Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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	19.2
2004	17.9
2003	17.9
2002	18.4
2001	17.0
2000	15.5
1999	15.3
1998	13.8
1997	15.8
1996	15.8
1995	16.0
1994	14.1
1993	12.8
1992	10.3
1991	10.7
1990	Did not report
The latest year at peak is	2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Albuquerque Journal
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	19.2	53.5	36
2004	17.9	53.5	33
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.)
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Albuquerque Journal
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 36.				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 49 out of 58
newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 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 San Antonio Express-News, Texas, with a 30.6 percent non-white staff in a community that is 57.9 percent non-white. Its index is 53.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 107,306 ranks 95 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 Albuquerque Journal
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	43.2	401,203
Black	1.9	17,226
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.5	13,779
Native-American	5.2	47,830
Other non-white	0.2	1,602
Multi-racial	1.6	14,863
Non-white	53.5	496,503
White	46.5	432,069
Total		928,572
	Home county:  Bernalillo
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	42.0	233,565
Black	2.5	13,700
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.9	10,687
Native-American	3.6	19,776
Other non-white	0.2	864
Multi-racial	1.6	9,114
Non-white	51.7	287,706
White	48.3	268,972
Total		556,678
The home county of this newspaper is Bernalillo.
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
Albuquerque Journal
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
87111 / Albuquerque / NM / 5.3 mi.	9,495	23,836	39.8	$51,937	25.8	17.8	1.8	1.7	2.8
87110 / Albuquerque / NM / 3.2 mi.	7,342	17,220	42.6	$39,670	39.6	31.0	2.1	2.7	2.1
87109 / Albuquerque / NM / 0 mi.	7,093	17,924	39.6	$38,370	39.2	27.7	2.6	4.1	2.7
87112 / Albuquerque / NM / 4.9 mi.	6,483	18,337	35.4	$40,762	36.9	27.5	2.5	2.3	2.7
87124 / Rio Rancho / NM / 7.9 mi.	5,443	19,308	28.2	$47,093	36.4	28.2	2.5	2.0	1.6
87120 / Albuquerque / NM / 14.2 mi.	5,390	16,158	33.4	$53,029	54.4	44.7	2.7	3.8	1.4
87107 / Albuquerque / NM / 4.1 mi.	4,502	12,355	36.4	$34,645	61.3	55.4	1.3	2.6	0.6
