The Idaho Statesman, Boise... 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

The Idaho Statesman, Boise

Boise, Idaho

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

8.6

2004

6.7

2003

5.1

2002

7.6

2001

Did not report

2000

9.2

1999

8.3

1998

12.1

1997

11.9

1996

12.1

1995

12.5

1994

7.3

1993

8.6

1992

8.5

1991

8.8

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

1995

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

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Idaho Statesman, Boise

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

8.6

13.1

2004

6.7

13.8

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 Idaho Statesman, Boise

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 66.

This paper

Peer group

Compare that with 50, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 50,001 to 100,000 daily sales.

In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 29 out of 90

newspapers reporting in the category of 50,001 to 100,000 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 Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska, with a 9.9 percent non-white staff in a community that is 8.3 percent non-white. Its index is 119.

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

approximately 63,023 ranks 163 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 Idaho Statesman, Boise

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

9.3

49,472

Black

0.5

2,864

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.5

7,842

Native-American

0.6

3,411

Other non-white

0.1

624

Multi-racial

1.7

8,889

Non-white

13.8

73,102

White

86.2

456,545

Total

529,647

Home county: Ada

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

4.5

13,467

Black

0.6

1,829

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.9

5,558

Native-American

0.6

1,856

Other non-white

0.1

333

Multi-racial

1.8

5,292

Non-white

9.4

28,335

White

90.6

272,569

Total

300,904

The home county of this newspaper is Ada.

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 Idaho Statesman, Boise

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

83642 / Meridian / ID / 11.2 mi.

6,651

15,515

42.9

$54,790

7.3

3.5

0.4

0.5

1.3

83704 / Ustick / ID / 6.3 mi.

6,076

14,485

41.9

$42,659

10.1

4.5

0.7

0.6

2.3

83709 / Boise / ID / 7.9 mi.

5,554

11,483

48.4

$55,116

8.8

3.7

0.4

0.6

2.4

83706 / Boise / ID / 4.8 mi.

5,419

12,895

42.0

$40,160

10.5

4.5

1.0

0.7

2.5

83702 / Boise / ID / 2.7 mi.

4,625

10,255

45.1

$36,536

8.1

3.7

0.6

1.3

83705 / Boise / ID / 5.6 mi.

4,005

11,595

34.5

$34,595

12.9

6.6

0.9

0.8

2.0

83713 / Boise / ID / 6.5 mi.

3,178

7,596

41.8

$56,362

9.7

3.9

0.7

0.4

2.8

83616 / Pearl / ID / 10.2 mi.

3,166

5,176

61.2

$64,622

5.1

2.4

0.3

0.4

0.8

83714 / Garden City / ID / 4.6 mi.

2,809

3,138

89.5

$32,145

17.6

12.1

0.5

1.1

1.6

83703 / Hidden Springs / ID / 4.9 mi.

2,640

10,328

25.6

$46,468

8.5

4.2

0.5

0.8

1.1

83716 / Mayfield / ID / 8.4 mi.

1,601

3,801

42.1

$58,449

10.3

3.9

1.0

0.5

2.9

83686 / Nampa / ID / 20.7 mi.

1,598

10,426

15.3

$40,237

15.9

12.5

0.3

0.6

0.8

83712 / Boise / ID / 3.9 mi.

1,527

3,704

41.2

$48,761

7.2

3.1

0.5

0.3

1.5

83647 / Tipanuk / ID / 40.4 mi.

1,503

6,387

23.5

$36,878

18.5

11.6

1.8

0.9

1.7

83687 / Nampa / ID / 17.8 mi.

1,494

6,298

23.7

$37,815

23.4

19.6

0.3

0.8

1.0

83617 / Northside / ID / 22.2 mi.

1,330

5,195

25.6

$34,196

9.5

7.1

0.1

0.6

0.4

83605 / Weitz / ID / 25.6 mi.

1,327

9,095

14.6

$30,953

30.6

26.9

0.3

0.7

0.9

83651 / Nampa / ID / 20.4 mi.

1,240

7,726

16.0

$32,593

20.5

16.5

0.3

0.7

1.2

83634 / Mora / ID / 15.7 mi.

941

3,260

28.9

$43,450

10.0

6.8

0.5

1.2

0.4

83607 / Caldwell / ID / 24.1 mi.

617

5,431

11.4

$39,562

22.2

19.2

0.1

0.6

0.7

83638 / McCall / ID / 80.8 mi.

556

1,995

27.9

$39,070

4.1

2.1

0.0

0.7

0.3

97914 / Ontario / OR / 45.6 mi.

554

5,974

9.3

$30,726

31.8

25.1

1.8

0.9

2.5

83661 / Payette / ID / 43.3 mi.

513

3,555

14.4

$30,973

16.8

13.5

0.1

0.8

83672 / Weiser / ID / 52.9 mi.

466

3,118

14.9

$30,923

19.4

16.2

0.1

0.4

1.2

83669 / Star / ID / 15.2 mi.

368

1,065

34.6

$44,968

7.9

3.8

0.2

0.7

0.3

83644 / Middleton / ID / 20.8 mi.

334

2,141

15.6

$38,635

9.8

7.1

0.2

0.6

0.5

83619 / Fruitland / ID / 40.7 mi.

314

2,121

14.8

$34,720

16.7

13.2

0.1

0.4

1.1

83301 / Twin Falls / ID / 106.9 mi.

