Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1871 — Newspaper Statistics. [ARTICLE]

Newspaper Statistics.

The following table, showing the number of newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, is from Geo. P. Rowell & Co.'s American Newspaper Directory for 1871. The miscellaneous column comprises tri-weekly, semi-weekly, bi-weekly; semi-monthly, bi monthly, and quarterly publications. The last column gives the average area in square miles for each publication.

Daily. Weekly. ly. Miscellaneovs; Total. , Average area.

Alabama I 9, 66 .. 8; 78 676 Arkansas 4 41 4 2 514,065 California St 129| 12 12 1871,032 Connecticut 17 511 13' (> 87; 60 Delaware 1 131 1 3 18 118 District of Columbia 6 12 6 1 25 8 Florida 1 21 1 2 252,693 Georgia... 14 81; 9 1 14 123 489 Illinois -38;—371! 58. 3ii 499 110 Indiana A.; 20 2'9 25. 16! 2641 130 loifa! 20 231 18 11] 980 204 Kansas 14: 85 8;' 5| ’l2; 726 Kentucky 10 76 7 1051 369 Xouisianas.... ' 9 71 3 7 90, 9’4 •Maine 6: 48' 9- 3! 66' 122 Maryland 9 77 9 I 1 9i| 53S Massachusetts 21 165 60 84 2<(li 80 Michigan 13 107, 11 8; 139 425 Minnesota....— ?.... 8. 85 5 6 101 811 Mississippi 4 75 6 8| 93 518 Missouri 21 227. 29 ’IJ 289: 233 Nebraska —V. 31! 71 1 46 1,304 Nevada 7 6 .. 2' 15 5,436 New Hampshire 7 39 6 4! 5 h - 179 Now Jerseyl 21 98 16 8 138 63 New York 89 StWl, 107 701 894 57 North Carolina 8 43 5 9; 65 S(>s Ohio 25 306 53 27 411 101 Oregon 5: 25| 1 1 32,2,977 Pennsylvanial 61 410 82: 31 584 S 3 Rhode 151 and......,.. i6' is! 1[ 1 26 ; 50 Konth Carolina;*.... | 5 42> 41 8 59, 586 Tennessee... | 12 79 9! 4, lor 456 Texas.l 11 95 21 15 123 2,345 Vermont, ' 81 39 2 o! 44: 232 Virginia! 16 1 71 11 18 116; 342 West Virginia; 3 49 8! 3 58 396 Wisconsinj 10, 165. 9 11. 201 277 I 6814,330' 076 893 5,983| II I 1 Territoriesl3 50 1 9 7314465