Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Post-Standard, Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
Owner: Advance (Newhouse) (N.Y.)
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 14.8
2004 14.6
2003 13.1
2002 11.6
2001 13.5
2000 11.7
1999 13.6
1998 12.1
1997 12.7
1996 12.7
1995 12.1
1994 10.0
1993 Did not report
1992 10.3
1991 7.6
1990 7.4
The latest year at peak is 2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The Post-Standard, Syracuse
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff Non-white % of circulation area Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005 14.8 11.6 127
2004 14.6 11.7 125
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, Advance (Newhouse) (N.Y.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 63.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The Post-Standard, Syracuse
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 127. 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 5 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 118,962 ranks 87 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 Post-Standard, Syracuse
Circulation area
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 2.0 15,784
Black 6.1 47,175
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4 11,128
Native-American 0.6 4,873
Other non-white 0.1 766
Multi-racial 1.4 10,560
  Non-white 11.7 90,286
White 88.3 683,307
Total 773,593
Home county:  Onondaga
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 2.4 11,175
Black 9.1 41,772
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1 9,632
Native-American 0.8 3,721
Other non-white 0.1 579
Multi-racial 1.7 7,858
  Non-white 16.3 74,737
White 83.7 383,599
Total 458,336
The home county of this newspaper is Onondaga.
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 Post-Standard, Syracuse
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
13027 / Van Buren / NY / 11.7 mi. 5,113 11,401 44.8 $51,684 3.9 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.0
13090 / Lvrpool / NY / 7.4 mi. 4,964 11,526 43.1 $52,828 9.8 1.4 4.1 0.4 2.3
13212 / Syracuse / NY / 5.3 mi. 4,482 8,562 52.3 $41,983 5.3 0.9 1.6 0.5 1.1
13088 / Salina / NY / 4.7 mi. 4,473 9,699 46.1 $43,245 8.6 1.5 2.7 0.3 2.6
13057 / East Syracuse / NY / 4.8 mi. 4,400 6,273 70.1 $41,626 5.4 1.0 1.2 0.6 1.5
13021 / Throop / NY / 20.9 mi. 4,289 16,322 26.3 $35,640 9.4 2.2 5.3 0.2 0.6
13219 / Westvale / NY / 3.3 mi. 4,033 6,318 63.8 $47,427 4.3 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.9
13031 / Split Rock / NY / 6.6 mi. 3,539 6,030 58.7 $50,929 4.0 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.1
13126 / Southwest Oswego / NY / 30.9 mi. 3,434 13,257 25.9 $35,079 5.3 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.8
13210 / Syracuse / NY / 1.3 mi. 3,403 9,618 35.4 $19,397 36.4 4.4 21.5 0.3 7.3
13206 / Syracuse / NY / 2.4 mi. 3,169 7,846 40.4 $31,871 12.8 2.4 6.3 0.8 1.2
13069 / Volney / NY / 21.5 mi. 3,101 10,171 30.5 $34,443 3.3 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.3
13208 / Syracuse / NY / 1.6 mi. 3,031 9,173 33.0 $26,313 19.8 3.1 6.5 1.4 5.6
13202 / Syracuse / NY / 0.2 mi. 2,997 2,372 126.3 $10,000 73.8 9.4 56.4 0.7 5.0
13039 / Cicero / NY / 7.2 mi. 2,976 5,284 56.3 $57,538 4.6 1.0 1.4 0.3 1.0
13104 / Manlius / NY / 9.1 mi. 2,930 5,443 53.8 $65,246 6.8 1.1 0.9 0.1 3.6
13215 / Syracuse / NY / 4.8 mi. 2,799 5,236 53.5 $57,763 4.8 1.0 1.2 0.4 1.3
13066 / Fville / NY / 6.5 mi. 2,776 4,966 55.9 $65,885 6.4 1.3 0.9 0.1 3.2
13204 / Syracuse / NY / 1.3 mi. 2,553 8,528 29.9 $21,387 41.0 13.5 20.6 1.8 0.6
13209 / Syracuse / NY / 4.8 mi. 2,482 5,668 43.8 $38,976 4.7 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.5
13214 / Syracuse / NY / 3.6 mi. 2,197 3,097 70.9 $52,587 18.6 2.0 11.5 0.2 2.9
13203 / Syracuse / NY / 1 mi. 2,161 7,248 29.8 $25,589 26.6 4.0 13.6 1.4 4.2
13205 / Syracuse / NY / 2.6 mi. 2,085 7,887 26.4 $23,125 59.0 3.2 49.7 1.3 1.6
