Table 425. | Public libraries, books and serial volumes, library visits, and reference transactions, by state: Fiscal year 2001 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number | | | Public || | | | Number | | | Public | Number |Number of |of books| |Circu-| library || | Number |Number of |of books| |Circu-| library | of |books and | and | Library |lation|reference|| | of |books and | and | Library |lation|reference State | public | serial | serial | visits | per | trans- || State | public | serial | serial | visits | per | trans- |libraries,|volumes\1\|volumes | per |capita| actions || |libraries|volumes\1\|volumes | per |capita| actions |excluding | (in | per |capita\2\| | per || |excluding| (in | per |capita\2\| | per | branches |thousands)| capita | | |capita\3\|| | branches|thousands)| capita | | |capita\3\ ______________________|__________|__________|________|_________|______|_________||________________|_________|__________|________|_________|______|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 || 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ______________________|__________|__________|________|_________|______|_________||________________|_________|__________|________|_________|______|_________ United States.......| 9,129| 767,055| 2.8| 4.3| 6.5| 1.1|| | | | | | | |__________|__________|________|_________|______|_________|| | | | | | | Alabama ..............| 207| 8,801| 2.0| 2.8| 3.6| 0.6||Missouri .......| 150| 18,716| 3.7| 4.4| 7.6| 1.2 Alaska ...............| 86| 2,264| 3.6| 4.5| 5.8| 0.5||Montana ........| 79| 2,625| 2.9| 3.9| 5.3| 0.6 Arizona ..............| 35| 8,760| 1.7| 4.1| 6.5| 0.9||Nebraska .......| 272| 6,004| 4.6| 5.1| 8.6| 0.8 Arkansas .............| 43| 5,497| 2.1| 2.8| 4.1| 0.6||Nevada .........| 23| 4,382| 2.2| 3.9| 5.1| 0.7 California ...........| 179| 67,219| 1.9| 3.9| 5.0| 1.1||New Hampshire ..| 229| 5,572| 4.6| 4.7| 7.1| 0.7 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Colorado .............| 116| 11,071| 2.6| 6.4| 10.4| 1.4||New Jersey .....| 309| 31,035| 3.7| 5.0| 5.9| 0.9 Connecticut ..........| 194| 14,109| 4.1| 6.1| 8.4| 1.1||New Mexico .....| 80| 4,132| 2.6| 3.5| 4.9| 0.7 Delaware .............| 37| 1,468| 1.9| 3.5| 5.8| 0.7||New York .......| 750| 78,546| 4.4| 5.9| 7.2| 1.8 District of Columbia .| 1| 2,472| 4.3| 3.5| 2.1| 2.1||North Carolina .| 76| 15,916| 2.0| 3.6| 5.4| 0.9 Florida ..............| 72| 29,826| 1.8| 3.6| 5.0| 1.5||North Dakota ...| 82| 2,158| 3.9| 4.0| 7.1| 0.7 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 57| 15,143| 1.9| 3.2| 4.6| 0.9||Ohio ...........| 250| 47,088| 4.1| 6.3| 13.8| 1.6 Hawaii ...............| 1| 3,195| 2.6| 4.6| 5.6| 0.8||Oklahoma .......| 115| 6,316| 2.2| 4.7| 5.4| 0.7 Idaho ................| 106| 3,577| 3.1| 5.5| 7.7| 0.7||Oregon .........| 125| 8,476| 2.7| 5.9| 12.2| 0.8 Illinois .............| 629| 41,620| 3.7| 5.4| 7.4| 1.5||Pennsylvania ...| 459| 28,061| 2.3| 3.3| 4.7| 0.8 Indiana ..............| 239| 22,145| 3.9| 5.9| 11.1| 1.3||Rhode Island ...| 48| 3,997| 3.8| 5.4| 6.3| 0.8 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Iowa .................| 537| 11,450| 4.0| 5.1| 8.7| 0.7||South Carolina .| 41| 8,260| 2.1| 3.6| 4.5| 1.1 Kansas ...............| 321| 10,438| 4.7| 5.5| 9.6| 1.2||South Dakota ...| 126| 2,835| 4.8| 5.5| 8.0| 0.9 Kentucky .............| 116| 7,891| 2.0| 3.4| 5.2| 0.5||Tennessee ......| 184| 10,080| 1.8| 3.0| 3.9| 0.7 Louisiana ............| 65| 10,850| 2.4| 2.9| 4.1| 1.0||Texas ..........| 540| 35,725| 1.8| 2.9| 4.2| 0.9 Maine ................| 273| 5,891| 4.9| 4.9| 6.9| 0.8||Utah ...........| 70| 6,064| 2.7| 5.2| 11.0| 1.4 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Maryland .............| 24| 15,323| 3.0| 5.0| 9.0| 1.4||Vermont ........| 188| 2,731| 4.7| 5.2| 6.7| 0.7 Massachusetts ........| 371| 30,465| 4.8| (\4\) | 7.2| 0.9||Virginia .......| 90| 18,659| 2.6| 4.2| 7.9| 1.1 Michigan .............| 381| 27,188| 2.7| 4.0| 5.2| 0.8||Washington .....| 65| 17,003| 2.9| 4.7| 9.6| 1.4 Minnesota ............| 140| 14,414| (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) | (\4\) ||West Virginia ..| 97| 4,920| 2.7| 3.4| 4.4| 0.8 Mississippi ..........| 49| 5,615| 2.0| 2.9| 3.2| 0.5||Wisconsin ......| 379| 18,647| 3.5| 5.7| 9.2| 1.0 | | | | | | ||Wyoming ........| 23| 2,415| 4.9| 5.4| 7.6| 0.8 ______________________|__________|__________|________|_________|______|_________||________________|_________|__________|________|_________|______|_________ |
\1\Some data are different from other tables due to a different population base. NOTE: Data include imputations for nonresponse. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: FY 2001. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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