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Twelve Case Studies: Selected Library Statistics

 

Library Year End Population Served (1990) Central Library No. of Branches Holdings (Items) Annual Circulation Reference Transactions per year Expenditures per capita
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY1
6/94 2,300,664 1 58 4,655,894 9,494,209 6,796,946 $21.23
Broward County Library
Fort Lauderdale, FL2
9/95 1,338,748 1 32 2,165,163 6,831,601 3,138,197 $22.78
Camden County Library
Voorhees, NJ2
12/95 227,000 1 3 370,000 964,123 89,083 $16.76
(1994)
Cedar Falls Public Library
Cedar Falls, IA2
6/95 34,300 1 0 91,000 305,345 23,213 $22.32
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Charlotte, NC2
6/95 570,000 1 23 1.3 million 5.5 million+ 2.1 million $23.00
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
Charlottesville, VA2
12/95 162,000 1 8 402,179 1,455,783 108,322 $19.85
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland, OH2
12/95 505,616 1 27 9,132,744 5,210,449 1,924,763 $70.96
(1994)
Georgetown County Library
Georgetown, SC2
6/95 46,302 1 2 600,000 200,000 17,530 $13.44
Livingston County Library
Chillicothe, MO2
12/95 14,592 1 0 53,000 166,777 N/A $17.08
Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative
Iron Mountain, MI2
9/96 129,667 1 0 10,000 9,210 933 N/A
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA2
12/95 1,336,463 1 18 6 million 3 million 1.5 million $21.00
Seattle Public Library
Seattle, WA1
12/94 531,400 1 22 2,050,660 4,727,384 1,433,622 $45.62

 


1Public Library Data Service, 1994. Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1995.

2 Statistics reported by individual library.

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