Daily and Sunday Newspapers--Number and Circulation statistics



Type	1970	1975	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


NUMBER
Daily: Total ¹	1,748	1,756	1,745	1,730	1,711	1,701	1,688	1,676	1,657	1,645	1,642	1,626	1,611	1,586	1,570	1,556	1,548	1,533	1,520	1,509	1,489	1,483
Morning	334	339	387	408	434	446	458	482	499	511	529	530	559	571	596	623	635	656	686	705	721	736
Evening	1,429	1,436	1,388	1,352	1,310	1,284	1,257	1,220	1,188	1,166	1,141	1,125	1,084	1,042	996	954	935	891	846	816	781	760
Sunday	586	639	736	755	768	772	783	798	802	820	840	847	863	875	891	884	886	888	890	903	898	905

CIRCULATION (mil.)
Daily: Total ¹	62.1	60.7	62.2	61.4	62.5	62.6	63.1	62.8	62.5	62.8	62.7	62.6	62.3	60.7	60.1	59.8	59.3	58.2	57.0	56.7	56.2	56.0
Morning	25.9	25.5	29.4	30.6	33.2	33.8	35.4	36.4	37.4	39.1	40.5	40.7	41.3	41.5	42.4	43.1	43.4	44.3	44.8	45.4	45.6	46.0
Evening	36.2	35.2	32.8	30.9	29.3	28.8	27.7	26.4	25.1	23.7	22.2	21.9	21.0	19.2	17.8	16.7	15.9	13.9	12.2	11.3	10.5	10.0
Sunday	49.2	51.1	54.7	55.2	56.3	56.7	57.5	58.8	58.9	60.1	61.5	62.0	62.6	62.1	62.2	62.6	62.3	61.5	60.8	60.5	60.1	59.9

PER CAPITA CIRCULATION ²
Daily: Total ¹	0.30	0.28	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.25	0.25	0.24	0.24	0.23	0.23	0.22	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21
Morning	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.17	0.16	0.17	0.16	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17
Evening	0.18	0.16	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04
Sunday	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.22	0.22
NOTE: Resident population (1,000)	203,984	215,465	227,225	229,466	231,664	233,792	235,825	237,924	240,133	242,289	244,499	246,819	249,464	252,153	255,030	257,783	260,327	262,803	265,229	267,784	270,248	272,691

1 All-day newspapers are counted in both morning and evening columns but only once in total. Circulation is divided equally between morningand evening.
2 Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimated resident population as of July 1.

Source: Editor & Publisher Co., New York, NY, Editor & Publisher International Year Book, annual (copyright).

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/932_daily_and_sunday_newspapers_number_and.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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932. Daily and Sunday Newspapers--Number and Circulation