Journal Star, Peoria... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists

at America's daily newspapers

with the communities that they serve

Newsroom diversity report for

Journal Star, Peoria

Peoria, Illinois

Owner: Copley Press (Calif.)

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

4.8

2004

Did not report

2003

5.6

2002

5.6

2001

5.7

2000

5.8

1999

6.2

1998

6.4

1997

8.4

1996

10.5

1995

8.3

1994

8.5

1993

7.4

1992

9.0

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

1996

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Journal Star, Peoria

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

4.8

11.4

2004

N/A

11.4

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.)

Company index

This newspaper's owner, Copley Press (Calif.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 43.

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Peer group comparison

for Journal Star, Peoria

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 42.

This paper

Peer group

Compare that with 50, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 daily sales.

In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 53 out of 90

newspapers reporting in the category of 50,001 to 100,000 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 Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska, with a 9.9 percent non-white staff in a community that is 8.3 percent non-white. Its index is 119.

FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of

approximately 68,089 ranks 146 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 Journal Star, Peoria

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.5

6,568

Black

7.6

33,097

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.1

4,666

Native-American

0.2

847

Other non-white

0.1

356

Multi-racial

1.0

4,223

Non-white

11.4

49,757

White

88.7

388,760

Total

438,517

Home county: Peoria

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.1

3,827

Black

16.0

29,320

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.7

3,049

Native-American

0.2

365

Other non-white

0.2

288

Multi-racial

1.5

2,652

Non-white

21.5

39,501

White

78.5

143,932

Total

183,433

The home county of this newspaper is Peoria.

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

Journal Star, Peoria

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

61614 / Peoria / IL / 3.3 mi.

6,128

15,485

39.6

$47,030

11.8

1.4

5.5

0.1

3.6

61604 / Peoria / IL / 5.5 mi.

5,554

13,508

41.1

$35,878

23.8

1.7

18.6

0.2

1.1

61554 / Pekin / IL / 12.6 mi.

4,984

16,982

29.3

$40,220

4.5

1.2

2.0

0.3

0.4

61611 / East Peoria / IL / 2 mi.

4,117

9,746

42.2

$43,051

3.3

1.4

0.4

0.3

0.6

61615 / Peoria / IL / 5.7 mi.

3,509

7,707

45.5

$51,548

17.5

1.7

10.4

0.1

3.8

61571 / Washington / IL / 7.4 mi.

3,348

7,971

42.0

$50,553

2.1

0.6

0.3

0.1

0.5

61550 / Morton / IL / 9.6 mi.

3,113

6,711

46.4

$54,353

2.5

0.8

0.1

1.1

61603 / Peoria / IL / 1.3 mi.

2,684

7,417

36.2

$30,196

40.4

4.9

31.8

0.3

0.9

61607 / Peoria / IL / 8.7 mi.

2,369

4,195

56.5

$46,708

2.9

1.0

0.7

0.1

0.4

61548 / Metamora / IL / 9.1 mi.

2,006

3,620

55.4

$60,288

2.1

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.4

61605 / Peoria / IL / 5.2 mi.

1,995

6,910

28.9

$18,355

63.8

3.2

57.5

0.2

0.1

61523 / Chillicothe / IL / 13.2 mi.

1,919

4,298

44.6

$44,453

3.6

2.3

0.2

61520 / Canton / IL / 24.8 mi.

1,631

6,998

23.3

$33,360

10.2

1.9

7.2

0.2

0.4

61525 / Dunlap / IL / 10.2 mi.

1,432

1,931

74.2

$72,708

4.3

0.8

0.1

2.0

61401 / Galesburg / IL / 46 mi.

1,145

14,451

7.9

$32,796

16.7

4.7

9.4

0.2

1.0

61455 / Macomb / IL / 61.3 mi.

1,105

7,837

14.1

$29,165

11.4

1.9

5.1

0.1

3.0

61530 / Eureka / IL / 16 mi.

960

2,152

44.6

$46,639

2.8

1.0

0.5

0.3

0.4

61568 / Tremont / IL / 17.1 mi.

750

1,500

50.0

$55,806

1.6

0.8

0.1

0.2

0.3

61606 / Peoria / IL / 3.4 mi.