13207 / Syracuse / NY / 2.1 mi. 1,912 5,585 34.2 $37,757 42.0 4.2 32.6 1.2 0.5
13224 / Syracuse / NY / 2.3 mi. 1,668 3,788 44.0 $44,960 45.5 3.2 36.2 0.4 2.8
13078 / Sentinel Heights / NY / 5.4 mi. 1,572 3,145 50.0 $65,917 8.1 0.7 2.8 1.0 2.3
13152 / Skaneateles / NY / 14.5 mi. 1,499 3,320 45.2 $57,815 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3
13421 / Scribner Corners / NY / 23.6 mi. 1,456 5,334 27.3 $35,859 4.0 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.5
13037 / Sullivan / NY / 12.9 mi. 1,413 3,283 43.0 $43,624 2.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3
13032 / Whitelaw / NY / 18.2 mi. 1,340 4,848 27.6 $41,107 2.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3
13036 / Central Square / NY / 15.6 mi. 1,266 3,317 38.2 $39,015 2.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
13211 / Syracuse / NY / 3.4 mi. 1,263 2,641 47.8 $35,283 7.2 2.1 1.9 0.9 0.8
13035 / Nelson / NY / 16.1 mi. 1,253 2,919 42.9 $54,479 3.3 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.4
13045 / Virgil / NY / 29.7 mi. 1,224 10,973 11.2 $30,732 4.8 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.6
13108 / Navarino / NY / 9.8 mi. 1,196 2,275 52.6 $51,993 2.2 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.3
13135 / Schroeppel / NY / 14.7 mi. 1,125 2,231 50.4 $38,542 2.9 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.3
13041 / Clay / NY / 8 mi. 1,112 3,363 33.1 $56,857 8.2 1.3 3.5 0.7 1.3
13029 / Brewerton / NY / 11.4 mi. 921 2,166 42.5 $52,054 2.9 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.3
13120 / South Onondaga / NY / 5.5 mi. 887 885 100.2 $50,842 34.1 0.8 3.4 26.3 0.2
13114 / Mexico / NY / 26.9 mi. 849 2,389 35.5 $42,112 2.8 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.3
13159 / Vesper / NY / 14.7 mi. 746 1,978 37.7 $51,533 3.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5
13084 / Lafayette / NY / 10.5 mi. 692 1,550 44.6 $46,528 6.7 0.6 0.5 3.5 0.6
13116 / Minoa / NY / 6.9 mi. 617 1,251 49.3 $49,100 3.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.5
13082 / Kirkville / NY / 8.7 mi. 614 1,961 31.3 $42,892 2.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2
13030 / Bridgeport / NY / 10.5 mi. 586 1,611 36.4 $44,888 2.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.3
13080 / Jordan / NY / 14.7 mi. 567 1,317 43.1 $39,792 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.4
13142 / Pulaski / NY / 32.9 mi. 526 2,557 20.6 $37,243 2.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3
13166 / Weedsport / NY / 19.3 mi. 520 2,228 23.3 $40,750 2.8 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.5
13346 / Randallsville / NY / 32 mi. 507 1,601 31.7 $41,144 8.0 2.1 1.8 0.2 2.6
13601 / Wtown / NY / 61.1 mi. 473 14,591 3.2 $31,576 11.9 3.6 5.0 0.5 1.1
13060 / Hart Lot / NY / 12.8 mi. 466 1,142 40.8 $40,769 3.9 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.5
13131 / Parish / NY / 23.3 mi. 432 1,415 30.5 $39,415 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.1
13074 / South Hannibal / NY / 26.3 mi. 408 1,571 26.0 $36,686 2.0 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.0
13148 / Tyre / NY / 31.6 mi. 401 4,378 9.2 $38,302 4.5 1.3 0.7 0.2 1.4
13461 / Sherrill / NY / 26.1 mi. 399 1,278 31.2 $48,446 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.6
13077 / Scott / NY / 24.1 mi. 384 2,618 14.7 $41,002 2.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3
13132 / Pennellville / NY / 13.9 mi. 382 1,565 24.4 $43,929 3.2 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.2
13144 / Richland / NY / 33.7 mi. 342 529 64.7 $33,839 2.3 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.1
13167 / West Monroe / NY / 15.7 mi. 334 1,206 27.7 $41,910 2.2 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.1
13140 / Port Byron / NY / 22.9 mi. 297 1,791 16.6 $36,277 3.3 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.1
