Statesman's Year-Book 1899/United States Newspapers

Newspapers

The number of newspapers published in the United States and Canada in 1898, as shown by the statistics in "Rowell's American Newspaper Directory," was 21,360, the Canadian publications numbering 899. The classification, however, is not carried through the statements for the different publications. Thus for the United States and Canada there were 15,324 weeklies, 2734 monthlies, 2214 dailies, 324 semi-monthlies, 415 semi-weeklies, 156 quarterlies, 80 bi-weeklies, 57 bi-monthlies, and 43 tri-weeklies.

The total number of publications for each State and Canada is as follows:

Alabama 219
Alaska 5
Arizona 48
Arkansas 263
California 684
Canada 899
Colorado 310
Connecticut 201
Delaware 42
District of Columbia 71
Florida 164
Georgia 357
Idaho 74
Illinois 1,619
Indian Territory 70
Indiana 850
Iowa 1,053
Kansas 703
Kentucky 318
Louisiana 181
Maine 165
Maryland 208
Massachusetts 616
Michigan 786
Minnesota 601
Mississippi 211
Missouri 1,034
Montana 93
Nebraska 599
Nevada 28
New Hampshire 103
New Jersey 391
New Mexico 57
New York 2,018
North Carolina 254
North Dakota 142
Ohio 1,192
Oklahoma 108
Oregon 204
Pennsylvania 1,430
Rhode Island 69
South Carolina 125
South Dakota 261
Tennessee 295
Texas 753
Utah 74
Vermont 84
Virginia 272
Washington 213
West Virginia 175
Wisconsin 619
Wyoming 41
Total 21,360