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Circulation of free black-oriented newspapers

Year St. Louis American Richmond Free Press Houston Defender The Atlanta Voice The Dallas Weekly Oakland Post Richmond Post
2010 33,455 4,825
2011 33,378 4,794
2012 64,137 33,006 5,570
2013 67,851 32,939 21,399 25,898 5,345
2014 67,956 33,021 23,979 27,225 5,003
2015 66,848 31,673 26,972 26,665 4,968
2016 67,139 31,328 31,022 24,708 4,900
2017 65,856 29,888 31,822 22,027 4,900 17,525 2,930
2018 56,802 29,063 30,444 17,440 15,634 2,909
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