13110 / Otisco Valley / NY / 12.1 mi. 295 931 31.7 $45,164 3.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4
13044 / Gayville / NY / 15.6 mi. 292 1,007 29.0 $41,691 2.0 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.1
13118 / Sempronius / NY / 23.5 mi. 287 1,979 14.5 $39,472 19.6 6.1 12.4 0.3 0.4
13033 / Cato / NY / 21.7 mi. 281 1,579 17.8 $43,000 2.8 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.1
13662 / Massena Springs / NY / 134.5 mi. 261 6,927 3.8 $33,037 5.5 1.1 0.3 2.7 0.6
14850 / Ithaca College / NY / 42.1 mi. 253 23,609 1.1 $33,250 21.9 4.0 4.4 0.3 10.7
13076 / Hastings / NY / 19.6 mi. 249 804 31.0 $44,844 3.1 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.2
13063 / Fabius / NY / 14.7 mi. 245 678 36.1 $50,156 2.7 1.3 0.2 0.5 0.2
13112 / Memphis / NY / 13.1 mi. 235 714 32.9 $48,922 1.7 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.1
13164 / Warners / NY / 8.1 mi. 234 634 36.9 $50,726 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.1
13501 / Utica / NY / 43.1 mi. 222 14,679 1.5 $23,815 26.8 6.4 13.9 0.2 2.9
13026 / Ledyard / NY / 30.9 mi. 220 609 36.1 $43,512 5.1 1.5 0.7 0.3 1.3
13042 / Cleveland / NY / 17.4 mi. 218 910 24.0 $36,912 2.9 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.3
13408 / Morrisville Station / NY / 24.1 mi. 203 989 20.5 $39,773 13.1 2.6 7.7 0.5 1.3
13440 / Stanwix Heights / NY / 34.7 mi. 190 17,256 1.1 $36,866 12.0 3.9 5.7 0.2 0.8
13143 / Red Creek / NY / 30 mi. 188 1,064 17.7 $34,178 16.1 5.4 9.1 0.6 0.2
13145 / Sandy Creek / NY / 39.1 mi. 184 752 24.5 $30,798 2.0 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.1
13820 / West End / NY / 63.7 mi. 183 7,377 2.5 $29,417 9.5 3.2 3.7 0.2 1.2
13493 / Williamstown / NY / 27.1 mi. 179 767 23.3 $31,908 2.8 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.2
13815 / Woods Corners / NY / 44.6 mi. 168 5,745 2.9 $31,875 3.4 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.6
13052 / Lincklaen / NY / 23.4 mi. 159 636 25.0 $34,464 2.6 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.2
13332 / South Lebanon / NY / 33.7 mi. 157 903 17.4 $35,094 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.2
13669 / Red Mills / NY / 110.7 mi. 155 6,165 2.5 $31,707 12.7 4.4 6.5 0.7 0.6
13034 / Cayuga / NY / 28.1 mi. 141 738 19.1 $41,633 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
13413 / New Hartford / NY / 40.4 mi. 141 6,338 2.2 $47,204 5.2 0.7 0.9 0.1 3.0
13160 / Union Springs / NY / 28.8 mi. 139 709 19.6 $48,208 3.1 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.4
13460 / Sherburne / NY / 38.7 mi. 136 1,749 7.8 $31,826 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.1
13165 / Waterloo / NY / 35.5 mi. 126 4,143 3.0 $35,475 3.7 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.3
13302 / South Albion / NY / 30.3 mi. 122 544 22.4 $35,109 2.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3
13478 / Verona / NY / 27.3 mi. 121 1,210 10.0 $47,105 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7
13156 / Sterling / NY / 31.2 mi. 118 940 12.6 $36,484 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.1
13476 / Vernon / NY / 29 mi. 116 1,261 9.2 $37,862 2.7 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.3
13053 / Dryden / NY / 36.8 mi. 114 1,700 6.7 $44,242 5.4 1.9 1.5 0.1 0.7
13122 / Sheds / NY / 16.7 mi. 114 441 25.9 $51,923 2.3 0.2 0.9 0.2 0.7
13409 / Valley Mills / NY / 26.6 mi. 110 779 14.1 $38,164 3.4 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.3
13028 / Bernhards Bay / NY / 16 mi. 106 509 20.8 $41,875 2.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.0
13083 / Smartville / NY / 38.9 mi. 105 677 15.5 $36,094 2.3 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
13901 / Port Dickinson / NY / 59.7 mi. 103 8,844 1.2 $31,391 10.3 2.1 4.7 0.2 1.4
13316 / Osceola / NY / 26.3 mi. 100 2,453 4.1 $37,989 2.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4
13061 / Erieville / NY / 22.2 mi. 95 355 26.8 $47,014 2.8 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0
