Lexington Herald-Leader... 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

Lexington Herald-Leader

Lexington, Kentucky

Owner: Knight Ridder (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

10.4

2004

11.1

2003

12.4

2002

11.8

2001

9.8

2000

11.5

1999

8.6

1998

16.1

1997

10.9

1996

12.6

1995

11.4

1994

10.8

1993

8.3

1992

8.2

1991

8.6

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

1998

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for Lexington Herald-Leader

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

10.4

10.2

102

2004

11.1

10.2

109

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, Knight Ridder (Calif.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 76.

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

Peer group comparison

for Lexington Herald-Leader

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 102.

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 10 out of 58

newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.

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

approximately 114,234 ranks 90 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 Lexington Herald-Leader

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

1.7

15,787

Black

6.3

59,385

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.0

9,205

Native-American

0.2

1,725

Other non-white

0.1

935

Multi-racial

1.0

8,915

Non-white

10.2

95,952

White

89.8

845,988

Total

941,940

Home county: Fayette

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

3.3

8,561

Black

13.4

34,876

Asian and Pacific Islander

2.5

6,440

Native-American

0.2

457

Other non-white

0.2

470

Multi-racial

1.4

3,534

Non-white

20.9

54,338

White

79.1

206,174

Total

260,512

The home county of this newspaper is Fayette.

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

Lexington Herald-Leader

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

40502 / Lexington / KY / 3.8 mi.

6,971

12,897

54.1

$45,769

7.1

1.4

2.5

0.1

2.0

40503 / Lexington / KY / 3.7 mi.

5,981

11,591

51.6

$46,128

9.6

2.5

2.6

0.1

3.3

40508 / Lexington / KY / 0 mi.

4,729

9,707

48.7

$17,901

42.5

3.8

31.6

0.3

5.1

40517 / Lexington / KY / 4.8 mi.

3,788

16,120

23.5

$35,806

19.6

1.8

13.2

0.2

2.2

40505 / Lexington / KY / 2.7 mi.

3,776

11,060

34.1

$33,540

23.0

3.1

17.3

0.2

0.6

40356 / Nicholasville / KY / 11.5 mi.

3,638

11,486

31.7

$41,247

6.0

1.3

3.1

0.2

0.4

40504 / Lexington / KY / 2.1 mi.

3,616

10,988

32.9

$29,903

22.1

8.6

11.0

0.2

0.9

40324 / Georgetown / KY / 11 mi.

3,550

10,445

34.0

$48,322

9.5

1.8

5.7

0.2

0.5

40601 / Hatton / KY / 24.4 mi.

3,541

20,183

17.5

$40,210

12.5

1.1

9.2

0.1

0.7

40511 / Lexington / KY / 2.7 mi.

3,528

6,510

54.2

$37,226

50.2

7.4

40.3

0.3

0.7

40515 / Lexington / KY / 6.2 mi.

3,310

11,460

28.9

$55,195

12.2

1.6

5.7

0.1

3.3

40475 / Richmond / KY / 21.5 mi.

3,261

18,518

17.6

$32,382

8.7

1.0

5.4

0.3

0.8

40383 / Versailles / KY / 10.9 mi.

3,095

7,838

39.5

$49,007

9.8

2.9

5.6

0.1

0.3

40509 / Lexington / KY / 5.5 mi.

2,977

8,884

33.5

$48,804

20.1

2.5

12.6

0.2

3.1

40391 / Winchester / KY / 17.7 mi.

2,929

12,905

22.7

$39,830

7.0

1.2

4.8

0.2

41701 / Walkertown / KY / 84.8 mi.

2,347

6,776

34.6

$22,645

4.5

0.5

2.6

0.1

0.8

42501 / Walnut Grove / KY / 62.2 mi.

2,222

7,087

31.4

$24,616

4.4

0.8

2.0

0.2

0.4

40513 / Lexington / KY / 5.2 mi.

2,104

3,147

66.9

$77,386

9.2

1.0

2.3

0.1

4.7

40361 / Paris / KY / 16.4 mi.

2,076

6,971

29.8

$35,620

11.2

2.6

7.4

0.1

40353 / Mount Sterling / KY / 28.8 mi.

1,832

7,083

25.9

$33,257

6.6

1.2

4.4

0.1

40514 / Lexington / KY / 5.7 mi.

1,734

3,905

44.4

$69,680

7.6

1.2

3.1

0.1

2.1

40741 / Tuttle / KY / 64.7 mi.