87105 / Albuquerque / NM / 12 mi.	4,102	18,009	22.8	$31,638	82.7	76.7	1.2	3.5	0.3
87114 / Albuquerque / NM / 7.9 mi.	4,033	12,285	32.8	$49,897	45.8	37.1	2.5	2.8	1.5
87123 / Albuquerque / NM / 8.4 mi.	3,824	15,317	25.0	$36,150	46.5	32.9	3.8	4.0	3.5
87501 / Santa Fe / NM / 52.8 mi.	3,746	18,452	20.3	$40,406	52.5	44.8	0.4	4.8	0.7
87108 / Albuquerque / NM / 5.9 mi.	3,518	16,492	21.3	$26,248	60.2	45.5	3.7	6.3	2.7
87106 / Albuquerque / NM / 7.3 mi.	3,505	11,243	31.2	$27,036	43.4	27.8	4.1	4.1	4.6
87102 / Albuquerque / NM / 6.4 mi.	3,150	8,655	36.4	$21,109	78.2	68.8	3.8	3.5	0.7
87122 / Albuquerque / NM / 5.3 mi.	2,612	4,729	55.2	$93,564	19.5	13.2	1.0	0.5	3.3
87121 / Albuquerque / NM / 17.7 mi.	1,974	11,878	16.6	$34,359	84.6	76.9	3.0	3.2	0.4
87104 / Albuquerque / NM / 6.6 mi.	1,859	4,772	39.0	$32,569	66.9	61.3	1.0	2.9	0.5
87544 / Los Alamos / NM / 49 mi.	1,765	7,503	23.5	$78,945	17.9	11.7	0.3	0.5	3.8
87031 / Los Lunas / NM / 28.1 mi.	1,625	11,645	14.0	$34,771	62.4	57.6	1.1	1.8	0.4
87002 / Belen / NM / 39.9 mi.	1,444	7,719	18.7	$31,623	61.4	57.4	1.3	1.0	0.3
87048 / Corrales / NM / 6.3 mi.	1,432	2,917	49.1	$66,400	30.1	25.8	0.6	1.3	0.7
87571 / Taos / NM / 106.1 mi.	1,237	4,458	27.7	$25,954	64.7	48.4	0.4	13.2	0.4
87505 / Santa Fe / NM / 48.2 mi.	1,224	26,898	4.6	$43,725	57.3	52.5	0.6	1.6	1.1
87532 / Espanola / NM / 61.6 mi.	1,193	6,561	18.2	$31,714	85.6	76.4	0.4	7.7	0.3
87301 / Gallup / NM / 122.7 mi.	1,178	7,482	15.7	$33,632	74.4	31.0	1.0	37.7	1.4
87701 / Las Vegas / NM / 96.4 mi.	1,053	7,583	13.9	$25,921	84.7	81.6	0.7	1.1	0.5
88001 / Las Cruces / NM / 172.2 mi.	912	13,570	6.7	$23,114	68.9	61.0	2.4	1.4	1.4
87801 / Socorro / NM / 87 mi.	889	3,909	22.7	$22,799	60.5	54.0	0.5	1.9	2.0
87401 / Farmington / NM / 120.5 mi.	846	14,190	6.0	$34,207	45.0	18.8	0.7	23.2	0.4
87113 / Albuquerque / NM / 2.2 mi.	839	2,761	30.4	$39,602	53.9	44.7	1.4	3.5	2.6
87004 / Bernalillo / NM / 22.4 mi.	817	2,743	29.8	$31,599	82.0	66.8	0.4	13.3	0.2
87068 / Bosque Farms / NM / 20.9 mi.	661	1,693	39.0	$43,016	43.0	27.2	0.4	13.1	0.2
87015 / Edgewood / NM / 23.5 mi.	649	3,579	18.1	$48,284	24.5	20.8	0.5	0.9	0.3
88201 / Roswell / NM / 167.2 mi.	614	19,972	3.1	$28,468	46.2	41.8	2.0	0.7	0.6
88310 / Alamogordo / NM / 164.8 mi.	598	15,767	3.8	$31,574	40.4	30.8	4.8	0.8	1.5
87047 / Sandia Park / NM / 15.5 mi.	576	1,327	43.4	$61,641	21.3	17.6	0.5	1.1	0.6
87020 / Grants / NM / 65.8 mi.	518	4,966	10.4	$29,728	64.4	50.8	1.5	9.9	0.7
87043 / Placitas / NM / 11.2 mi.	455	1,641	27.7	$57,051	25.4	20.1	0.7	1.2	0.5