13040 / Taylor / NY / 33.1 mi. 83 1,046 7.9 $37,284 3.0 1.5 0.2 0.3 0.1
14456 / Geneva / NY / 41.9 mi. 77 7,671 1.0 $35,860 16.3 6.2 6.7 0.2 1.2
13073 / West Groton / NY / 31.9 mi. 75 2,222 3.4 $42,190 3.3 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.4
13334 / Pierceville / NY / 27.2 mi. 75 549 13.7 $33,895 1.6 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.1
13402 / Madison / NY / 32.1 mi. 74 670 11.0 $28,542 2.8 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.9
13642 / Somerville / NY / 89 mi. 70 3,561 2.0 $29,773 12.4 4.4 6.5 0.3 0.4
13655 / Hogansburg / NY / 142.6 mi. 70 864 8.1 $32,500 97.3 0.9 0.1 95.8 0.0
13676 / West Potsdam / NY / 118 mi. 70 5,501 1.3 $30,585 6.2 1.2 1.4 0.3 2.3
13111 / Martville / NY / 25.2 mi. 69 597 11.6 $35,313 2.5 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.3
13081 / Kings Ferry / NY / 33.6 mi. 66 450 14.7 $44,286 2.8 1.7 0.0 0.5 0.1
13617 / West Pierrepont / NY / 109.7 mi. 65 3,422 1.9 $38,294 5.6 1.3 2.4 0.4 0.7
14590 / Wolcott / NY / 34.6 mi. 64 2,114 3.0 $35,168 6.4 2.6 2.1 0.2 0.2
13147 / Venice Center / NY / 26.6 mi. 62 440 14.1 $40,556 3.6 1.5 0.1 0.7 0.7
13072 / Otselic / NY / 26.2 mi. 61 286 21.3 $36,750 21.8 7.1 13.9 0.4 0.0
13092 / Summerhill / NY / 28.7 mi. 61 928 6.6 $39,695 2.4 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.3
12953 / Malone / NY / 144.9 mi. 58 4,603 1.3 $28,191 27.8 10.3 16.0 0.5 0.6
13605 / Smithville / NY / 49.4 mi. 56 1,795 3.1 $35,942 2.5 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.2
13607 / Westminster Park / NY / 83.5 mi. 56 875 6.4 $33,000 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0
13803 / Texas Valley / NY / 38.1 mi. 55 1,545 3.6 $34,286 2.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1
13054 / Stacy Basin / NY / 25.3 mi. 53 813 6.5 $40,219 3.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.1
13071 / Genoa / NY / 30.5 mi. 47 381 12.3 $38,438 4.1 2.2 1.0 0.0 0.1
13790 / Westover / NY / 60.3 mi. 44 8,561 0.5 $29,854 10.7 2.0 2.5 0.2 4.3
13323 / Lairdsville / NY / 36.3 mi. 43 4,056 1.1 $46,885 4.4 1.2 1.1 0.1 1.1
13760 / West Endicott / NY / 60.3 mi. 40 18,698 0.2 $38,018 6.0 1.2 2.0 0.1 1.7
13367 / West Lowville / NY / 56.9 mi. 39 3,191 1.2 $34,794 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.6
13624 / Murray Isle / NY / 76.7 mi. 39 1,846 2.1 $36,396 22.2 8.7 12.5 0.3 0.3
13310 / Pine Woods / NY / 28.9 mi. 38 209 18.2 $26,827 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
13492 / Whitestown / NY / 39.7 mi. 37 4,722 0.8 $43,510 2.4 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.5
13619 / Wilna / NY / 64.9 mi. 37 4,183 0.9 $32,384 7.7 2.3 2.6 0.5 0.9
13357 / Spinnerville / NY / 52.1 mi. 36 4,539 0.8 $33,990 3.1 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.2
13437 / Redfield / NY / 38.6 mi. 34 199 17.1 $32,813 3.4 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.0
13495 / Yorkville / NY / 41.4 mi. 34 973 3.5 $33,594 2.9 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.4
13618 / Cape Vincent / NY / 70.3 mi. 31 765 4.1 $37,059 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4
13355 / Hubbardsville / NY / 35.8 mi. 29 242 12.0 $39,408 2.0 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.1
13668 / Yaleville / NY / 122 mi. 28 1,254 2.2 $38,563 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.4
14513 / Newark / NY / 44.5 mi. 28 5,753 0.5 $37,843 10.9 5.5 3.4 0.3 0.4
13420 / Old Forge / NY / 73.2 mi. 26 704 3.7 $36,000 2.8 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.3
13471 / Taberg / NY / 33.7 mi. 24 1,221 2.0 $36,571 3.5 0.8 2.0 0.2 0.1
13850 / Willow Point / NY / 62.7 mi. 24 8,573 0.3 $51,250 14.0 2.4 2.1 0.2 8.3
14424 / Canandaigua / NY / 56 mi. 24 9,922 0.2 $43,308 3.9 1.1 1.0 0.2 0.6
13350 / Herkimer / NY / 54.8 mi. 23 4,083 0.6 $28,441 3.9 1.2 0.9 0.2 1.0
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