Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

		Dg287	Dg288	Dg289	Dg290	Dg291	Dg292
		Newsprint consumption				Newspaper pages per issue
		Total	Newspaper			Daily	Sunday
		Total	Advertising	Not advertising
Row	Year	Thousand short tons	Thousand short tons	Thousand short tons	Thousand short tons	Number	Number
1	1940	3,739	3,507	1,403	2,104	27	86
2	1941	3,922	3,694	1,481	2,213	27	88
3	1942	3,721	3,587	1,442	2,145	26	82
4	1943	3,559	3,409	1,568	1,841	26	78
5	1944	3,218	3,048	1,530	1,518	23	68

6	1945	3,451	3,237	1,667	1,570	22	70
7	1946	4,192	3,995	2,177	1,818	27	84
8	1947	4,658	4,420	2,550	1,870	29	94
9	1948	5,136	4,781	2,811	1,970	32	102
10	1949	5,532	5,142	2,977	2,165	34	107

11	1950	5,863	5,521	3,279	2,242	36	112
12	1951	5,872	5,557	3,295	2,262	36	113
13	1952	5,915	5,569	3,286	2,283	36	117
14	1953	6,109	5,713	3,394	2,319	37	121
15	1954	6,103	5,732	3,376	2,356	36	122

16	1955	6,484	6,173	3,827	2,346	40	132
17	1956	6,807	6,320	3,925	2,395	41	135
18	1957	6,768	6,300	3,843	2,457	40	138
19	1958	6,515	6,059	3,635	2,424	39	135
20	1959	7,073	6,578	4,026	2,552	42	141

21	1960	7,312	6,800	4,148	2,652	43	142
22	1961	7,358	6,843	4,126	2,717	43	139
23	1962	7,412	6,893	4,205	2,688	45	145
24	1963	7,577	7,047	4,313	2,734	46	148
25	1964	8,092	7,482	4,616	2,866	47	154

26	1965	8,442	7,851	4,750	3,101	50	167
27	1966	9,099	8,462	5,221	3,241	53	180
28	1967	9,159	8,518	5,213	3,305	53	178
29	1968	9,162	8,521	5,274	3,247	55	186
30	1969	9,820	9,133	5,662	3,471	56	191

31	1970	9,764	9,081	5,585	3,496	48	153
32	1971	10,318	9,569	6,017	3,579	51	162
33	1972	10,594	9,852	6,345	3,507	56	176
34	1973	10,686	9,938	6,509	3,429	59	182
35	1974	10,134	9,425	6,183	3,242	60	188

36	1975	----	----	----	----	57	180
37	1976	----	----	----	----	55	177
38	1977	----	----	----	----	64	177
39	1978	----	----	----	----	60	196