The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-07-19
Statistics Of American Jour-
naliSLn.

The American Newspaper Direc-
tory for 1871, just issued by Messrs.
Geo. P. Rowell & Co., proprietors
of the American Advertising
Agency of New York City, con-
tains certain tables of STATISTICS
which have been compiled with
care, and can be relied upon as
substantially correct. They cover
a field Of research which no sta
stistician has before touched upon,
and furnish food for reflection and
wondermsnt. The following are
a few of the many facts which a
study of these tables reveal:
The whole number Of periodl-
Gals issued in the United States Is
5,993, with 73 to be added for the
Territories, and 353 are printed
in the Dominion of Canada, and
29 in the British Colonies, max
ing a grand total Of 6,439, Of which
637 are daily, 1ls tri-weekly, 129
semi-weekIy, 4,642 weekly, 81 hi.
weekly, 100 semi.monthly, us
monthly, Il bi-monthly, and 62
are issued quarterly. New York
has the largest number of publ
cations, S94, of which 37l arc
printed in New York City, and
Nevada has the smallest number
issued in any State-only l5.--
Nevada has moro daily than week
Iy papers, and is unique in this
respect, every other State having
from three to twelve times as
many weeklles as dailies. Tri-
weekly papers are more common
in the South than semi-weeklics,
while in the Northern States the
facts are reversed.
The largest number Of daily pa,
pert published in any State is 80,
in New York. Pennsylvania is
second, with 81. Next comes Ill
inois, with 50, and California has
81, being the fourth on the list.
Delaware and Florida have each
daily paper. Kansas has as
many as Vermont, West Virginia,
Mississippi and Arkansas COM
bined. Nebraska and Nevada
have each more dailies than either
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Car
olina, Vermont, West Virginia.
Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Maine
or Mississippi.
Of the 73 publications issued
regularly in the Territories 1s
are daily and so weekly, 3 tri,
weekly, 4 semi weekly, l appears
monthly, I semi-monthly, and !
bl-weekly.
The papers Of New York State
have the largest circulation, aver
aging 7,411 each issue. Massa-
chusetts is second, with 500 av-
erage: then comes the District OF
Columbia with 1923. Nevada
has the smallest average circula-
ton, only SIG, while FIorida av-
erages GIG, Arkansas $50, Texas
701: and Mississippi 753. The
average circulation of all daily
papers published is 2,717, Of the
wecklies 1888, and Of the month
lies 4,081. The average edition
of all the papers printed is 1912,
which, multiplied by 6.435, the
entire number Of publications,
gives 11.S58,796 as the number of
copies in which an advertisement
would appear if inserted once in
all. The same advertisement, if
continued one year, would he
printed the enormous number of
1,499 922,219 times. The total
number of publications printed in
an entire year in North Carolina
will supply only four copies to
each inhabitant, equivalent to
one paper to every soul once in
three months. Mississippi, Flor
ida and Arkansas do but little bet
ter, furnishing 8 copies per year.
Alabama, Minnesota, South Caro-
lima, Texas and West Virginia all
print less than enough to give
each inhabitant q paper once in
five weeks, while California gives
80 copies per year, exceeding every
other State except New York,
which prints 1l3 copies per year
for every soul within its borders.
AS New York papers circulate
everywhere, while those Of Cali.
forDia do not 60 very much out OF
the State, it is evident that the
papers issued there have a better
local support than in any other
State of the American Union.
In the District Of Columbia we
find that one newspaper is pub
lished for every three square miles
Of territory. Massachusetts has
one TO 80 square miles, and Rhode
Island one to so; then comes New
York with one to 81 ; Connecticut
has one to go, New Jersey one to
63, Texas one to 2.345, Florida
one to 1888 ; while in the Terri
tories one newspaper spreads it's
circulation over no less than A.
465 square miles.
There are 548 papers in the
United States which print more
than 5000 copies each issue, and
II which print more than loO,-
900. The New York Weekly has