	2.7
90807 / Signal Hill / CA / 20.5 mi.	359	12,584	2.9	$50,543	52.0	18.1	15.5	0.4	14.3
92661 / Newport Beach / CA / 11.8 mi.	331	2,111	15.7	$64,293	9.1	5.3	0.6	0.3	1.4
92881 / Corona / CA / 16.3 mi.	325	6,691	4.9	$70,992	41.7	24.1	7.3	0.3	6.5
92823 / Brea / CA / 10 mi.	321	520	61.7	$63,266	18.2	11.8	0.4	0.2	4.4
92662 / Newport Beach / CA / 11.4 mi.	310	1,736	17.9	$76,381	6.8	3.2	0.4	0.2	2.2
90815 / Long Beach / CA / 16.8 mi.	280	15,011	1.9	$61,074	30.6	12.7	4.1	0.4	9.7
92879 / Corona / CA / 16.1 mi.	279	13,481	2.1	$53,451	60.4	41.1	6.9	0.5	8.7
90712 / Lakewood / CA / 19.2 mi.	238	10,685	2.2	$59,347	44.4	20.6	7.9	0.4	11.7
92676 / Silverado / CA / 10.3 mi.	221	753	29.3	$78,269	12.1	7.2	0.5	0.7	1.1
91710 / Chino / CA / 17.2 mi.	214	19,015	1.1	$55,185	61.3	46.4	7.7	0.4	4.8
90808 / Long Beach / CA / 16.5 mi.	206	14,261	1.4	$63,620	26.2	13.2	2.8	0.3	6.8
90742 / Sunset Beach / CA / 14.6 mi.	188	569	33.0	$65,990	13.0	6.1	0.1	0.3	2.1
92860 / Norco / CA / 17.1 mi.	177	5,552	3.2	$63,750	33.1	23.2	6.4	0.5	1.2
90804 / Signal Hill / CA / 18.4 mi.	158	15,415	1.0	$29,872	73.6	37.8	16.4	0.4	15.1
92880 / Corona / CA / 14.4 mi.	155	4,935	3.1	$66,439	47.1	34.3	4.9	0.4	5.0
90715 / Lakewood / CA / 15.5 mi.	151	6,208	2.4	$48,927	73.0	33.4	11.1	0.4	24.9
90810 / Long Beach / CA / 22.2 mi.	148	9,144	1.6	$36,966	90.9	45.6	16.2	0.4	25.9
90805 / North Long Beach / CA / 21.3 mi.	145	26,252	0.6	$32,565	85.2	45.7	23.4	0.4	12.9
90713 / Lakewood / CA / 17.1 mi.	116	9,615	1.2	$63,458	31.5	17.4	3.0	0.3	7.5
90802 / Long Beach / CA / 20.7 mi.	116	18,758	0.6	$25,860	66.2	39.3	16.8	0.6	5.7
90716 / Lakewood / CA / 14.9 mi.	95	3,505	2.7	$35,153	89.0	73.3	4.2	0.5	9.4
90814 / Long Beach / CA / 18.5 mi.	80	9,376	0.9	$41,808	40.9	20.4	8.6	0.5	7.3
90806 / Signal Hill / CA / 20.3 mi.	78	14,613	0.5	$31,488	86.4	43.4	20.1	0.3	19.5
90045 / Westchester / CA / 34 mi.	74	15,558	0.5	$56,566	47.9	17.5	16.5	0.2	9.6
91762 / Ontario / CA / 20 mi.	74	15,761	0.5	$39,972	71.1	59.2	5.7	0.3	3.9
90701 / Cerritos / CA / 16.2 mi.	72	4,470	1.6	$44,500	72.8	38.3	3.4	0.4	27.7
91761 / Ontario / CA / 20.3 mi.	61	14,941	0.4	$49,430	73.3	57.1	8.8	0.3	5.2
90028 / Los Angeles / CA / 35.3 mi.	46	14,810	0.3	$21,893	58.2	38.7	6.9	0.3	7.6
91766 / Pomona / CA / 17.8 mi.	44	16,979	0.3	$41,876	87.1	69.8	6.5	0.3	8.9
90064 / Rancho Park / CA / 37.4 mi.	32	10,852	0.3	$59,923	35.9	15.8	2.4	0.1	14.0
90036 / Miracle Mile / CA / 35 mi.	30	17,212	0.2	$47,746	33.6	6.6	7.1	0.2	16.3
91006 / Arcadia / CA / 26.5 mi.	30	10,478	0.3	$58,779	58.2	13.0	0.9	0.2	41.5
90012 / Los Angeles / CA / 30 mi.	26	7,840	0.3	$20,152	86.7	30.1	16.2	0.2	38.9
91201 / Glendale / CA / 36.8 mi.	22	8,364	0.3	$38,179	45.7	22.2	1.3	0.1	11.1
91604 / Studio City / CA / 39.6 mi.	22	13,610	0.2	$60,299	18.6	6.7	3.3	0.2	5.2
90743 / Surfside / CA / 15.1 mi.	21	67	31.3	$61,786	10.6	8.8	0.0	0.0	1.2
90813 / Long Beach / CA / 20.8 mi.	16	16,469	0.1	$20,015	93.3	61.3	13.0	0.4	16.4
91105 / Pasadena / CA / 30.7 mi.	15	4,632	0.3	$83,737	27.2	11.6	3.8	0.2	8.8
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