| Table 425. | Public libraries, books and serial volumes, library visits, and reference transactions, by state: Fiscal year 1998 |
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| | | Number | | | Public || | | | Number | | | Public
| |Number of |of books| |Circu- | library || | |Number of |of books| |Circu- | library
| Number |books and | and | Library |lation |reference|| | Number |books and | and | Library |lation |reference
State | of | serial | serial | visits | per | trans- || State | of | serial | serial | visits | per | trans-
| public |volumes\1\|volumes | per |capita | actions || | public |volumes\1\|volumes | per |capita | actions
|libraries| (in | per |capita\2\| | per || |libraries| (in | per |capita\2\| | per
| |thousands)| capita | | |capita\3\|| | |thousands)| capita | | |capita\3\
______________________|_________|__________|________|_________|_______|_________||________________|_________|__________|________|_________|_______|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 || 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
______________________|_________|__________|________|_________|_______|_________||________________|_________|__________|________|_________|_______|_________
United States.......| 8,964 | 739,168 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 1.1 || | | | | | |
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Alabama ..............| 207 | 8,285 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 0.6 ||Missouri .......| 154 | 22,409 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 8.6 | 1.0
Alaska ...............| 83 | 2,026 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 0.7 ||Montana ........| 79 | 2,565 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 0.5
Arizona ..............| 40 | 8,289 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 1.1 ||Nebraska .......| 235 | 5,391 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 0.8
Arkansas .............| 38 | 5,080 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.4 ||Nevada .........| 23 | 4,046 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 1.1
California ...........| 176 | 64,554 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 1.1 ||New Hampshire ..| 228 | 5,267 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 0.8
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Colorado .............| 111 | 10,501 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 1.4 ||New Jersey .....| 307 | 30,096 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 1.0
Connecticut ..........| 194 | 14,413 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 1.3 ||New Mexico .....| 72 | 4,138 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 0.8
Delaware .............| 30 | 1,302 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 0.8 ||New York .......| 746 | 77,121 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 1.9
District of Columbia .| 1 | 2,951 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | (\4\) ||North Carolina .| 75 | 14,892 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 1.0
Florida ..............| 76 | 26,787 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 1.7 ||North Dakota ...| 79 | 2,098 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 0.7
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Georgia ..............| 57 | 14,556 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0.8 ||Ohio ...........| 250 | 44,766 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 12.5 | 1.4
Hawaii ...............| 1 | 3,036 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 2.0 ||Oklahoma .......| 115 | 5,916 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 0.7
Idaho ................| 103 | 3,299 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 0.8 ||Oregon .........| 127 | 7,752 | 2.5 | (\4\) | 10.2 | 0.7
Illinois .............| 626 | 40,720 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 1.5 ||Pennsylvania\5\ | 458 | 25,734 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 0.7
Indiana ..............| 238 | 22,213 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 10.9 | 1.4 ||Rhode Island ...| 48 | 4,126 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 0.8
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Iowa .................| 530 | 11,518 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 9.0 | 0.7 ||South Carolina .| 40 | 7,415 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 1.2
Kansas ...............| 316 | 9,855 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 1.3 ||South Dakota ...| 111 | 2,572 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8.9 | (\4\)
Kentucky .............| 116 | 7,507 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 0.5 ||Tennessee ......| 142 | 8,611 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.9
Louisiana ............| 65 | 10,372 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 0.8 ||Texas\5\ .......| 522 | 35,737 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 1.0
Maine ................| 269 | 5,543 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 7.9 | 0.8 ||Utah ...........| 70 | 5,454 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 9.7 | (\4\)
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Maryland .............| 24 | 14,657 | 2.9 | (\4\) | 8.9 | 1.5 ||Vermont ........| 193 | 2,705 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.9 | (\4\)
Massachusetts ........| 371 | 29,711 | 4.9 | (\4\) | 7.7 | (\4\) ||Virginia .......| 90 | 17,327 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 1.1
Michigan\5\ ..........| 379 | 25,622 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 0.9 ||Washington .....| 66 | 14,634 | 2.7 | (\4\) | 9.7 | (\4\)
Minnesota ............| 134 | 15,024 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 9.1 | 1.2 ||West Virginia\6\| 97 | 4,939 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 0.9
Mississippi ..........| 48 | 5,524 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.4 ||Wisconsin ......| 381 | 17,822 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 9.0 | 1.2
| | | | | | ||Wyoming ........| 23 | 2,287 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 1.0
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\1\Some data are different from other tables due to a different population base.
NOTE: Totals may be underestimated due to nonresponse. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1998. (This table was prepared July 2001.)
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