87901 / Truth or Consequences / NM / 136.7 mi.	449	3,703	12.1	$21,063	30.5	26.8	0.5	1.5	0.2
87059 / Tijeras / NM / 18.5 mi.	436	3,864	11.3	$56,033	27.5	23.6	0.4	1.0	0.5
88101 / Clovis / NM / 193.5 mi.	425	15,601	2.7	$28,934	42.3	30.9	6.9	0.6	2.0
87740 / Raton / NM / 163.9 mi.	391	3,496	11.2	$29,452	54.5	52.3	0.2	0.6	0.4
87042 / Peralta / NM / 20.3 mi.	387	998	38.8	$39,375	56.0	48.9	0.5	3.6	0.2
88345 / Ruidoso / NM / 133.1 mi.	380	4,210	9.0	$38,882	21.9	18.3	0.3	1.9	0.3
87035 / Moriarty / NM / 51.8 mi.	346	2,548	13.6	$30,326	40.6	35.1	0.6	2.0	0.5
87747 / Springer / NM / 149.7 mi.	310	694	44.7	$29,271	64.2	61.2	1.0	1.0	0.2
88220 / Carlsbad / NM / 231.4 mi.	300	12,618	2.4	$32,829	39.3	35.3	1.6	0.7	0.6
88210 / Artesia / NM / 212.9 mi.	292	5,731	5.1	$31,277	46.0	43.2	0.9	0.8	0.2
88401 / Tucumcari / NM / 159.6 mi.	281	3,213	8.7	$24,094	48.0	44.4	1.0	0.8	1.0
87060 / Tome / NM / 30.1 mi.	274	24	1141.7	$26,250	87.5	86.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
87116 / Albuquerque / NM / 6.9 mi.	263	1,290	20.4	$29,364	35.4	17.4	8.9	1.1	3.3
88030 / Deming / NM / 216.1 mi.	259	8,737	3.0	$21,266	58.7	56.0	0.8	0.6	0.3
88435 / Santa Rosa / NM / 107.8 mi.	254	1,180	21.5	$26,607	84.2	80.1	1.6	0.9	0.7
87552 / Pecos / NM / 64.5 mi.	246	1,127	21.8	$32,885	77.2	75.2	0.2	0.8	0.1
88240 / Hobbs / NM / 255.9 mi.	245	11,121	2.2	$28,115	49.5	40.9	6.3	0.8	0.4
87013 / Cuba / NM / 71.7 mi.	225	1,693	13.3	$16,456	92.1	22.4	0.0	68.5	0.2
87024 / Jemez Pueblo / NM / 34.7 mi.	216	641	33.7	$28,750	91.9	10.5	0.0	80.9	0.0
87041 / Pena Blanca / NM / 36.9 mi.	213	260	81.9	$23,854	87.7	76.7	0.7	8.6	0.0
88352 / Tularosa / NM / 140.7 mi.	213	1,960	10.9	$28,161	49.4	44.2	0.5	2.8	0.3
87520 / Chama / NM / 122.4 mi.	186	659	28.2	$32,350	62.5	60.7	0.3	0.9	0.2
87413 / Bloomfield / NM / 135.7 mi.	175	4,393	4.0	$35,725	47.9	27.6	0.1	18.1	0.2
88045 / Lordsburg / NM / 234.8 mi.	172	1,438	12.0	$23,398	70.9	69.3	0.3	0.2	0.3
88130 / Portales / NM / 200 mi.	170	6,155	2.8	$26,584	38.8	34.5	1.6	0.9	0.6
87022 / Isleta / NM / 18 mi.	169	269	62.8	$20,625	99.2	4.2	0.0	93.2	0.3
87732 / Mora / NM / 94.4 mi.	163	550	29.6	$21,277	88.6	87.8	0.1	0.1	0.1
87531 / Embudo / NM / 75.8 mi.	146	171	85.4	$22,692	56.7	50.9	0.3	2.9	0.0
87410 / Aztec / NM / 146.1 mi.	145	5,502	2.6	$37,439	26.7	17.3	0.3	7.2	0.3
87016 / Estancia / NM / 36.6 mi.	142	1,404	10.1	$29,094	50.8	43.6	4.0	1.5	0.3
87118 / Albuquerque / NM / 6.5 mi.	137	280	48.9	$42,125	37.5	18.7	9.2	0.8	2.6
88260 / Lovington / NM / 235.5 mi.	136	4,298	3.2	$28,516	50.8	46.8	2.4	0.4	0.3
