The State Journal-Register, Springfield... 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

The State Journal-Register, Springfield

Springfield, 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

7.5

2004

7.3

2003

6.6

2002

6.7

2001

6.5

2000

6.6

1999

8.5

1998

Did not report

1997

3.6

1996

3.1

1995

6.0

1994

5.4

1993

Did not report

1992

3.8

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

1999

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The State Journal-Register, Springfield

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

7.5

9.8

2004

7.3

9.8

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 The State Journal-Register, Springfield

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 76.

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 21 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 55,334 ranks 185 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 State Journal-Register, Springfield

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.3

4,094

Black

6.6

20,286

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.8

2,420

Native-American

0.2

568

Other non-white

0.1

297

Multi-racial

0.9

2,671

Non-white

9.8

30,336

White

90.2

278,243

Total

308,579

Home county: Sangamon

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.1

2,000

Black

9.6

18,134

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.1

2,108

Native-American

0.2

353

Other non-white

0.1

258

Multi-racial

1.1

2,131

Non-white

13.2

24,984

White

86.8

163,967

Total

188,951

The home county of this newspaper is Sangamon.

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 State Journal-Register, Springfield

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

62704 / Springfield / IL / 2.5 mi.

9,807

19,444

50.4

$42,963

12.3

1.3

7.3

0.2

2.1

62702 / Springfield / IL / 1.2 mi.

7,920

17,371

45.6

$33,785

13.4

1.2

9.5

0.2

0.8

62703 / Springfield / IL / 2 mi.

6,101

12,887

47.3

$31,844

37.0

1.2

32.6

0.3

0.9

62629 / Chatham / IL / 8.4 mi.

2,150

3,431

62.7

$60,397

3.1

0.7

0.8

0.1

0.9

62707 / Toronto / IL / 1.6 mi.

1,579

10,233

15.4

$66,056

5.9

0.9

2.6

0.1

1.5

62701 / Springfield / IL / 0.1 mi.

1,415

661

214.1

$16,495

27.3

1.3

21.4

0.5

2.4

62563 / Rochester / IL / 6.2 mi.

1,258

1,808

69.6

$60,216

2.2

0.5

0.0

0.4

62675 / Tice / IL / 16.6 mi.

1,086

2,343

46.4

$47,650

1.9

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.1

62568 / Willeys / IL / 23.8 mi.

1,085

6,242

17.4

$37,775

7.2

1.5

4.4

0.2

0.6

62684 / Sherman / IL / 6.4 mi.

966

1,276

75.7

$67,159

2.5

0.6

0.3

0.5

0.8

62561 / Spaulding / IL / 6.1 mi.

924

1,833

50.4

$49,408

2.0

0.8

0.3

0.2

0.1

62626 / Womac / IL / 35.4 mi.

893

3,234

27.6

$36,890

3.4

0.7

1.5

0.2

0.3

62615 / Auburn / IL / 14.5 mi.

830

2,005

41.4

$45,390

1.9

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.2

62650 / Sinclair / IL / 29.6 mi.

784

10,492

7.5

$35,547

10.6

1.7

7.0

0.2

0.6

62656 / Lincoln / IL / 26.5 mi.

654

7,055

9.3

$37,264

13.6

2.2

9.8

0.2

0.8

62670 / Old Berlin / IL / 13.7 mi.

623

1,063

58.6

$49,735

1.5

0.6

0.3

0.0

0.1

62558 / Sicily / IL / 13.8 mi.

614

1,360

45.1

$50,020

1.6

0.5

0.2

0.1

62690 / Virden / IL / 20.1 mi.

612

1,701

36.0

$35,169

1.4

0.4

0.3

0.1

62613 / Fancy Prairie / IL / 11 mi.

600

1,321

45.4

$47,585

2.7

1.4

0.4

0.1

0.2

62640 / Standard City / IL / 24.1 mi.

559

1,446

38.7

$37,193

1.8

0.8

0.1

0.4

62677 / Salisbury / IL / 14.3 mi.

520

939

55.4

$50,788

2.6

0.8

0.1

0.2

62049 / Schram City / IL / 42.4 mi.

463

2,759

16.8

$35,491

2.5

0.9

0.8

0.2

0.3

62056 / Litchfield / IL / 40.1 mi.

440

3,544

12.4

$31,478

2.2

0.8

0.3

0.2

0.3

62693 / Williamsville / IL / 11 mi.

403

629

64.1

$52,411

2.3

0.7

0.5

0.4

0.2

62618 / Beardstown / IL / 40.7 mi.

