How likely was a newspaper of a given circulation size to employ at least one journalist of color?

This data shows the percentage of newspapers with at least one journalist of color, categorized by newspaper circulation size, showing representation trends over time.

197819831994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
>500,000100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
250,001-500,000100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
100,001-250,000100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
50,001-100,000778791919395979295959797100999899100100998890919186
25,001-50,000465772747375797876747580828782858585828477797065
10,001-25,000233750494550525455465159596161635547465049525152
<=10,000121623253027313232272628283328282524232624252826
Regional HubsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A9490
*Note: Regional hubs were not counted separately until 2014.

This data was captured before API’s ownership of the survey. Read more about data integrity.

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