Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The Patriot Ledger, Quincy
Quincy, Massachusetts
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 3.8
2004 3.9
2003 5.5
2002 3.4
2001 4.2
2000 3.7
1999 4.8
1998 8.7
1997 10.4
1996 9.6
1995 15.0
1994 13.5
1993 11.7
1992 12.5
1991 12.3
1990 10.4
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 Patriot Ledger, Quincy
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff Non-white % of circulation area Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005 3.8 10.0 38
2004 3.9 10.0 39
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 The Patriot Ledger, Quincy
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 38. 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 58 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 57,676 ranks 180 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 Patriot Ledger, Quincy
Circulation area
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 1.4 7,473
Black 2.9 15,319
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0 21,584
Native-American 0.1 698
Other non-white 0.4 2,270
Multi-racial 1.2 6,400
  Non-white 10.0 53,744
White 90.0 482,810
Total 536,554
Home county:  Norfolk
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 1.8 11,990
Black 3.1 20,106
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5 35,765
Native-American 0.1 716
Other non-white 0.3 2,101
Multi-racial 1.2 7,897
  Non-white 12.1 78,575
White 87.9 571,733
Total 650,308
The home county of this newspaper is Norfolk.
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 Patriot Ledger, Quincy
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
02169 / Quincy / MA / 0 mi. 7,241 23,770 30.5 $45,056 18.3 2.5 2.9 0.2 10.6
02184 / Braintree / MA / 3 mi. 5,951 12,652 47.0 $61,790 6.8 1.2 1.1 0.1 3.1
02050 / Marshfield / MA / 17.6 mi. 3,419 9,133 37.4 $66,434 2.8 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.4
02043 / Hingham / MA / 6.6 mi. 3,065 7,189 42.6 $83,018 3.1 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.9
02190 / South Weymouth / MA / 6.2 mi. 2,916 6,365 45.8 $56,303 6.0 1.4 1.5 0.2 1.3
02066 / Scituate / MA / 12.9 mi. 2,864 6,466 44.3 $71,117 3.9 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.4
02360 / Plymouth / MA / 31.9 mi. 2,669 18,422 14.5 $54,677 5.9 1.7 1.7 0.2 0.6
02188 / Weymouth / MA / 3.7 mi. 2,635 6,020 43.8 $48,212 6.9 0.9 1.6 0.1 2.5
02186 / Milton / MA / 3.8 mi. 2,605 8,982 29.0 $78,985 15.6 1.7 10.0 0.1 2.1
02170 / Quincy / MA / 1.4 mi. 2,364 7,964 29.7 $51,607 23.5 1.6 0.9 0.1 19.7
02189 / East Weymouth / MA / 4.6 mi. 2,327 6,093 38.2 $48,917 6.2 1.7 1.7 0.3 1.2
02368 / Randolph / MA / 5.4 mi. 2,286 11,327 20.2 $55,358 38.3 3.2 20.4 0.2 10.1
02370 / Rockland / MA / 9.5 mi. 2,279 6,539 34.9 $50,613 5.8 1.0 1.7 0.1 1.1
02339 / Hanover / MA / 11.4 mi. 2,200 4,349 50.6 $73,838 2.8 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.8
02359 / Pembroke / MA / 16.3 mi. 2,036 5,750 35.4 $65,050 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5
02171 / Quincy / MA / 2.9 mi. 1,994 7,149 27.9 $50,999 29.9 1.4 1.0 0.1 25.4