1,563

7,580

20.6

$27,430

2.8

0.5

0.7

0.3

0.4

40403 / Berea / KY / 32.6 mi.

1,513

7,819

19.4

$33,440

5.4

0.9

2.7

0.3

0.6

40507 / Lexington / KY / 0.7 mi.

1,506

1,090

138.2

$16,288

33.7

3.6

26.5

0.1

1.5

40422 / Danville / KY / 30.2 mi.

1,454

8,778

16.6

$35,994

14.8

1.5

11.3

0.2

0.7

40330 / Shakertown / KY / 25.3 mi.

1,446

7,697

18.8

$34,300

6.8

1.3

3.8

0.2

0.5

41501 / Piso / KY / 107.9 mi.

1,433

9,778

14.7

$25,421

2.9

0.7

0.8

0.1

0.7

40342 / Lawrenceburg / KY / 22.8 mi.

1,346

7,174

18.8

$45,437

4.0

0.8

2.4

0.1

41031 / Sunrise / KY / 24.1 mi.

1,205

5,845

20.6

$36,216

5.2

1.1

3.0

0.2

40351 / Morehead / KY / 54.6 mi.

1,166

7,096

16.4

$28,691

4.7

1.0

1.6

0.2

0.9

40311 / Carlisle / KY / 30.3 mi.

870

2,717

32.0

$29,276

2.2

0.7

0.9

0.3

0.1

40701 / Woodbine / KY / 74.7 mi.

769

10,795

7.1

$25,137

2.2

0.6

0.1

0.2

0.3

40444 / Lancaster / KY / 25.8 mi.

754

4,807

15.7

$34,620

5.6

1.5

3.5

0.1

41339 / Wolverine / KY / 65.8 mi.

720

4,824

14.9

$19,385

1.9

0.6

0.4

0.1

0.4

40336 / West Irvine / KY / 35.9 mi.

692

5,533

12.5

$23,130

1.3

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.0

41101 / Westwood / KY / 96.9 mi.

649

8,469

7.7

$30,452

4.8

0.6

2.2

0.1

0.6

42633 / Windy / KY / 80.5 mi.

609

7,360

8.3

$20,855

4.0

1.5

0.2

0.1

41653 / Watergap / KY / 91.7 mi.

569

5,059

11.2

$23,462

2.5

0.8

0.7

0.2

0.4

41858 / Whitesburg / KY / 104.6 mi.

546

3,332

16.4

$22,678

1.7

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.6

41472 / Yocum / KY / 62.4 mi.

505

3,545

14.2

$22,012

7.2

0.6

5.6

0.1

0.2

40962 / Wildcat / KY / 69.3 mi.

501

7,189

7.0

$16,339

7.7

1.4

5.3

0.2

0.1

41042 / Hopeful Heights / KY / 60.6 mi.

491

16,153

3.0

$47,441

7.7

2.8

2.0

0.2

1.6

40456 / Mount Vernon / KY / 45.8 mi.

486

3,750

13.0

$23,125

1.6

0.5

0.2

0.1

40906 / Tedders / KY / 82.8 mi.

457

4,126

11.1

$16,520

4.3

0.6

2.1

0.4

0.2

40390 / Wilmore / KY / 14.5 mi.

451

2,160

20.9

$32,618

6.1

1.5

1.8

0.2

1.7

40360 / Owingsville / KY / 37.7 mi.

450

2,394

18.8

$28,326

2.9

0.9

1.3

0.1

0.0

41230 / Richardson / KY / 96.3 mi.

435

4,325

10.1

$22,513

1.4

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.1

41240 / Whitehouse / KY / 88 mi.

410

2,891

14.2

$24,854

2.4

0.7

0.4

0.2

0.3

41224 / Threeforks / KY / 101.8 mi.

401

1,994

20.1

$20,653

1.2

0.7

0.0

0.1

40380 / Stanton / KY / 35.5 mi.

398

2,863

13.9

$27,217

1.6

0.6

0.4

0.1

0.0

41749 / Kaliopi / KY / 79.2 mi.

397

1,317

30.1

$20,459

1.8

0.7

0.1

0.2

41056 / Sardis / KY / 53.2 mi.

395

5,724

6.9

$29,629

10.3

0.8

8.0

0.1

0.5

42642 / Webbs Cross Roads / KY / 71 mi.

389

4,974

7.8

$21,774

1.8

0.8

0.2

0.1

40510 / Lexington / KY / 5.1 mi.