677

2,887

23.4

$28,660

26.1

2.5

18.2

0.1

2.8

61610 / Creve Coeur / IL / 6 mi.

633

2,059

30.7

$35,446

3.9

1.9

0.4

0.5

0.1

61547 / Mapleton / IL / 12.5 mi.

592

1,211

48.9

$63,953

2.9

0.7

0.6

0.3

0.5

61537 / Henry / IL / 27.1 mi.

569

1,262

45.1

$41,192

2.6

0.7

0.5

0.2

61546 / Manito / IL / 25.9 mi.

556

1,685

33.0

$46,771

1.8

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.3

61540 / Lacon / IL / 21.4 mi.

518

1,157

44.8

$42,734

1.5

0.8

0.1

0.2

61528 / Edwards / IL / 9.4 mi.

512

583

87.8

$63,867

2.9

0.6

0.4

1.1

61531 / Farmington / IL / 25.6 mi.

499

1,324

37.7

$36,695

1.8

0.8

0.2

0.3

0.1

61443 / Kewanee / IL / 41.9 mi.

494

5,898

8.4

$30,743

10.9

5.8

3.3

0.1

0.4

61559 / Princeville / IL / 17.5 mi.

483

1,167

41.4

$47,596

3.9

2.6

0.1

0.3

0.1

61529 / Elmwood / IL / 20.1 mi.

471

1,041

45.2

$46,531

2.0

0.9

0.1

0.5

0.1

61536 / Hanna City / IL / 12.6 mi.

427

1,020

41.9

$50,903

10.6

1.5

7.3

0.4

0.6

61602 / Peoria / IL / 4 mi.

420

337

124.6

$11,711

40.6

4.0

31.5

0.1

2.5

61517 / Brimfield / IL / 17.5 mi.

406

1,145

35.5

$63,077

2.5

1.4

0.3

0.1

62644 / Havana / IL / 39 mi.

394

2,329

16.9

$33,815

1.5

0.4

0.1

0.3

61542 / Lewistown / IL / 41.5 mi.

357

1,678

21.3

$34,688

1.1

0.7

0.1

0.0

0.1

61427 / Cuba / IL / 35.6 mi.

353

962

36.7

$34,261

1.7

0.5

0.3

0.0

0.3

61561 / Roanoke / IL / 17.5 mi.

334

1,026

32.6

$45,982

0.9

0.1

0.0

61570 / Washburn / IL / 19.8 mi.

331

667

49.6

$44,792

2.8

1.0

0.4

0.1

0.2

61422 / Bushnell / IL / 50.9 mi.

315

1,489

21.2

$32,485

1.4

0.6

0.1

61533 / Glasford / IL / 17 mi.

307

855

35.9

$46,042

1.2

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.0

61356 / Princeton / IL / 44.7 mi.

302

4,693

6.4

$41,330

4.3

2.2

0.3

0.2

1.1

61755 / Mackinaw / IL / 18.2 mi.

299

1,472

20.3

$53,260

3.1

0.9

0.5

0.1

0.4

61491 / Wyoming / IL / 24.6 mi.

292

878

33.3

$35,286

1.1

0.3

0.0

0.1

61526 / Edelstein / IL / 17 mi.

251

392

64.0

$65,217

3.1

0.3

0.4

1.2

61565 / Sparland / IL / 20.7 mi.

247

608

40.6

$48,487

2.9

1.2

1.0

0.4

0.1

61701 / Bloomington / IL / 34.2 mi.

234

16,223

1.4

$37,783

16.9

3.7

9.8

0.2

1.5

61734 / Delavan / IL / 25.5 mi.

205

1,137

18.0

$45,737

1.8

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.2

61501 / Astoria / IL / 53.2 mi.

201

820

24.5

$30,318

1.8

1.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

62681 / Rushville / IL / 66.5 mi.

195

2,119

9.2

$35,335

1.3

0.4

0.3

0.1

61483 / Toulon / IL / 30.6 mi.

192

825

23.3

$36,156

2.4

1.1

0.1

0.3

0.1

61572 / Yates City / IL / 25.9 mi.

190

441

43.1

$36,071

1.1

0.3

0.1

0.0

61462 / Monmouth / IL / 58.5 mi.

162

4,604

3.5

$34,621

8.0

3.8

2.4

0.2

0.5

61569 / Trivoli / IL / 18.5 mi.

