Workforce Composition by Race and Newspaper Circulation Size

Percentage breakdown of newsroom employees by race within different newspaper circulation categories, showing racial diversity trends by organization size.

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White
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
>500,000	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	13	13	17	20
250,001-500,000	12	13	14	14	15	18	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	8	10	18	9	14
100,001-250,000	19	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	19	19	20	22	22	22	20	20	17	17	16	14
50,001-100,000	16	15	16	16	16	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	11	10	10	9
25,001-50,000	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	10
10,001-25,000	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	22	17	17
5,001-10,000	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	11	10	9
<=5,000	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	5
Regional Hubs	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	4
Professionals of Color
>500,000	17	18	18	17	17	13	14	15	15	14	16	17	16	16	17	16	17	18	19	19	22	26	33
250,001-500,000	19	20	22	22	23	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	22	19	19	19	14	14	15	16	21
100,001-250,000	23	24	23	24	24	22	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	25	29	30	29	29	27	27	22	20	19
50,001-100,000	17	15	16	15	15	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	10	10	5
25,001-50,000	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	8	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	10	8	4
10,001-25,000	10	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	14	10	7
5,001-10,000	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	4
<=5,000	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Regional Hubs	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	4
*Note: Regional hubs were not counted separately until 2014.