363

2,874

12.6

$30,828

16.1

14.7

0.4

0.2

0.3

62664 / Teheran / IL / 25.9 mi.

315

1,337

23.6

$37,574

1.2

0.7

0.1

0.2

62075 / Wenonah / IL / 36.9 mi.

310

1,520

20.4

$32,453

1.1

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

62692 / Waverly / IL / 20.5 mi.

272

851

32.0

$38,750

1.0

0.6

0.0

0.1

62642 / Sweet Water / IL / 18.8 mi.

271

633

42.8

$45,489

0.8

0.3

0.1

0.2

62530 / Divernon / IL / 15.2 mi.

268

625

42.9

$46,944

3.0

1.7

0.4

0.1

0.2

62520 / Dawson / IL / 9.9 mi.

257

571

45.0

$58,409

2.1

0.3

0.2

62033 / Mount Clare / IL / 44.3 mi.

251

2,124

11.8

$33,508

2.2

0.8

0.3

0.2

62531 / Edinburg / IL / 15.5 mi.

251

792

31.7

$38,375

1.7

0.7

0.1

0.2

62612 / Yatesville / IL / 18.8 mi.

243

790

30.8

$42,879

1.4

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.1

62681 / Rushville / IL / 49.7 mi.

240

2,119

11.3

$35,335

1.3

0.4

0.3

0.1

62644 / Havana / IL / 37.9 mi.

209

2,329

9.0

$33,815

1.5

0.4

0.1

0.3

62560 / Raymond / IL / 31.2 mi.

194

566

34.3

$38,472

0.5

0.1

0.3

0.0

62536 / Glenarm / IL / 10.6 mi.

187

325

57.5

$62,382

1.7

0.9

0.4

0.2

0.1

62548 / Mount Pulaski / IL / 22.4 mi.

183

959

19.1

$40,361

0.8

0.3

0.0

0.1

62557 / Pana / IL / 38.6 mi.

173

3,111

5.6

$31,424

1.3

0.4

0.1

0.3

62661 / Loami / IL / 15.1 mi.

170

494

34.4

$47,853

3.6

1.7

0.9

0.2

0.4

62545 / Roby / IL / 12.4 mi.

169

368

45.9

$41,802

3.0

0.5

1.2

0.1

0.3

62533 / Farmersville / IL / 23.3 mi.

168

443

37.9

$37,054

2.6

0.4

0.5

0.4

1.0

62625 / Cantrall / IL / 8.1 mi.

159

300

53.0

$54,091

2.1

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.4

62691 / Virginia / IL / 29.1 mi.

155

1,050

14.8

$39,904

2.7

1.2

0.1

0.2

0.4

62546 / Morrisonville / IL / 26.2 mi.

151

687

22.0

$37,228

2.0

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.6

62515 / Lanesville / IL / 12.3 mi.

149

389

38.3

$51,007

2.7

0.8

0.0

0.4

0.1

62540 / Kincaid / IL / 18 mi.

149

585

25.5

$35,202

1.8

0.7

0.1

0.2

0.0

62674 / Palmyra / IL / 27.1 mi.

140

663

21.1

$35,208

1.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

62539 / Illiopolis / IL / 20.1 mi.

131

527

24.9

$50,776

1.8

0.1

0.9

0.3

0.0

62069 / White City / IL / 47.1 mi.

122

1,418

8.6

$35,896

1.6

0.7

0.0

0.3

0.1

62688 / Tallula / IL / 15.6 mi.

119

355

33.5

$41,641

2.2

0.4

0.3

0.1

62627 / Panther Creek / IL / 29.5 mi.

113

473

23.9

$33,056

2.5

1.0

0.3

0.1

0.2

62363 / Summer Hill / IL / 58.9 mi.

103

2,481

4.2

$31,310

5.8

0.6

4.0

0.3

0.4

62634 / Elkhart / IL / 16.2 mi.

100

374

26.7

$47,868

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.1

62689 / Thayer / IL / 17.8 mi.

210

38.6

$39,412

1.3

1.1

0.2

0.0

62088 / Williamson / IL / 51.4 mi.

2,728

2.9

$36,241

1.6

0.6

0.1

0.2

0.3

62547 / Mount Auburn / IL / 21.6 mi.

337

20.5

$42,875

1.7

0.4

0.0

0.4

0.1

62044 / Greenfield / IL / 40.9 mi.

826

8.2

$33,250

1.4

0.4

0.1

0.5

0.1

62009 / Benld / IL / 46.3 mi.

