Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights, Illinois
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	7.7
2004	Did not report
2003	5.7
2002	5.0
2001	6.1
2000	5.8
1999	6.1
1998	4.6
1997	5.5
1996	3.4
1995	3.8
1994	6.3
1993	3.2
1992	3.2
1991	Did not report
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	7.7	22.6	34
2004	N/A	22.6	N/A
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.)
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 34.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 53 out of 58
newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 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 The Detroit News, Michigan, with a 26.2 percent non-white staff in a community that is 21.6 percent non-white. Its index is 121.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 149,446 ranks 74 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 Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	11.7	217,563
Black	2.5	46,324
Asian and Pacific Islander	7.1	131,044
Native-American	0.1	2,039
Other non-white	0.1	1,792
Multi-racial	1.2	21,955
Non-white	22.6	420,717
White	77.4	1,437,800
Total		1,858,517
	Home county:  Cook
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	19.9	1,071,740
Black	25.9	1,390,448
Asian and Pacific Islander	4.8	259,386
Native-American	0.1	6,754
Other non-white	0.1	7,291
Multi-racial	1.5	82,413
Non-white	52.4	2,818,032
White	47.6	2,558,709
Total		5,376,741
The home county of this newspaper is Cook.
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
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
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
60004 / Arlington Height / IL / 5.8 mi.	6,892	20,330	33.9	$71,512	13.2	5.8	1.1	0.0	5.3
60056 / Mount Prospect / IL / 8.7 mi.	5,255	21,638	24.3	$57,659	26.2	11.7	1.8	0.1	11.3
60067 / Palatine / IL / 2.4 mi.	5,061	19,851	25.5	$74,764	12.3	4.4	1.0	0.1	5.7
60007 / Elk Grove Villag / IL / 9.1 mi.	4,934	13,452	36.7	$62,271	17.5	6.3	1.4	0.1	8.6
60005 / Arlington Height / IL / 6.7 mi.	4,275	12,522	34.1	$56,877	17.0	7.2	1.4	0.1	7.3
60187 / Wheaton / IL / 17.6 mi.	4,243	21,537	19.7	$75,242	11.5	3.3	2.4	0.1	4.7
60193 / Schaumburg / IL / 7.6 mi.	4,116	16,475	25.0	$61,097	17.1	4.7	2.0	0.1	9.0
60123 / Elgin / IL / 12.1 mi.	4,016	19,274	20.8	$57,928	30.1	19.9	5.6	0.1	3.0
60047 / Long Grove / IL / 4.3 mi.	3,648	11,879	30.7	$100,938	9.8	4.0	0.8	0.1	4.2
60194 / Schaumburg / IL / 6.2 mi.	3,453	15,551	22.2	$59,660	33.5	11.0	4.6	0.1	15.8
60010 / Tower Lakes / IL / 4.4 mi.	3,396	14,029	24.2	$110,470	8.0	2.0	0.6	0.1	4.6
60195 / Schaumburg / IL / 4.1 mi.	3,228	10,876	29.7	$67,761	27.9	7.2	4.5	0.1	14.5
60103 / Ontarioville / IL / 11.2 mi.	3,223	23,463	13.7	$70,938	31.3	16.0	3.9	0.1	9.7
60089 / Buffalo Grove / IL / 6.6 mi.	3,222	15,235	21.1	$81,324	13.2	3.4	0.7	0.0	8.0
60074 / Palatine / IL / 3.2 mi.	2,872	9,044	31.8	$51,594	48.6	32.2	4.1	0.1	10.6
60008 / Rolling Meadows / IL / 4.5 mi.	2,760	8,458	32.6	$57,694	30.5	20.2	2.8	0.1	6.3
60016 / Des Plaines / IL / 11 mi.	2,718	23,019	11.8	$51,192	31.9	10.5	2.6	0.1	16.5
60060 / Mundelein / IL / 9.1 mi.	2,468	11,896	20.7	$70,726	31.3	22.6	1.5	0.1	6.1
60120 / Elgin / IL / 11 mi.	2,461	15,403	16.0	$52,067	57.0	44.9	6.4	0.2	4.2
60188 / Wheaton / IL / 13.9 mi.	2,421	14,813	16.3	$65,766	26.3	9.7	4.0	0.1	10.9
60174 / Valley View / IL / 17 mi.	2,415	11,583	20.8	$67,608	10.2	5.8	2.0	0.1	1.7
60018 / Rosemont / IL / 12.3 mi.	2,406	10,533	22.8	$48,945	33.9	24.1	0.9	0.1	7.4
60540 / Woodridge / IL / 23.9 mi.	2,304	14,797	15.6	$87,514	15.2	3.5	1.9	0.1	8.5
60090 / Wheeling / IL / 7.5 mi.	2,290	14,249	16.1	$54,892	33.9	20.8	2.4	0.1	9.3
60107 / Streamwood / IL / 7.9 mi.	2,235	11,828	18.9	$64,523	31.2	17.3	3.5	0.1	8.4
60048 / Mettawa / IL / 12 mi.