| Table 414. | General statistics of public libraries, by population of legal service area: 1993 |
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| Population of legal service area
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Item | | | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 250,000 | 500,000
| Total | Under | to | to | to | to | and
| | 10,000 | 49,999 | 99,999 | 249,999 | 499,999 | over
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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Number of public library service outlets ..| 16,939 | 5,746 | 4,131 | 1,833 | 2,061 | 1,144 | 2,013
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Central libraries ...........................| 8,887 | 5,415 | 2,494 | 495 | 316 | 85 | 71
Branch libraries ............................| 7,017 | 251 | 1,281 | 1,115 | 1,553 | 981 | 1,836
Bookmobiles .................................| 1,035 | 80 | 356 | 223 | 192 | 78 | 106
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Collections, in thousands | | | | | | |
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Books and serial volumes\1\..................| 655,919 | 90,749 | 160,126 | 81040 | 93,297 | 70,891 | 159,816
Audio and video materials and films .........| 30,477 | 2,903 | 7,282 | 3,925 | 4,401 | 3,017 | 8,948
Serial subscriptions ........................| 1,775 | 259 | 449 | 210 | 234 | 162 | 461
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Paid staff, in full-time equivalents | | | | | | |
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Librarians ..................................| 37,349 | 5,404 | 9,586 | 4,686 | 5,178 | 3,811 | 8,685
Librarians with ALA-MLS\2\ ................| 24,825 | 995 | 5,589 | 3,297 | 3,899 | 3,197 | 7,848
Other staff .................................| 74,560 | 4,801 | 17,473 | 10,167 | 12,196 | 9,061 | 20,861
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Income, in thousands | | | | | | |
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Total operating income ......................| $5,068,950 |$334,846 |$1,137,033 |$660,076 |$779,154 |$630,148 |$1,527,693
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Source of operating income | Percentage distribution
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Total .................................. | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
Federal\3\ ................................| 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4
State .....................................| 12.5 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 10 | 12.3 | 15.7
Local .................................. | 78.0 | 74.5 | 79.5 | 79.5 | 81.7 | 80.8 | 73.9
Other .....................................| 8.4 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 9.1
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| \1\Some data are different from other tables due to a different population base.
\2\ALA-MLS=A master's degree from a graduate library education program accredited by the American Library Association (ALA). \3\Excludes some federal funds received through state library agencies. NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Totals may be underestimated due to nonresponse on item or legal service area. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: 1993. (This table was prepared July 1996.)
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