The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-25
Miscellaneous.
Statistics of American Journalism

Statistics of American journalism
The AMERICAN NEWSPAPER DIREC.
TORY for 1871, just issued by Messrs.
Geo. p. Rowcll & Co., proprietors of
the American Advertising Agency of
New York City, contains certain tables
Of statistics which have been compiled
with care, and can be relied upon as
substantially correct. They cover
field of research which no statistician
has before touched upon, and furnish
food for reflection and wOnderment.
Tho following are u few of the many
facts which a study of these tables re.
veal.
The whole number of periodicals Is.
sued in the United States is 1888, with
% to be added for the Territories, and
323 are printed in the Dominion of Can.
ada, and 20 in the British Colonies,
making grand total of G,i3S, of which
G37 arc daily 1lS tri.woekly, 120 semi.
weekly, 5,Gi2 weekly, 81 bi.weekly, 100
semi-monthly, 7lj monthly, If BIZ
monthly, and 80 arc issued quarterly.
New York has the largest number of
publications, S0i, of which 81 are
printed in New York City, and Nevada
has the smallest number issued in any
Statc-Only -. Nevada has more daily
than weekly papers, and is unique in
this respect, every other State having
from three to twelve times as many
weeklies as dailics. Tri-weekly papers
are more common in the South than
semi. weelllies, while in the Northern
States the facts are reversed.
The largest number of daily papers
published in any State is 50, in New
York. Pennsylvania is second, with
Gl. Next comes Illinois, with 3S, and
California has 81, being the fourth on
the list. Delaware and Florida have
each 1 daily pape'. Kansas has as
many as Vermont, West Virginia,
Mississippi aud Arkansas combined.
Nebraska and Nevada have each more
dailies than either Oregon, Rhode Is.
land, South Carolina, Vermont, West
Virginia, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida
Maine, or Mississippi.
OF the 73 publications issued regular
ly in the Territories l3 are daily and 81
weekly, 3 tri.weokly, 4 somi-wcekly,
appears monthly, | semi-monthly, ant
bi.weekly.
The papers of New York State hav,
the largest circulation, Averaging 7,l1
each issue. Massachusetts is second
with 500 average; then comes tn,
District of Columbia with 1928. Ne
vada has the smallest average circula
ton, only ZIG, while Florida average
GlG,, Arkansas $50, Texas 7Ol, and Mis-
sis5ippi 7j3. The average circulation G
all daily papers published is 2,717, {
the wecklies 1893, and Of the montl
lies A,OSl. The average edition of a
the papers printed is 1,Si2, which, mu
tiplicd by 6,l3S, the entire number
0 publications, gives 2iSjS,796 rs Il
i. number Of copies in which an adve
a q tisement would appear if inserted one
3 in all. The same advertisement,
d continued one year. would be printe
II the enormous number of ,I90, ,922, u
e times. The total number of publica
tions printed in an entire year in Mort
Carolina will supply only four copies t
each inhabitant equivalent to one pap(
to every soul once in three month
Mississippi, Florida and Arkansas 4
but little better, furnishing copies p,
year. Alabama, Minnesota, South Ca
C olina, Texas and West Virginia n
print less than enough to give each il
habitant a paper once in five week
while California gives 50 copies pt
year, exceeding every other State G!
cept New York, which prints 1l3 copi
per year for every soul within Its bo
- ders. As New York papers circulat
everywhere, while those of Californ
do not 60 very much out of the Stat
it is evident that the papers issuC
there have better local support thl
in any other State of the Americs
We Union.
I'd In the District of Columbia we fir
C. that one newspaper is published f
every three square miles of territor
Massachusetts, has one to 30 squa
Of miles, and Rhode Island one to .
'iifr then comes New York with one to 8
Connecticut has one to 80, New Jerst
one to G3, Texas one to 2,3lj, Florit
nd one to 1903; while in the Territori
be one newspaper spreads its circulate
g; over no less than II, ,4Gj square miles.
There are 5lS papers in the Unit,
States which print more than 1000 co
les each issue, and II which print mo
than 100000. Tho NcW York IVceG
, has the largest circulation given; amo
~ the political mediums the New 70
,eN%. Weekly IriJHe takes the lead, a
er,, among the agricultural weelllies Moor
,ds RurdI NeW. p0rher stands first. Il
led New York HdeDeadeM is the larg,
as, paper and has the largest circulation
ns any religious paper. Nearly 900
KID pers are printed on the auxiliary plal
III. that is, on sheets purchased from n
eg York, Chicago and other centers, W
rt. one side already printed. This nu
DCT HIS moro liiull uOuDlCu Wllnln
year. More than 900 new newspap
NJ. have been established since the first
md March, 1870, and the number Of II
Is ones announced since January lst, Is
' has averaged nearly four per day. :
number of suspensions is about @
fourth as large as that of the new iss
announced. Messrs. Geo. p. Rowcl
- Co. assert that the number Of news
pors issued has fully doubled wit
six years,
,,,r In looking over the publications
No voted to specialties, Tor class publ
IS @ tions,) we find the religious lars
ors be predominate over any other class, wi
shows the interest the public press ia
in the moral and religious welfar
the country. There are in the I'm
States 2S3 publications advocating e,