Table 419. | Selected statistics on public school library/media centers, by state: 1993-94 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Percent of centers offering selected services/equipment | Average | Total | Books | Books | Total |_________________________________________________________________| number | students | checked | held | expenditure | Computer |Automated | Database | Online | Compact |Connection| of staff |using library|out per 100 | per | for State or other area | with | catalog |searching | database | disc for | to the | per | per 100 | students | 100 | materials | modem | | with |searching | indices, | Internet |library\1\ |students each| each | stu- | per | | | CD-ROM | | etc. | | | week\2\ | week\2\ | dents\2\ | student ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|___________|_____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|___________|_____________ United States .....|34.3 (1.0)|24.0 (0.9)|31.2 (0.8)| 9.4 (0.5)|46.7 (1.1)|12.0 (0.6)|1.81 (0.02)| 77.4 (0.6)|101.0 (1.9)|1,832 (33)|$12.74 (0.24) |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|___________|_____________ Alabama ..............|33.0 (4.2)|37.6 (5.9)|29.3 (4.0)| 5.7 (2.0)|44.1 (4.6)| 3.2 (1.5)|1.47 (0.06)| 70.4 (2.4)| 90.8 (14.4)|1,420 (44)| 10.93 (0.52) Alaska ...............|34.7 (3.6)|34.3 (4.0)|39.7 (4.7)| 6.8 (1.9)|44.6 (4.5)|15.1 (2.3)|1.53 (0.07)| 82.5 (2.5)|144.1 (14.2)|2,698 (148)| 29.39 (2.67) Arizona ..............|28.1 (3.5)|38.3 (5.3)|28.0 (4.0)| 5.6 (2.2)|43.0 (4.4)| 6.0 (1.9)|2.03 (0.09)| 79.2 (2.5)| 99.9 (6.6)|1,857 (83)| 12.63 (0.89) Arkansas .............|19.0 (4.0)|18.7 (4.0)|20.5 (4.1)| 5.6 (2.4)|29.7 (4.6)| 8.5 (2.5)|1.49 (0.06)| 75.0 (3.6)| 98.5 (11.0)|1,854 (148)| 12.75 (0.67) California ...........|19.9 (4.3)|14.0 (3.4)|23.4 (3.7)| 3.1 (1.0)|38.0 (5.7)| 6.2 (2.3)|1.54 (0.10)| 72.8 (2.6)| 87.1 (9.0)|1,315 (77)| 6.45 (0.89) | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............|47.0 (4.7)|43.6 (5.7)|43.3 (5.5)|30.7 (4.7)|60.7 (5.5)|16.3 (3.5)|1.89 (0.09)| 75.8 (3.0)|104.4 (7.2)|1,812 (75)| 13.03 (0.76) Connecticut ..........|43.8 (6.5)|12.8 (2.7)|45.4 (5.3)|17.9 (3.8)|54.4 (6.0)| 6.5 (2.6)|1.69 (0.07)| 84.6 (2.6)| 89.7 (7.1)|2,076 (99)| 14.10 (1.25) Delaware .............|41.8 (3.6)|22.5 (3.0)|34.7 (3.5)|14.4 (2.5)|48.2 (3.5)| 5.7 (2.0)|1.43 (0.06)| 74.4 (3.5)| 79.0 (3.8)|1,428 (64)| 8.75 (0.73) District of Columbia .