158

470

33.6

$53,542

2.4

0.5

0.3

61421 / Bradford / IL / 29.5 mi.

157

592

26.5

$36,164

1.8

0.8

0.1

0.0

0.3

61484 / Vermont / IL / 52.1 mi.

154

381

40.4

$31,438

2.2

0.8

0.0

0.2

61410 / Abingdon / IL / 43.9 mi.

151

1,648

9.2

$36,306

2.6

1.0

0.5

0.1

61434 / Galva / IL / 39.4 mi.

142

1,499

9.5

$36,480

3.0

1.8

0.4

0.2

0.1

61369 / Toluca / IL / 29.1 mi.

140

706

19.8

$39,205

2.8

1.8

0.1

0.3

61448 / Knoxville / IL / 39.3 mi.

133

1,592

8.4

$44,409

1.6

0.7

0.3

0.1

61564 / South Pekin / IL / 16.9 mi.

131

355

36.9

$39,667

2.1

1.3

0.1

0.2

61362 / Spring Valley / IL / 45.7 mi.

124

2,324

5.3

$39,014

8.9

6.6

0.7

0.2

0.5

61415 / Avon / IL / 45.8 mi.

115

786

14.6

$36,905

1.2

0.5

0.1

0.2

62656 / Lincoln / IL / 41.9 mi.

111

7,055

1.6

$37,264

13.6

2.2

9.8

0.2

0.8

61420 / Blandinsville / IL / 68.9 mi.

104

526

19.8

$35,000

1.2

0.6

0.0

0.2

62664 / Mason City / IL / 38.5 mi.

1,337

7.4

$37,574

1.2

0.7

0.1

0.2

61742 / Goodfield / IL / 16.4 mi.

305

30.5

$61,111

0.4

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

61428 / Dahinda / IL / 35.1 mi.

420

20.7

$46,188

3.1

1.9

0.6

0.0

0.4

61326 / Granville / IL / 41 mi.

967

8.8

$43,295

4.8

3.5

0.3

0.0

0.3

61563 / Saint David / IL / 29.7 mi.

212

38.7

$31,406

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

61361 / Sheffield / IL / 47.8 mi.

582

13.9

$35,417

3.0

0.6

0.8

0.0

0.8

61327 / Hennepin / IL / 36.9 mi.

465

17.2

$50,170

5.4

2.4

1.3

0.8

0.5

61354 / Peru / IL / 48 mi.

4,418

1.8

$38,080

6.1

4.0

0.3

0.1

1.2

61348 / Oglesby / IL / 47.1 mi.

1,895

4.0

$36,765

3.8

2.5

0.4

0.1

0.3

61733 / Deer Creek / IL / 14.7 mi.

371

19.4

$51,477

2.2

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.5

61760 / Minonk / IL / 29.2 mi.

1,038

6.9

$42,714

1.6

1.0

0.0

0.1

61534 / Green Valley / IL / 23.1 mi.

684

10.1

$51,765

1.2

0.5

0.2

0.1

61364 / Streator / IL / 46.7 mi.

8,315

0.8

$35,375

8.1

5.4

1.4

0.1

0.4

62321 / Carthage / IL / 80.1 mi.

1,794

3.8

$36,847

1.8

0.4

0.3

0.4

61368 / Tiskilwa / IL / 38.3 mi.

571

11.7

$39,224

2.6

0.8

0.1

0.2

0.3

61375 / Varna / IL / 26.1 mi.

498

12.9

$43,438

2.4

1.2

0.0

0.2

61535 / Groveland / IL / 8.7 mi.

529

11.9

$61,359

3.1

1.3

0.2

0.5

0.6

62618 / Beardstown / IL / 68.6 mi.

2,874

2.2

$30,828

16.1

14.7

0.4

0.2

0.3

61377 / Wenona / IL / 36.5 mi.

568

10.7

$37,647

2.9

1.2

0.3

0.1

61432 / Fairview / IL / 31.9 mi.

273

22.3

$35,833

1.2

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.1

61489 / Williamsfield / IL / 28.9 mi.

380

16.1

$40,588

0.8

0.4

0.0

0.1

0.0

62326 / Colchester / IL / 67.9 mi.

