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SNAPSHOT Some news to use: The state's 214 newspapers employ slightly more than 11,000 people. Tar Heel dailies have a total circulation of 1.3 million. NATIONAL RANK North Carolina publishes 2% of the nation's 10,531 newspapers. Newspapers 1. New York 829 2. California 740 3. Illinois 658 4. Texas 621 5. Pennsylvania 408 6. Ohio 381 7. Wisconsin 374 8. Iowa 371 9. Michigan 369 10. Minnesota 365 18. North Carolina 214 Source: Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, 1998 CIRCULATION Sixteen Tar Heel newspapers, or 7.5%, have daily circulations exceeding 20,000. Papers with the highest daily circulations: Newspaper/location Circulation The Charlotte Observer 243,818 Charlotte The News & Observer 157,634 Raleigh Winston-Salem Journal 89,748 Winston-Salem News & Record 87,530 Greensboro The Fayetteville Observer 67,545 Fayetteville Asheville Citizen-Times 61,436 Asheville Morning Star 56,813 Wilmington Source: Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, 1998 COUNTY RANK Twenty-four counties have at least three newspapers. Counties with the most: 1. Wake 13 2. Mecklenburg 8 3. Guilford 7 4. Randolph 6 5. Forsyth 5 6. Johnston 5 7. Duplin 4 8. Halifax 4 9. Harnett 4 10. Iredell 4 11. Pender 4 Source: North Carolina Press Association, 1999 PUBLICATION RATE Twenty-five of North Carolina's 43 daily...