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	76
2004	7.3	9.8	74
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	0.5	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	0.1
62690 / Virden / IL / 20.1 mi.	612	1,701	36.0	$35,169	1.4	0.4	0.3	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	0.1	0.4
62677 / Salisbury / IL / 14.3 mi.	520	939	55.4	$50,788	2.6	0.8	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