Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio
Owner: Gannett Co. (Va.)
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	11.8
2004	12.3
2003	9.7
2002	11.9
2001	11.2
2000	11.8
1999	11.8
1998	13.3
1997	13.3
1996	13.7
1995	13.9
1994	15.7
1993	16.2
1992	15.8
1991	13.9
1990	13.0
The latest year at peak is	1993
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The Cincinnati Enquirer
Year	Non-white % of newsroom staff	Non-white % of circulation area	Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005	11.8	15.6	75
2004	12.3	16.2	76
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, Gannett Co. (Va.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 89.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The Cincinnati Enquirer
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 75.				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 18 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 The Detroit News, Michigan, with a 26.2 percent non-white staff in a community that is 21.6 percent non-white. Its index is 121.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 183,051 ranks 56 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 Cincinnati Enquirer
	Circulation area
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	1.2	21,063
Black	12.4	221,615
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.4	24,297
Native-American	0.2	3,010
Other non-white	0.1	2,489
Multi-racial	1.0	18,404
Non-white	16.2	290,878
White	83.8	1,502,347
Total		1,793,225
	Home county:  Hamilton
Race/ethnicity	% of population	Number of residents
Hispanic	1.1	9,514
Black	23.3	197,192
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.6	13,737
Native-American	0.2	1,330
Other non-white	0.2	1,616
Multi-racial	1.2	10,147
Non-white	27.6	233,536
White	72.4	611,767
Total		845,303
The home county of this newspaper is Hamilton.
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 Cincinnati Enquirer
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
45238 / Western Hills / OH / 5.7 mi.	6,185	19,199	32.2	$42,573	8.3	0.7	5.0	0.1	1.6
45069 / West Chester / OH / 16.2 mi.	5,928	14,889	39.8	$73,826	12.1	1.8	3.9	0.2	4.9
45140 / Twightwee / OH / 16.3 mi.	5,834	15,278	38.2	$67,859	4.9	1.1	1.3	0.1	1.5
45231 / Wyoming / OH / 9.1 mi.	5,357	16,172	33.1	$46,044	30.0	1.0	26.4	0.2	0.9
45040 / Mason / OH / 18 mi.	5,187	11,824	43.9	$70,677	7.5	1.0	2.3	0.2	3.1
45241 / Sharonville / OH / 11.5 mi.	4,780	9,867	48.4	$62,763	9.5	1.1	3.6	0.1	3.5
45011 / Saint Clair / OH / 19.4 mi.	4,527	19,370	23.4	$47,679	13.9	2.7	8.9	0.3	1.0
41042 / Hopeful Heights / KY / 10.5 mi.	4,508	16,153	27.9	$47,441	7.7	2.8	2.0	0.2	1.6
45242 / Sycamore Township / OH / 11.6 mi.	4,350	8,525	51.0	$66,848	10.6	0.9	3.6	0.1	5.0
41017 / Villa Hills / KY / 5.6 mi.	4,308	14,901	28.9	$58,004	3.6	0.9	0.9	0.1	1.1
45215 / Wyoming / OH / 8.2 mi.	4,179	13,129	31.8	$41,147	30.2	1.1	26.5	0.2	1.2
45236 / Taft / OH / 8.2 mi.	4,146	11,541	35.9	$42,194	15.0	1.2	9.9	0.2	2.7
45230 / Mount Washington / OH / 6.6 mi.	4,111	11,959	34.4	$51,033	5.3	1.0	2.0	0.1	1.3
45014 / Indian Springs / OH / 14.6 mi.	4,063	17,462	23.3	$49,949	10.6	1.5	5.7	0.1	2.2
45211 / Mack / OH / 6 mi.	3,887	16,723	23.2	$35,364	26.1	0.9	22.3	0.1	1.3
45244 / Shademore / OH / 9.2 mi.	3,626	9,396	38.6	$62,149	3.8	1.0	0.8	0.2	1.1
45202 / Cincinnati / OH / 0 mi.	3,600	3,296	109.2	$31,286	33.4	1.9	28.1	0.2	1.7
45208 / Mount Lookout / OH / 3.9 mi.	3,544	8,730	40.6	$58,379	10.2	1.3	6.2	0.1	1.8
45255 / Cincinnati / OH / 8.6 mi.	3,417	9,012	37.9	$58,294	5.0	1.1	1.0	0.1	1.9
45150 / Mount Repose / OH / 13.7 mi.	3,412	11,200	30.5	$49,612	4.1	0.9	1.7	0.2	0.6
45239 / White Oak / OH / 8.5 mi.	3,393	12,063	28.1	$41,054	16.7	1.3	13.0	0.2	0.9
45247 / White Oak / OH / 10.2 mi.	3,393	7,751	43.8	$56,393	3.0	0.4	1.2	0.1	0.8
45248 / Westwood / OH / 8.7 mi.	3,386	8,600	39.4	$54,210	1.9	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.4
45251 / Groesbeck / OH / 10.5 mi.	3,227	8,642	37.3	$51,858	14.2	1.3	10.2	0.2	1.1
45243 / Madeira / OH / 9 mi.	2,854	5,922	48.2	$78,937