|23.5 (4.0)| 4.4 (2.2)|25.4 (2.8)|10.4 (3.3)|31.2 (3.2)| 1.7 (1.1)|1.46 (0.08)| 59.6 (3.5)| 38.5 (3.9)|1,377 (53)| 7.53 (0.59) Florida ..............|45.3 (3.8)|29.8 (3.3)|39.9 (3.6)|11.8 (2.8)|71.0 (4.0)|21.1 (3.4)|2.04 (0.06)| 70.9 (3.1)| 80.5 (8.4)|1,428 (202)| 9.87 (0.57) | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............|29.8 (4.7)|48.2 (4.4)|34.5 (4.6)|13.6 (2.6)|46.6 (4.7)|10.8 (2.7)|2.07 (0.06)| 80.1 (1.8)| 97.4 (5.7)|1,384 (31)| 12.04 (0.47) Hawaii ...............|75.3 (5.3)|27.1 (4.4)|47.7 (5.7)|24.3 (4.9)|64.8 (4.9)|29.4 (5.0)|1.46 (0.08)| 80.0 (2.4)|143.7 (18.6)|1,366 (49)| 10.21 (0.67) Idaho ................|29.9 (4.2)|15.4 (4.0)|21.6 (4.4)| 6.2 (2.3)|32.1 (5.1)| 8.6 (3.1)|1.68 (0.11)| 80.9 (2.4)|106.1 (8.3)|1,774 (124)| 10.07 (0.60) Illinois .............|32.2 (3.5)|17.7 (3.8)|23.0 (3.4)| 7.9 (1.7)|36.6 (4.2)| 7.1 (2.2)|2.05 (0.11)| 77.7 (2.7)|104.8 (7.6)|1,879 (95)| 12.02 (0.81) Indiana...............|29.9 (6.7)|31.0 (4.9)|32.0 (5.9)| 2.4 (0.7)|66.1 (6.3)| 5.5 (1.2)|1.93 (0.07)| 82.3 (2.1)|133.9 (18.1)|2,192 (274)| 13.92 (0.94) | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................|38.8 (6.4)|17.4 (5.0)|44.2 (5.7)|14.6 (3.6)|71.2 (5.7)| 8.6 (3.1)|2.15 (0.12)| 87.6 (2.6)|138.3 (10.6)|2,923 (260)| 17.21 (1.59) Kansas ...............|24.9 (3.0)|31.5 (4.9)|20.9 (3.1)| 9.7 (2.0)|46.6 (4.5)|10.6 (2.5)|2.00 (0.07)| 86.3 (1.7)|127.4 (8.7)|2,768 (152)| 24.81 (2.59) Kentucky .............|30.1 (6.2)|33.1 (7.0)|32.3 (5.5)| 4.3 (2.2)|60.3 (6.3)| 5.3 (2.4)|1.77 (0.10)| 80.8 (2.5)|109.4 (6.8)|1,529 (72)| 13.62 (0.88) Louisiana ............|24.2 (3.9)|13.9 (3.5)|21.9 (3.4)| 2.3 (0.8)|28.1 (3.8)| 6.2 (2.4)|1.43 (0.09)| 66.0 (3.2)| 93.2 (10.1)|1,635 (56)| 15.76 (4.25) Maine ................|33.3 (5.4)|18.9 (4.4)|25.5 (3.8)| 5.4 (2.0)|38.9 (6.7)| 5.4 (1.6)|1.54 (0.12)| 87.4 (2.6)|118.7 (12.5)|2,141 (124)| 15.08 (1.20) | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............|41.0 (3.9)|15.4 (3.4)|31.8 (4.5)|22.3 (3.1)|46.2 (4.7)|32.6 (3.5)|1.70 (0.08)| 84.2 (1.7)| 87.0 (4.6)|1,363 (45)| 11.25 (0.56) Massachusetts ........|38.2 (4.9)| 9.1 (1.6)|45.3 (4.8)| 8.9 (1.6)|46.3 (4.8)|24.1 (3.8)|1.67 (0.11)| 71.1 (3.3)| 62.2 (6.5)|2,003 (134)| 10.29 (0.89) Michigan .............|42.2 (7.6)|12.1 (3.9)|38.1 (6.3)|10.2 (3.8)|57.9 (6.1)|15.1 (5.3)|1.85 (0.12)| 80.5 (3.3)| 91.6 (9.9)|1,797 (89)| 12.25 (1.35) Minnesota ............