1,103

5.5

$36,696

1.2

0.5

0.0

0.1

61473 / Roseville / IL / 55.5 mi.

708

8.3

$35,167

0.9

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.1

61376 / Walnut / IL / 57.2 mi.

862

6.3

$42,989

2.0

1.2

0.3

0.0

61747 / Hopedale / IL / 21.1 mi.

510

10.4

$47,738

0.9

0.1

0.4

0.1

61467 / Oneida / IL / 45.1 mi.

483

10.8

$45,515

1.9

1.1

0.0

0.1

0.4

61738 / El Paso / IL / 29.1 mi.

1,608

3.2

$49,596

1.7

0.7

0.2

61552 / Mossville / IL / 6.5 mi.

92.5

$48,214

14.8

1.5

3.7

0.0

61761 / Normal / IL / 32.6 mi.

15,108

0.3

$40,313

13.8

2.6

7.6

0.1

2.2

61314 / Buda / IL / 39.1 mi.

390

11.8

$37,944

1.6

0.8

0.1

0.0

0.5

61345 / Neponset / IL / 40 mi.

355

12.4

$38,947

3.2

1.8

0.2

0.0

0.8

61516 / Benson / IL / 24.4 mi.

270

16.3

$50,694

1.3

0.9

0.0

0.1

62682 / San Jose / IL / 31.5 mi.

373

10.5

$39,231

2.4

1.0

0.3

0.6

61440 / Industry / IL / 62.4 mi.

342

11.1

$36,827

2.1

0.8

0.2

0.1

0.3

61335 / Mc Nabb / IL / 35.3 mi.

236

15.3

$45,781

0.2

0.0

61441 / Ipava / IL / 45.3 mi.

419

8.6

$34,554

2.3

1.3

0.0

0.2

61459 / Marietta / IL / 46.5 mi.

168

21.4

$38,214

0.7

0.2

0.0

0.5

0.0

61379 / Wyanet / IL / 47.1 mi.

548

6.4

$40,208

0.9

0.4

0.0

0.2

61338 / Manlius / IL / 50.8 mi.

156

21.8

$38,393

4.5

3.5

0.3

0.8

0.0

61470 / Prairie City / IL / 50.3 mi.

211

16.1

$38,125

2.1

0.8

0.0

0.8

61322 / Depue / IL / 43.8 mi.

603

5.5

$32,743

48.5

47.1

0.0

0.3

0.2

61482 / Table Grove / IL / 49 mi.

242

13.6

$42,500

0.5

0.0

61301 / La Salle / IL / 52.2 mi.

4,435

0.7

$33,333

10.5

7.8

1.2

0.1

0.5

61449 / La Fayette / IL / 33.2 mi.

203

15.8

$39,609

1.9

0.8

0.0

0.2

0.4

61759 / Minier / IL / 23 mi.

620

4.7

$40,958

2.0

1.0

0.3

0.1

62624 / Browning / IL / 57.3 mi.

261

10.3

$33,068

1.8

0.8

0.0

0.8

0.0

61544 / London Mills / IL / 36.8 mi.

262

9.9

$36,250

0.6

0.3

0.1

0.0

61477 / Smithfield / IL / 41.4 mi.

301

8.3

$36,250

2.1

0.8

0.0

61560 / Putnam / IL / 32.6 mi.

294

8.5

$46,917

4.5

3.1

0.4

0.0

0.1

61438 / Good Hope / IL / 56.4 mi.

315

7.6

$42,961

0.8

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.3

61458 / Maquon / IL / 34.3 mi.

403

6.0

$36,875

2.1

1.0

0.0

0.4

61336 / Magnolia / IL / 31.9 mi.

246

9.3

$47,500

4.4

1.2

1.8

0.5

0.3

61488 / Wataga / IL / 42.3 mi.

473

3.0

$40,300

2.3

0.9

0.3

0.0

0.3

61545 / Lowpoint / IL / 13.8 mi.

246

5.3

$44,167

2.8

0.5

0.0

0.5

1.1

61329 / Ladd / IL / 48.7 mi.

563

1.4

$41,213

3.9

3.6

0.1

0.0

0.1

61764 / Pontiac / IL / 49.4 mi.

5,202

0.1

$40,458

13.9

3.8

8.8

0.1

0.4

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