Census Year	Population	Daily Newspapers	Daily Circulation of Newspapers	Households with Radio	Households with Television	Pop. Growth Rate	Circ. Growth Rate	Radio Growth Rate	TV Growth Rate	Pop per Paper	Pop per Radio	Pop per TV	Circ. Per paper
1790	"3,929,214"	8											
1800	"5,308,483"	24				35%							
1810	"7,239,881"	26				36%							
1820	"9,638,453"	42				33%							
1830	"12,866,020"	65				33%							
1840	"17,069,543"	138				33%							
1850	"23,191,876"	254	"758,454"			36%				30.58			"2,986.04"
1860	"31,443,321"	387	"1,478,435"			36%	95%			21.27			"3,820.25"
1870	"39,818,449"	574	"2,601,547"			27%	76%			15.31			"4,532.31"
1880	"50,155,783"	971	"3,556,395"			26%	37%			14.10			"3,662.61"
1890	"62,947,714"	"1,610"	"8,387,188"			26%	136%			7.51			"5,209.43"
1900	"75,994,575"	"2,226"	"15,102,156"			21%	80%			5.03			"6,784.44"
1910	"91,972,266"	"2,600"	"24,211,977"			21%	60%			3.80			"9,312.30"
1920	"105,710,620"	"2,441"	"33,028,630"	"1,250,000"		15%	36%			3.20	84.57		"13,530.78"
1930	"122,755,046"	"2,086"	"42,947,824"	"12,049,000"		16%	30%	864%		2.86	10.19		"20,588.60"
1940	"131,669,275"	"1,878"	"41,132,000"	"28,048,000"	"975,000"	7%	-4%	133%		3.20	4.69	135.05	"21,902.02"
1950	"150,697,361"	"1,426"	"53,829,000"	"40,700,000"	"3,875,000"	14%	31%	45%	297%	2.80	3.70	38.89	"37,748.25"
1960	"179,323,175"	"1,763"	"58,882,000"	"48,504,000"	"46,312,000"	19%	9%	19%	1095%	3.05	3.70	3.87	"33,398.75"
1970	"203,235,298"	"1,748"	"62,108,000"	"46,108,000"	"60,594,000"	13%	5%	-5%	31%	3.27	4.41	3.35	"35,530.89"
1980	"226,542,518"	"1,745"	"62,201,840"	"79,968,240"	"76,300,000"	11%	0%	73%	26%	3.64	2.83	2.97	"35,645.75"
1990	"250,410,000"	"1,655"	"62,649,218"	"91,100,000"	"92,100,000"	11%	1%	14%	21%	4.00	2.75	2.72	"37,854.51"