|35.6 (4.8)|53.4 (6.1)|52.9 (6.1)|13.8 (3.0)|69.0 (5.6)|17.3 (3.6)|2.43 (0.16)| 82.1 (2.7)|128.4 (19.5)|2,362 (104)| 15.94 (1.31) Mississippi ..........| 9.4 (2.0)| 5.2 (2.1)|14.2 (3.9)| 3.0 (1.4)|23.2 (3.6)| 3.1 (1.3)|1.74 (0.13)| 70.0 (3.1)| 80.9 (8.8)|1,415 (51)| 13.78 (2.65) | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............|31.3 (4.3)|39.4 (6.7)|31.4 (5.0)|17.8 (3.9)|46.0 (5.9)|15.7 (4.2)|1.63 (0.09)| 74.2 (2.9)|119.8 (11.5)|2,052 (105)| 14.88 (0.93) Montana ..............|50.8 (4.3)|20.6 (3.1)|43.7 (4.1)|17.4 (3.3)|58.2 (3.6)| 6.2 (2.0)|1.73 (0.07)| 86.4 (2.7)|139.2 (9.9)|4,127 (259)| 28.39 (2.34) Nebraska .............|31.6 (5.0)|29.0 (4.9)|36.3 (5.7)|12.1 (2.5)|58.8 (6.0)|15.8 (3.0)|1.65 (0.12)| 86.3 (2.2)|140.6 (12.0)|3,289 (285)| 24.63 (1.77) Nevada ...............|18.4 (4.0)|48.2 (5.5)|32.2 (4.5)| 3.0 (1.3)|37.1 (4.2)| 9.4 (2.9)|1.96 (0.10)| 77.3 (3.4)| 82.6 (6.4)|1,528 (156)| 10.26 (0.91) New Hampshire ........|43.9 (6.6)|21.4 (4.8)|39.8 (6.6)| 8.2 (2.6)|51.2 (5.9)|17.4 (4.4)|1.76 (0.08)| 82.7 (2.5)| 98.6 (10.5)|1,858 (124)| 16.82 (1.12) | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........|39.1 (6.8)|28.5 (6.5)|30.2 (6.4)| 7.2 (1.4)|46.2 (7.2)| 5.2 (1.3)|2.08 (0.13)| 77.5 (3.5)| 79.4 (9.7)|2,198 (233)| 18.38 (1.94) New Mexico ...........|32.8 (6.1)|21.9 (5.3)|32.0 (4.3)| 3.9 (1.5)|43.1 (5.5)| 7.8 (2.4)|1.29 (0.06)| 72.3 (2.6)|104.8 (9.8)|1,781 (76)| 13.10 (3.26) New York .............|39.5 (5.5)|14.3 (3.9)|25.2 (3.4)|12.5 (2.4)|44.8 (5.1)|16.0 (3.6)|1.90 (0.10)| 70.9 (4.2)| 74.7 (7.7)|1,768 (78)| 11.47 (0.96) North Carolina .......|40.5 (4.6)|29.4 (4.0)|42.0 (4.3)|10.8 (1.7)|65.0 (4.1)| 7.9 (2.3)|2.07 (0.10)| 76.1 (2.6)|105.6 (8.4)|1,493 (39)| 13.76 (0.90) North Dakota .........|65.8 (5.3)|18.0 (3.6)|27.3 (5.1)|39.1 (5.7)|41.1 (6.5)|36.8 (5.5)|1.65 (0.06)| 90.5 (1.1)|283.2 (56.3)|5,198 (853)| 22.43 (1.41) | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................|33.1 (7.1)|12.9 (5.0)|16.9 (3.9)| 3.3 (1.1)|31.9 (6.7)| 7.1 (2.3)|1.69 (0.09)| 79.7 (3.0)| 92.8 (8.3)|2,906 (435)| 9.87 (1.03) Oklahoma .............|20.1 (2.7)|32.7 (3.8)|32.5 (3.5)| 6.7 (1.7)|44.1 (4.2)| 4.0 (1.7)|1.81 (0.05)| 78.0 (1.9)|114.0 (7.3)|2,045 (90)| 22.89 (1.49) Oregon ...............|38.6 (5.8)|39.2 (5.2)|51.5 (6.7)|18.9 (4.7)|49.5 (6.5)|11.7 (4.2)|1.87 (0.11)| 82.7 (3.7)|112.3 (10.9)|2,125 (113)| 17.90 (1.45) Pennsylvania .........