87327 / Zuni / NM / 123.7 mi.	124	1,869	6.6	$21,010	97.1	2.1	0.1	94.3	0.1
87528 / Dulce / NM / 106.7 mi.	111	889	12.5	$27,396	95.7	15.2	0.0	79.2	0.0
88316 / Capitan / NM / 124.4 mi.	110	929	11.8	$28,090	21.8	18.9	0.3	1.1	0.4
87036 / Mountainair / NM / 52.1 mi.	106	701	15.1	$23,804	50.2	45.9	1.0	1.2	0.3
87742 / Rociada / NM / 83.8 mi.	102	283	36.0	$30,667	68.9	66.9	0.3	0.7	0.1
87575 / Tierra Amarilla / NM / 105.4 mi.	101	262	38.5	$27,917	84.8	81.5	0.4	1.2	0.3
88119 / Fort Sumner / NM / 144.3 mi.	97	889	10.9	$25,917	38.0	36.0	0.1	0.6	0.2
88301 / Carrizozo / NM / 110.8 mi.	91	623	14.6	$24,828	47.2	44.0	0.1	1.2	0.1
88415 / Clayton / NM / 195.2 mi.	87	1,256	6.9	$27,450	43.8	41.8	0.0	0.2	0.4
87556 / Questa / NM / 126.7 mi.	82	1,013	8.1	$25,750	73.5	71.3	0.2	0.0	0.3
87718 / Eagle Nest / NM / 123.1 mi.	80	234	34.2	$35,147	21.5	16.2	0.4	1.9	0.0
87710 / Angel Fire / NM / 112.3 mi.	79	669	11.8	$45,060	18.7	14.9	0.1	0.8	0.6
87420 / Shiprock / NM / 149.9 mi.	77	2,864	2.7	$23,724	98.3	1.2	0.1	96.4	0.1
87530 / El Rito / NM / 82.6 mi.	72	392	18.4	$32,279	87.3	84.9	0.1	0.9	0.0
87558 / Red River / NM / 126.1 mi.	69	316	21.8	$37,000	14.5	12.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
87535 / Glorieta / NM / 55.1 mi.	64	643	10.0	$38,529	69.3	65.3	0.1	1.4	0.9
87026 / Laguna / NM / 43.3 mi.	55	1,011	5.4	$21,930	91.3	13.7	0.2	76.2	0.0
88353 / Vaughn / NM / 90 mi.	51	240	21.3	$23,000	86.5	85.6	0.0	0.2	0.0
87323 / Thoreau / NM / 62.6 mi.	47	1,245	3.8	$23,496	87.9	5.4	0.2	81.1	0.2
87038 / New Laguna / NM / 48.4 mi.	46	109	42.2	$31,771	93.8	8.2	0.0	85.4	0.0
87316 / Fort Wingate / NM / 111.8 mi.	42	365	11.5	$22,933	93.7	2.6	0.1	89.3	0.0
88426 / Logan / NM / 189.8 mi.	39	540	7.2	$25,450	21.9	20.0	0.2	0.2	0.2
87034 / Pueblo of Acoma / NM / 58 mi.	37	667	5.5	$26,149	98.5	2.1	0.1	96.0	0.0
87014 / Cubero / NM / 83.9 mi.	32	459	7.0	$27,386	93.6	42.4	0.5	49.5	0.1
87347 / Jamestown / NM / 99.5 mi.	28	118	23.7	$47,143	37.2	14.7	0.0	21.2	0.0
87734 / Ocate / NM / 106.8 mi.	27	93	29.0	$35,156	69.1	65.9	0.0	3.1	0.0
87823 / Lemitar / NM / 71.2 mi.	23	429	5.4	$30,605	53.0	49.7	1.0	0.8	0.1
87419 / Navajo Dam / NM / 135.9 mi.	23	222	10.4	$45,673	28.1	19.6	0.2	5.5	0.2
87832 / San Antonio / NM / 84.3 mi.	18	301	6.0	$31,736	53.3	48.5	1.0	1.3	0.0
87053 / San Ysidro / NM / 31.6 mi.	14	265	5.3	$30,714	94.4	23.2	0.2	70.7	0.0
88020 / Animas / NM / 271.2 mi.	12	363	3.3	$28,056	37.3	36.2	0.2	0.5	0.0
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