250

15,871

1.6

$34,588

11.7

8.5

0.2

0.6

1.1

83611 / Warm Lake / ID / 74.4 mi.

250

906

27.6

$33,235

4.1

1.6

0.1

0.3

0.4

83340 / Obsidian / ID / 83.9 mi.

246

2,700

9.1

$48,821

12.1

9.3

0.0

0.2

0.8

83333 / Triumph / ID / 87.4 mi.

233

3,183

7.3

$53,675

11.9

9.8

0.1

0.3

0.8

83655 / New Plymouth / ID / 35.4 mi.

217

1,352

16.1

$33,448

10.5

7.5

0.2

0.7

0.4

83660 / Roswell / ID / 36.5 mi.

187

1,843

10.1

$32,972

19.4

16.5

0.1

0.4

1.4

83622 / Silver Creek Plu / ID / 42.1 mi.

172

710

24.2

$40,043

6.5

3.8

0.2

0.6

0.2

83628 / Homedale / ID / 34.8 mi.

131

1,431

9.2

$26,920

32.2

28.9

0.2

0.7

0.9

83631 / Steirman / ID / 22.7 mi.

130

496

26.2

$32,857

8.2

2.9

0.1

2.3

0.6

83629 / Horseshoe Bend / ID / 18.3 mi.

127

592

21.5

$31,600

7.5

5.6

0.0

0.7

0.1

83654 / New Meadows / ID / 86.1 mi.

125

523

23.9

$29,893

5.2

2.3

0.2

1.2

0.0

83612 / Tamarack / ID / 68.1 mi.

111

687

16.2

$27,000

4.3

1.4

0.0

1.4

0.2

97913 / Owyhee Corners / OR / 43.2 mi.

110

1,859

5.9

$28,022

46.1

42.8

0.3

0.7

1.2

83623 / Glenns Ferry / ID / 61.3 mi.

106

708

15.0

$29,583

31.4

28.8

0.0

0.8

0.3

83676 / Wilder / ID / 34.5 mi.

1,212

8.1

$31,875

40.8

37.7

0.2

0.3

1.0

83648 / Mountain Home AF / ID / 41.6 mi.

1,476

6.4

$31,634

19.6

6.5

6.8

0.7

2.7

83615 / Roseberry / ID / 67.7 mi.

288

28.1

$33,482

5.1

2.3

0.0

1.3

0.5

97918 / Willowcreek / OR / 56.8 mi.

1,619

4.3

$31,892

18.0

14.2

0.1

0.8

1.2

83610 / Cambridge / ID / 63.6 mi.

408

15.4

$26,389

2.7

0.6

0.4

0.2

83318 / View / ID / 133.6 mi.

5,340

1.2

$32,186

23.0

20.7

0.1

0.6

0.5

83549 / Riggins / ID / 110.4 mi.

373

16.6

$23,750

3.0

0.8

0.0

0.8

0.0

83330 / Gooding / ID / 82.6 mi.

2,173

2.8

$31,273

16.3

13.9

0.1

0.8

0.3

97814 / Medical Springs / OR / 105.4 mi.

5,048

1.2

$31,487

5.6

2.4

0.3

0.9

0.5

83641 / Wilson / ID / 25.4 mi.

941

6.4

$33,462

17.9

13.8

0.0

0.8

0.6

83353 / Sun Valley / ID / 88.9 mi.

373

15.3

$70,750

13.2

9.5

0.2

0.6

83604 / Riddle / ID / 64.2 mi.

322

16.5

$30,921

21.7

18.8

0.0

1.6

0.5

83338 / Sugar Loaf / ID / 100.9 mi.

5,379

0.9

$35,366

18.9

16.7

0.1

0.6

0.3

83313 / Gannett / ID / 93.3 mi.

1,131

4.4

$45,679

16.5

15.0

0.0

0.2

0.3

83316 / Deep Creek / ID / 94.9 mi.

3,443

1.2

$34,227

13.9

11.4

0.1

0.6

0.3

83639 / Marsing / ID / 30 mi.

896

4.8

$31,031

27.8

26.0

0.0

0.8

0.2

83627 / Indian Cove / ID / 52.4 mi.

213

19.7

$34,000

37.3

34.7

0.0

1.1

0.5

83350 / Rupert / ID / 135 mi.

4,310

0.9

$31,025

30.0

27.7

0.2

0.6

0.4

83645 / Midvale / ID / 51.2 mi.

235

15.3

$29,750

6.2

1.7

0.0

1.2

0.0

89825 / San Jacinto / NV / 134.6 mi.

432

7.6

$30,488

52.9

47.0

0.0

2.6

0.2

83226 / Challis / ID / 105.1 mi.

959

3.2

$33,598

5.3

4.2

0.0

0.4

0.1

83530 / Grangeville / ID / 146.3 mi.

2,054

1.5

$32,656

4.0

1.2

0.1

1.0

0.3

83626 / Greenleaf / ID / 30.4 mi.

378

7.7

$40,806

23.9

20.3

0.3

0.7

83278 / Sunbeam / ID / 74.3 mi.

119

23.5

$32,431

2.8

1.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

89832 / Owyhee / NV / 123.4 mi.

324

8.0

$23,214

86.8

9.0

3.3

71.8

0.7

83624 / Grand View / ID / 43.8 mi.

412

5.8

$26,350

25.4

21.2

0.3

1.1

0.2

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