873

7.7

$31,308

3.0

0.9

0.7

0.2

0.0

62094 / Witt / IL / 38.1 mi.

535

12.1

$29,271

0.9

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.2

62673 / Oakford / IL / 24.9 mi.

240

26.7

$42,738

2.3

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.7

62567 / Stonington / IL / 25 mi.

487

12.9

$40,438

1.1

0.7

0.2

0.0

62694 / Winchester / IL / 41.5 mi.

1,346

4.4

$36,111

0.6

0.1

0.2

62667 / Modesto / IL / 26.6 mi.

232

25.0

$39,766

1.0

0.8

0.0

0.2

62521 / Decatur / IL / 35.8 mi.

15,265

0.4

$39,449

18.5

0.9

15.5

0.2

0.6

62638 / Rees / IL / 22.9 mi.

530

9.4

$42,857

2.4

1.3

0.3

0.0

62513 / Blue Mound / IL / 26.9 mi.

703

7.0

$45,825

0.6

0.3

0.0

0.1

62666 / Middletown / IL / 19.4 mi.

263

18.3

$42,692

2.4

0.9

0.1

0.4

0.3

62655 / Kilbourne / IL / 28.8 mi.

250

18.8

$33,750

2.4

1.0

0.2

0.6

0.2

62572 / Waggoner / IL / 27.2 mi.

168

26.8

$37,500

0.7

0.0

0.4

0.0

62353 / Ripley / IL / 56.6 mi.

1,543

2.8

$33,958

28.3

4.8

22.7

0.1

0.2

62017 / East Fork / IL / 47.5 mi.

532

7.9

$35,395

1.5

0.6

0.0

0.2

0.5

62082 / Roodhouse / IL / 41.5 mi.

1,229

3.4

$31,344

4.7

0.7

3.1

0.1

62051 / Irving / IL / 40.2 mi.

373

11.0

$29,875

40.7

5.0

35.2

0.3

0.0

62089 / Taylor Springs / IL / 43.9 mi.

113

36.3

$30,000

2.5

1.4

0.0

0.4

0.0

62092 / White Hall / IL / 44.1 mi.

1,273

3.2

$27,794

1.7

0.8

0.1

0.2

0.0

62633 / Poplar City / IL / 29.6 mi.

289

14.2

$29,667

1.0

0.1

0.0

0.6

0.1

62665 / Sweet Water / IL / 45.1 mi.

701

5.8

$33,398

1.1

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.0

62538 / Harvel / IL / 27.3 mi.

160

24.4

$32,188

2.9

0.5

0.7

0.0

0.7

62617 / Snicarte / IL / 33.6 mi.

332

11.1

$35,221

2.5

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.0

62672 / Nilwood / IL / 27.5 mi.

114

32.5

$32,019

2.0

1.0

0.0

62649 / Hettick / IL / 34.5 mi.

220

16.4

$35,625

0.0

62517 / Bulpitt / IL / 17.3 mi.

102

31.4

$30,833

0.0

62570 / Tovey / IL / 16.9 mi.

212

15.1

$30,417

1.4

0.0

0.4

0.0

62015 / Butler / IL / 37.8 mi.

226

13.7

$34,545

1.4

0.2

0.4

0.0

0.4

62621 / Exeter / IL / 43.6 mi.

486

6.4

$38,438

0.8

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

62016 / Carrollton / IL / 49.8 mi.

1,573

1.8

$33,371

1.2

0.3

0.1

0.2

62671 / New Holland / IL / 24.9 mi.

282

8.2

$41,010

1.5

0.5

0.0

62611 / Arenzville / IL / 36.1 mi.

450

4.4

$40,302

0.7

0.0

0.3

0.2

0.0

62630 / Hagaman / IL / 40.3 mi.

240

6.7

$37,500

1.3

0.0

0.5

0.2

0.0

62518 / Chestnut / IL / 28.1 mi.

185

3.2

$45,288

0.6

0.2

0.0

62543 / Latham / IL / 26.3 mi.

219

1.4

$48,125

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

62682 / San Jose / IL / 32.4 mi.

373

0.5

$39,231

2.4

1.0

0.3

0.6

61723 / Atlanta / IL / 35.9 mi.

946

0.1

$43,673

1.1

0.7

0.1

0.0

62512 / Beason / IL / 31.2 mi.

193

0.5

$57,875

1.1

0.9

0.0

62643 / Hartsburg / IL / 30.8 mi.

161

0.6

$39,000

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

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