|33.9 (6.9)|17.3 (4.0)|32.6 (5.5)| 2.5 (1.1)|39.2 (6.4)| 6.4 (3.1)|1.88 (0.11)| 86.6 (2.6)|117.0 (14.5)|2,169 (106)| 12.36 (1.13) Rhode Island .........|25.0 (4.9)|11.8 (3.2)|13.0 (3.5)| 1.0 (0.6)|21.7 (4.8)|18.6 (4.2)|1.75 (0.08)| 79.6 (3.2)|103.3 (13.3)|1,626 (155)| 7.73 (0.90) | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......|44.0 (5.4)|46.4 (5.0)|39.4 (5.7)| 6.9 (1.7)|55.4 (7.1)|13.5 (4.1)|1.97 (0.09)| 74.6 (3.7)| 97.8 (10.6)|1,415 (49)| 10.89 (0.51) South Dakota .........|56.2 (6.8)|12.6 (3.4)|37.7 (6.2)|23.1 (4.2)|60.2 (5.5)| 9.0 (2.7)|1.69 (0.12)| 87.3 (2.2)|149.6 (13.4)|3,075 (271)| 26.47 (2.62) Tennessee ............|15.1 (4.3)|18.9 (5.1)|16.6 (4.5)| 2.5 (2.3)|34.9 (6.5)| 3.6 (1.9)|1.46 (0.08)| 79.7 (2.8)| 84.1 (7.9)|1,550 (79)| 8.19 (0.60) Texas ................|39.4 (4.6)|20.5 (4.2)|27.2 (3.1)| 9.9 (2.8)|33.9 (3.8)|24.7 (4.2)|1.81 (0.07)| 75.7 (2.6)|109.1 (7.3)|1,554 (69)| 14.62 (0.97) Utah .................|22.2 (3.6)|37.4 (4.1)|28.6 (3.6)| 5.1 (2.3)|39.1 (3.6)| 6.7 (1.9)|1.67 (0.07)| 70.5 (2.4)| 88.8 (5.4)|1,235 (54)| 7.92 (0.50) | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............|47.0 (4.9)|27.2 (5.6)|35.3 (4.2)|14.5 (3.3)|51.9 (4.8)|32.2 (3.4)|1.80 (0.11)| 86.8 (1.7)|153.8 (29.1)|2,871 (156)| 25.50 (2.40) Virginia .............|61.7 (8.3)|35.5 (6.1)|38.6 (5.8)|10.6 (2.9)|72.4 (7.0)|31.4 (5.6)|1.85 (0.11)| 82.6 (2.8)|118.6 (14.4)|1,716 (76)| 13.03 (0.85) Washington ...........|40.2 (5.2)|35.7 (5.6)|43.1 (3.6)|11.7 (2.9)|53.1 (4.9)|13.0 (2.6)|1.91 (0.10)| 85.7 (1.9)|127.8 (8.9)|1,728 (53)| 13.16 (1.18) West Virginia.........|24.7 (6.0)|16.7 (4.2)|18.0 (4.0)| 8.3 (3.5)|31.0 (5.5)| 6.4 (3.2)|0.95 (0.09)| 67.1 (4.4)| 79.0 (11.9)|1,666 (124)| 7.15 (0.67) Wisconsin ............|34.2 (6.5)|27.2 (4.7)|36.1 (5.0)|14.8 (3.8)|57.1 (6.1)| 9.0 (2.6)|1.98 (0.11)| 83.9 (2.9)|138.9 (14.6)|2,430 (117)| 21.84 (1.19) Wyoming ..............|39.0 (3.4)|28.0 (4.2)|32.1 (5.7)| 8.1 (2.5)|41.7 (4.5)| 6.6 (2.3)|1.82 (0.10)| 80.4 (2.1)|158.0 (13.8)|3,968 (379)| 22.42 (1.61) ______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|___________|_____________ |
\1\Includes professional and nonprofessional staff.
NOTE: Percentages are based on schools that have library/media centers. In school year 1990-91, 96 percent of public schools had library/media centers. Data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94, unpublished data. (This table was prepared November 2001.)
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