Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Trentonian, Trenton
Trenton, New Jersey
Owner: Journal Register (N.J.)
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	8.6
2004	9.3
2003	Did not report
2002	Did not report
2001	Did not report
2000	Did not report
1999	14.7
1998	Did not report
1997	Did not report
1996	Did not report
1995	2.3
1994	Did not report
1993	Did not report
1992	Did not report
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 Trentonian, Trenton
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	8.6	34.8	25
2004	9.3	33.1	28
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, Journal Register (N.J.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 24.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The Trentonian, Trenton
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 25.				This paper
				Peer group
Compare that with 44, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 25,001 to 50,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 109 out of 140
newspapers reporting in the category of 25,001 to 50,000 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 Longview News-Journal, Texas, with a 23.1 percent non-white staff in a community that is 28.4 percent non-white. Its index is 81.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 41,750 ranks 251 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 Trentonian, Trenton
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	8.6	29,242
Black	20.3	68,694
Asian and Pacific Islander	2.5	8,573
Native-American	0.1	466
Other non-white	0.1	486
Multi-racial	1.4	4,795
Non-white	33.1	112,256
White	66.9	226,961
Total		339,217
	Home county:  Mercer
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	9.7	33,898
Black	19.4	67,922
Asian and Pacific Islander	5.0	17,420
Native-American	0.1	425
Other non-white	0.2	634
Multi-racial	1.5	5,178
Non-white	35.8	125,477
White	64.2	225,284
Total		350,761
The home county of this newspaper is Mercer.
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 Trentonian, Trenton
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
08618 / Trenton / NJ / 0 mi.	4,543	13,658	33.3	$36,289	76.8	6.3	67.6	0.2	0.9
08610 / Trenton / NJ / 4 mi.	3,458	11,883	29.1	$49,710	20.8	7.5	10.1	0.1	1.8
08619 / Trenton / NJ / 4.4 mi.	3,157	9,214	34.3	$57,696	11.4	3.5	3.5	0.1	3.1
08638 / Trenton / NJ / 1.3 mi.	2,583	8,315	31.1	$41,721	53.0	9.9	39.2	0.2	1.9
08611 / Trenton / NJ / 2.3 mi.	2,242	8,673	25.9	$30,960	59.0	37.0	18.9	0.2	1.0
08690 / Trenton / NJ / 6 mi.	1,712	6,511	26.3	$72,920	8.2	2.3	1.2	0.1	3.8
08609 / Trenton / NJ / 2.2 mi.	1,699	4,915	34.6	$30,995	86.4	25.7	56.1	0.2	1.3
08505 / Fieldsboro / NJ / 7.3 mi.	1,660	5,947	27.9	$58,844	14.6	2.7	7.5	0.1	2.6
08608 / Trenton / NJ / 1.6 mi.	1,574	434	362.7	$17,083	85.5	32.9	50.1	0.3	0.6
08648 / Trenton / NJ / 3.8 mi.	1,483	10,298	14.4	$66,345	23.9	4.7	9.5	0.1	7.9
19067 / Yardley / PA / 3 mi.	1,443	20,323	7.1	$69,894	13.0	2.3	6.7	0.1	3.0
08620 / Yardville / NJ / 7.1 mi.	1,143	4,589	24.9	$65,267	25.3	6.6	15.7	0.2	1.7
08629 / Trenton / NJ / 2.7 mi.	1,100	4,027	27.3	$44,418	50.1	17.9	27.8	0.2	1.4
08628 / West Trenton / NJ / 2.8 mi.	986	3,599	27.4	$66,627	25.8	4.8	17.4	0.1	2.5
08520 / Hightstown / NJ / 12.3 mi.	808	9,299	8.7	$67,655	29.7	12.7	8.0	0.1	7.4
08016 / Burlington Township / NJ / 11.2 mi.	637	11,264	5.7	$54,114	33.1	3.8	24.1	0.2	2.9
08691 / Uppr Free Township / NJ / 8 mi.	636	4,274	14.9	$74,924	10.6	2.5	2.7	0.1	4.1
08015 / Browns Mills / NJ / 20.7 mi.	597	7,435	8.0	$48,826	34.3	8.2	18.6	0.4	3.3
08540 / Princeton Township / NJ / 9 mi.	491	14,823	3.3	$90,977	22.4	4.3	4.7	0.1	11.3
08060 / Westampton Township / NJ / 15.1 mi.	488	13,301	3.7	$58,022	27.7	6.1	16.0	0.2	3.0
08533 / Plumsted Township / NJ / 17 mi.	430	2,274	18.9	$61,966	8.5	4.0	2.4	0.1	0.8
19030 / Fairless Hills / PA / 5.2 mi.	395	5,084	7.8	$53,761	10.5	2.8	3.2	0.2	3.2
08518 / Florence / NJ / 8 mi.	391	1,961	19.9	$50,709	20.2	2.0	13.5	0.1	2.6
19007 / West Bristol / PA / 9.1 mi.	388	8,495	4.6	$36,883	28.4	8.9	14.2	0.2	3.1
08534 / Pennington / NJ / 6 mi.	384	4,176	9.2	$92,628	10.2	2.2	2.4	0.0	4.5
08046 / Willingboro / NJ / 14.3 mi.	334