372

337

110.4

$65,179

28.8

20.3

5.7

0.0

2.0

41041 / Tilton / KY / 45.7 mi.

371

2,783

13.3

$28,722

4.4

0.9

2.4

0.1

0.3

40965 / Middlesborough / KY / 101.3 mi.

369

5,835

6.3

$20,221

6.3

0.7

3.8

0.3

0.6

41102 / Summitt / KY / 95.2 mi.

347

8,093

4.3

$35,713

6.4

2.0

3.4

0.2

0.3

41822 / Hindman / KY / 92.3 mi.

332

1,007

33.0

$21,331

2.4

1.2

0.0

0.2

0.1

41301 / Zachariah / KY / 57.2 mi.

283

2,216

12.8

$18,846

1.1

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.1

41143 / Johns Run / KY / 81.3 mi.

279

5,188

5.4

$28,796

1.6

0.6

0.2

40347 / Midway / KY / 11.3 mi.

275

971

28.3

$49,118

11.6

4.2

5.9

0.0

0.3

40516 / Lexington / KY / 6.2 mi.

267

899

29.7

$55,109

16.0

2.1

11.9

0.1

0.3

40769 / Williamsburg / KY / 86.4 mi.

267

6,883

3.9

$20,770

2.5

0.6

0.3

0.2

40729 / Victory / KY / 58.2 mi.

261

2,078

12.6

$21,592

4.3

0.6

1.9

0.5

0.1

41175 / South Shore / KY / 89.3 mi.

258

2,378

10.8

$28,804

1.7

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.1

40312 / Westbend / KY / 31.7 mi.

256

2,133

12.0

$22,953

2.5

0.6

1.0

0.1

40484 / Stanford / KY / 35.9 mi.

251

4,442

5.7

$29,619

6.8

0.9

4.6

0.2

0.1

40379 / Stamping Ground / KY / 17.9 mi.

245

1,029

23.8

$37,034

2.6

0.9

1.1

0.3

0.0

41311 / Yellow Rock / KY / 50.8 mi.

234

2,708

8.6

$18,736

5.4

0.4

4.1

0.2

0.1

42718 / Finley / KY / 63 mi.

232

9,240

2.5

$28,793

7.0

0.8

5.1

0.1

0.2

40033 / Lebanon / KY / 49.3 mi.

229

4,254

5.4

$29,228

16.2

0.8

13.8

0.1

0.6

40359 / Wheatley / KY / 34.6 mi.

229

2,675

8.6

$31,689

2.7

0.9

0.8

0.3

0.2

42602 / Static / KY / 93.6 mi.

228

3,971

5.7

$19,375

2.0

1.3

0.1

0.3

0.0

42653 / Whitley City / KY / 86 mi.

224

1,798

12.5

$20,247

2.0

0.5

0.1

0.5

0.0

41314 / Turkey / KY / 56.5 mi.

218

1,837

11.9

$15,625

1.3

0.6

0.1

40831 / Smith / KY / 98.8 mi.

217

2,276

9.5

$18,843

8.7

0.6

4.8

1.3

0.9

41635 / Osborn / KY / 102.7 mi.

216

1,415

15.3

$16,270

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.1

40409 / Brodhead / KY / 44.3 mi.

214

1,381

15.5

$22,169

1.5

0.5

0.1

0.2

42539 / Liberty / KY / 50.6 mi.

214

3,945

5.4

$21,256

2.8

1.3

0.5

0.2

0.1

41425 / Ezel / KY / 57.2 mi.

203

548

37.0

$21,994

1.6

0.4

0.0

0.4

0.1

41465 / Wonnie / KY / 76.6 mi.

200

4,784

4.2

$20,117

1.0

0.4

0.2

0.1

41602 / Auxier / KY / 90.9 mi.

198

298

66.4

$25,833

0.5

0.0

0.5

40447 / Wind Cave / KY / 46.4 mi.

196

3,296

5.9

$19,983

1.2

0.6

0.1

0.0

40977 / Wallsend / KY / 93.5 mi.

191

4,293

4.4

$18,399

3.3

0.5

1.7

0.2

0.1

40065 / Shelbyville / KY / 38.1 mi.

187

8,140

2.3

$43,837

17.4

5.7

9.6

0.2

0.5

41844 / Pippa Passes / KY / 96.1 mi.

184

320

57.5

$24,327

2.3

0.9

0.6

0.1

0.5

42629 / Sewellton / KY / 75.8 mi.

