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Table 412. | Public libraries, books and serial volumes, library visits, circulation, and reference transactions, by state: Fiscal year 2004 |
State | Number of public libraries | Number of books and serial volumes (in thousands) | Number of books and serial volumes per capita | Library visits per capita1 | Circulation per capita | Public library reference transactions per capita2 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
United States | 9,207 | 3 | 804,943 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 1.1 |
Alabama | 208 | 9,125 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 0.8 | |
Alaska | 88 | 2,236 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 0.5 | |
Arizona | 91 | 9,512 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 0.9 | |
Arkansas | 48 | 5,706 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.7 | |
California | 179 | 77,776 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 1.0 | |
Colorado | 115 | 11,546 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 1.3 | |
Connecticut | 194 | 14,778 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 1.3 | |
Delaware | 21 | 1,628 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 0.6 | |
District of Columbia | 1 | 2,436 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |
Florida | 70 | 32,599 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | |
Georgia | 58 | 15,027 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 0.9 | |
Hawaii | 1 | 3,177 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 0.7 | |
Idaho | 104 | 3,785 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 0.8 | |
Illinois | 626 | 43,172 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 1.5 | |
Indiana | 239 | 23,906 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 11.9 | 1.3 | |
Iowa | 540 | 12,066 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 0.6 | |
Kansas | 325 | 10,818 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 10.7 | 1.2 | |
Kentucky | 116 | 8,254 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 | |
Louisiana | 66 | 11,581 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.2 | |
Maine | 269 | 6,294 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 0.7 | |
Maryland | 24 | 14,825 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 1.3 | |
Massachusetts | 370 | 31,571 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 0.9 | |
Michigan | 384 | 33,258 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 0.8 | |
Minnesota | 140 | 16,160 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 9.9 | 0.9 | |
Mississippi | 49 | 5,728 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.5 | |
Missouri | 151 | 18,165 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 0.9 | |
Montana | 79 | 2,695 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 0.5 | |
Nebraska | 276 | 6,446 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 0.8 | |
Nevada | 22 | 4,037 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 0.7 | |
New Hampshire | 231 | 5,986 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 0.7 | |
New Jersey | 306 | 31,030 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 0.9 | |
New Mexico | 92 | 4,228 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 0.9 | |
New York | 753 | 73,771 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 1.5 | |
North Carolina | 75 | 16,134 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 1.2 | |
North Dakota | 83 | 2,314 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 0.7 | |
Ohio | 250 | 48,610 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 14.8 | 1.6 | |
Oklahoma | 112 | 6,830 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 0.7 | |
Oregon | 125 | 9,005 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 14.5 | 0.9 | |
Pennsylvania | 455 | 29,263 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 0.7 | |
Rhode Island | 48 | 4,212 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 0.9 | |
South Carolina | 42 | 8,698 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 1.2 | |
South Dakota | 125 | 3,199 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 9.0 | 0.9 | |
Tennessee | 184 | 11,038 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 0.8 | |
Texas | 555 | 39,749 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 1.1 | |
Utah | 72 | 6,391 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 12.5 | 1.6 | |
Vermont | 189 | 2,855 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 0.8 | |
Virginia | 90 | 19,353 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 1.1 | |
Washington | 66 | 17,274 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 10.8 | 1.0 | |
West Virginia | 97 | 4,822 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0.6 | |
Wisconsin | 380 | 19,462 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 10.2 | 1.0 | |
Wyoming | 23 | 2,409 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 1.2 |
1 The total number of persons entering the library for any purpose during the year. 2 A reference transaction is an information contact that involves the knowledge, use, recommendations, interpretation, or instructions in the use of one or more information sources by a member of the library staff. 3 Excludes branches that are associated with a central library. Consists of 7,441 single-outlet libraries and 1,766 multiple-outlet libraries. Some single-outlet libraries are bookmobiles, and some multiple-outlet libraries consist of or include bookmobiles. NOTE: Data include imputations for nonresponse. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries Survey (PLS), fiscal year 2004, Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2004. (This table was prepared September 2006.) |