  We select a sample of $\sim 4200$ traditionally defined broad absorption line
quasars (BALQs) from the Fifth Data Release quasar catalog of the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey. For a statistically homogeneous quasar sample with $1.7\le z\le
4.2$, the BAL quasar fraction is $\sim 14%$ and is almost constant with
redshift. We measure the auto-correlation of non-BAL quasars (nonBALQs) and the
cross-correlation of BALQs with nonBALQs using this statistically homogeneous
sample, both in redshift space and using the projected correlation function. We
find no significant difference between the clustering strengths of BALQs and
nonBALQs. Assuming a power-law model for the real space correlation function
$\xi(r)=(r/r_0)^{-1.8}$, the correlation length for nonBALQs is $r_0=7.6\pm 0.8
h^{-1}{\rm Mpc}$; for BALQs, the cross-correlation length is $r_0=7.4\pm 1.1
h^{-1}{\rm Mpc}$. Our clustering results suggest that BALQs live in similar
large-scale environments as do nonBALQs.