184

1,996

9.2

$21,769

3.2

0.8

1.5

0.1

0.2

41040 / Pendleton County / KY / 41 mi.

182

2,640

6.9

$35,580

2.4

0.9

0.7

0.3

0.0

40823 / Oven Fork / KY / 104.3 mi.

173

1,845

9.4

$18,327

5.2

0.8

3.4

0.2

0.0

41601 / Old Allen / KY / 95.2 mi.

170

376

45.2

$30,313

2.1

0.2

0.9

0.0

0.5

40348 / Millersburg / KY / 24.2 mi.

167

395

42.3

$24,688

5.4

1.1

3.1

0.7

0.0

41097 / Williamstown / KY / 36 mi.

165

2,397

6.9

$34,383

2.2

0.9

0.4

0.1

0.4

41553 / Phelps / KY / 124.5 mi.

161

1,321

12.2

$19,705

1.4

0.8

0.2

0.0

0.1

41649 / Risner / KY / 94.7 mi.

161

1,102

14.6

$24,190

1.4

0.3

0.2

0.5

42141 / Lamb / KY / 100 mi.

158

11,115

1.4

$32,086

6.9

1.1

4.5

0.1

0.5

41064 / Piqua / KY / 38.7 mi.

154

852

18.1

$30,523

1.5

1.0

0.1

0.0

42101 / Plum Springs / KY / 120.3 mi.

152

18,142

0.8

$27,664

19.3

3.7

12.0

0.3

1.5

41219 / Winifred / KY / 82.4 mi.

148

732

20.2

$23,409

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.0

40854 / Loyall / KY / 97.5 mi.

144

444

32.4

$30,152

2.3

0.1

0.0

0.8

0.5

40069 / Springfield / KY / 43.7 mi.

142

2,821

5.0

$33,125

13.8

1.9

10.5

0.1

0.3

41164 / Wolf / KY / 69.5 mi.

131

5,090

2.6

$23,553

1.5

0.7

0.1

0.3

0.0

40828 / Yocum Creek / KY / 103.7 mi.

130

2,052

6.3

$15,206

4.1

0.9

2.2

0.1

41746 / Happy / KY / 90.4 mi.

130

197

66.0

$21,786

0.9

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.2

42728 / Montpelier / KY / 72.9 mi.

118

5,649

2.1

$24,387

4.9

0.8

2.9

0.2

0.3

41524 / Fedscreek / KY / 120.8 mi.

117

104

112.5

$15,096

4.7

3.1

0.0

1.6

0.0

41522 / Wolfpit / KY / 117.6 mi.

116

2,468

4.7

$22,052

1.0

0.5

0.0

0.2

0.0

41179 / Vanceburg / KY / 69.3 mi.

109

3,185

3.4

$20,793

1.6

0.5

0.2

0.0

41004 / Woolcott / KY / 43.6 mi.

103

1,682

6.1

$33,727

1.6

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.1

40374 / Sharpsburg / KY / 33.4 mi.

742

12.9

$23,663

8.6

1.5

6.1

0.3

0.0

41171 / Stephens / KY / 65.1 mi.

1,493

6.2

$20,245

1.0

0.2

0.1

0.0

41035 / Sherman / KY / 42.7 mi.

3,368

2.2

$38,953

2.3

1.0

0.2

0.4

40004 / Bardstown / KY / 51.4 mi.

8,884

0.8

$40,037

10.4

1.1

7.7

0.1

0.8

41667 / Weeksbury / KY / 103.8 mi.

245

27.8

$15,521

1.4

0.3

0.2

0.0

40310 / Burgin / KY / 23.7 mi.

149

39.6

$26,875

13.3

0.6

7.5

0.6

0.0

42701 / Elizabethtown / KY / 72.7 mi.

15,107

0.4

$39,466

11.1

1.6

6.4

0.3

1.6

41839 / Mousie / KY / 90.4 mi.

405

12.6

$20,304

1.9

0.5

0.6

0.0

0.1

41622 / Eastern / KY / 92.1 mi.

144.1

$14,135

0.0

40202 / Louisville / KY / 64.6 mi.

2,270

1.8

$8,495

72.9

2.1

66.2

0.4

2.6

40461 / Paint Lick / KY / 30.6 mi.

798

3.1

$36,571

2.5

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.5

40486 / Tyner / KY / 54.2 mi.

908

2.8

$20,341

1.4

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.0

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