{"id":564,"date":"2018-10-26T13:54:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T13:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/illinoisnewspaperproject\/?page_id=564"},"modified":"2018-10-29T18:40:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T18:40:48","slug":"number-of-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/illinoisnewspaperproject\/about\/identify\/number-of-newspapers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabulated Statement of Newspapers Published in Illinois, 1828-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nNumber of Daily Newspapers<\/th>\nNumber of Weekly Newspapers<\/th>\nNumber of Semi- and Tri-Weekly Newspapers<\/th>\nTotal Number of Newspapers<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1828<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1840<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1850<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1860<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n238<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n364<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1880<\/td>\n74 (30 morning, 44 evening)<\/td>\n758<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n855<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1890<\/td>\n121 (44 morning, 77 evening)<\/td>\n858<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n1,001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1900<\/td>\n197 (44 morning, 153 evening)<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n1,273<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1910<\/td>\n194 (51 morning, 143 evening)<\/td>\n1,018<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n1,260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920<\/td>\n168 (50 morning, 118 evening)<\/td>\n866<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n1,070<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1930<\/td>\n120 (22 morning, 98 evening)<\/td>\n574<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n727<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940<\/td>\n112 (22 morning, 90 evening)<\/td>\n398<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n539<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\n76 (12 morning, 64 evening)<\/td>\n380<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n456<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\n85 (15 morning, 70 evening)<\/td>\n294<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n379<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\n101 (28 morning, 72 evening, 1 all day)<\/td>\n662<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n838 (includes 4 bi-weeklies, 1 semi-monthly, and 4 monthlies)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\n93 (24 morning, 65 evening, 4 all day)<\/td>\n548<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n715 (includes 2 bi-weeklies, 2 semi-monthlies, and 4 monthlies)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\n78 (23 morning, 52 evening, 3 all day)<\/td>\n560<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n730 (includes 2 bi-weeklies, 4 semi-monthlies, and 9 monthlies, 2 bi-monthlies, and 5 irregular)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\n129<\/td>\n625<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n754<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n565<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n670<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sources<\/h2>\n

1828-1840: Statistical View of the United States […] Being a Compendium of the Seventh Census<\/em>.\u00a0 (Page 155, Table CLXI).<\/p>\n

1850-1880: A Compendium of the Ninth Census, June 1, 1870<\/em>. (Pages 511-512, Table XXXIX).<\/p>\n

1880-1900: Census Reports Volume IX: Twelfth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1900: Manufactures, Part III: Special Reports on Selected Industries<\/em>. (Page 1068, Table 42).<\/p>\n

1910: Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910: Volume X: Manufactures, 1909: Reports for Principal Industries<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1920: Fourteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1920: Volume X: Manufactures, 1919: Reports for Selected Industries<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1930: Fifteenth Census of the United States: Manufactures, 1929: Volume II, Reports by Industries<\/em>. (Weekly number based on Table 18 + 22, per note.)<\/p>\n

1940: Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940: Manufactures, 1939: Volume II, Part 1: Reports by Industries, Groups 1 to 10<\/em>. (Pages 690-693, Tables 8, 12, and 13).<\/p>\n

1954: United States Census of Manufactures 1954: Volume II, Industry Statistics: Part 1, General Summary and Major Groups 20 to 28<\/em>. (Page 27A-17, Table 6E).<\/p>\n

1963: 1963 Census of Manufactures: Volume II, Industry Statistics: Part 1,\u00a0 Major Groups 20 to 28<\/em>. (Page 27A-35, Table 6G).<\/p>\n

1970: Ayer Directory<\/em> for 1971.<\/p>\n

1980: ’81 Ayer Directory of Publications<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1990: Gale Directory of Publications (1989): Volume 2: Indexes and Maps<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2000: Bacon’s Newspaper Directory 2001<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2010: Bacon’s Newspaper Directory<\/em> for 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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