02191 / North Weymouth / MA / 3.2 mi. 1,678 3,550 47.3 $55,880 3.9 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.2
02061 / Norwell / MA / 11.4 mi. 1,617 3,250 49.8 $87,397 2.9 0.6 0.4 0.1 1.2
02351 / Abington / MA / 9.2 mi. 1,506 5,263 28.6 $57,100 3.0 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.5
02332 / Duxbury / MA / 20.4 mi. 1,447 4,946 29.3 $97,124 2.8 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.7
02045 / Hull / MA / 7.3 mi. 1,382 4,522 30.6 $52,377 3.7 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.9
02364 / Kingston / MA / 22.4 mi. 1,220 4,248 28.7 $53,780 3.5 0.8 1.0 0.1 0.4
02021 / Canton / MA / 7.9 mi. 1,171 7,950 14.7 $69,260 8.5 1.4 2.8 0.1 3.1
02343 / Holbrook / MA / 6.9 mi. 1,136 4,064 28.0 $54,252 9.4 2.4 3.8 0.2 1.5
02025 / Cohasset / MA / 9.6 mi. 1,058 2,673 39.6 $84,156 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.7
02341 / Hanson / MA / 14.9 mi. 900 3,100 29.0 $62,586 3.7 0.7 1.1 0.2 0.4
02382 / Whitman / MA / 12 mi. 688 4,999 13.8 $55,303 3.2 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.4
02072 / Stoughton / MA / 10.1 mi. 662 10,254 6.5 $57,838 12.5 1.5 5.7 0.1 2.1
02330 / Carver / MA / 28.5 mi. 517 3,983 13.0 $53,506 4.6 0.8 1.2 0.1 0.2
02338 / Halifax / MA / 19.2 mi. 409 2,781 14.7 $57,146 2.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3
02067 / Sharon / MA / 13.1 mi. 399 5,926 6.7 $89,178 10.7 1.1 3.3 0.1 4.8
02124 / Boston / MA / 4.3 mi. 203 17,330 1.2 $36,025 80.9 12.6 56.8 0.4 5.4
02122 / Boston / MA / 4.2 mi. 163 8,307 2.0 $40,021 60.6 10.3 25.7 0.3 14.1
02127 / Boston / MA / 6.4 mi. 129 13,791 0.9 $39,625 15.4 7.6 2.5 0.3 3.8
02062 / Norwood / MA / 10.6 mi. 128 11,623 1.1 $58,421 10.4 1.7 2.3 0.1 5.1
02301 / Brockton / MA / 11.8 mi. 108 22,572 0.5 $36,646 46.2 8.7 17.7 0.3 2.6
02563 / Sandwich / MA / 45.4 mi. 98 4,037 2.4 $57,815 2.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6
02026 / Dedham / MA / 8.7 mi. 96 8,666 1.1 $61,631 6.8 2.4 1.4 0.1 1.9
02081 / Walpole / MA / 14.6 mi. 90 6,370 1.4 $72,861 6.1 2.2 1.9 0.1 1.2
02111 / Boston / MA / 7.7 mi. 66 2,019 3.3 $20,354 69.7 4.2 4.2 0.0 59.7
02302 / Brockton / MA / 11 mi. 56 11,103 0.5 $45,972 33.4 6.7 15.3 0.3 1.5
02136 / Hyde Park / MA / 6.2 mi. 55 10,645 0.5 $41,144 51.2 13.4 32.4 0.2 1.6
02333 / East Bridgewater / MA / 15 mi. 53 4,344 1.2 $60,311 3.6 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.5
02035 / Foxboro / MA / 17.6 mi. 44 6,141 0.7 $64,323 3.6 1.1 0.7 0.1 1.2
02324 / Bridgewater / MA / 19 mi. 39 7,529 0.5 $65,276 13.5 2.8 3.8 0.2 1.1
02322 / Avon / MA / 8.6 mi. 33 1,705 1.9 $50,305 7.3 1.4 3.6 0.3 0.9
02375 / South Easton / MA / 16.5 mi. 29 3,677 0.8 $64,000 6.3 1.2 2.3 0.0 1.6
02125 / Boston / MA / 5.5 mi. 27 11,404 0.2 $35,513 69.3 16.3 28.8 0.4 11.1
02367 / Plympton / MA / 22.1 mi. 26 854 3.0 $70,045 3.4 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.3
02379 / West Bridgewater / MA / 15.6 mi. 26 2,441 1.1 $56,083 4.3 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.7
02090 / Westwood / MA / 10.5 mi. 19 5,110 0.4 $87,638 4.6 0.9 0.5 0.0 2.5
02126 / Mattapan / MA / 4.8 mi. 12 9,365 0.1 $38,581 95.2 7.1 81.9 0.3 1.0
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