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(20 KB)| Table 422. | Public libraries, books and serial volumes, library visits, and reference transactions, by state: Fiscal year 1997 |
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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.......| 8,967 | 723,309 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 1.1 || | | | | | |
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Alabama ..............| 208 | 8,161 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 0.6 ||Missouri .......| 150 | 19,518 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 0.9
Alaska ...............| 85 | 2,034 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 ||Montana ........| 79 | 2,526 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 0.6
Arizona ..............| 40 | 7,796 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 0.9 ||Nebraska .......| 230 | 5,161 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 0.7
Arkansas .............| 38 | 4,990 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 0.4 ||Nevada .........| 23 | 3,725 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 1.1
California ...........| 172 | 63,437 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 1.1 ||New Hampshire ..| 230 | 5,237 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 0.7
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Colorado .............| 108 | 10,112 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 1.4 ||New Jersey .....| 307 | 30,297 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 1.0
Connecticut ..........| 195 | 14,352 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 1.3 ||New Mexico .....| 72 | 4,188 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 0.7
Delaware .............| 30 | 1,449 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 0.7 ||New York .......| 744 | 74,494 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 2.1
District of Columbia .| 1 | 2,863 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 ||North Carolina .| 75 | 14,438 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 0.9
Florida ..............| 91 | 26,259 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 1.8 ||North Dakota ...| 80 | 2,092 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 0.7
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Georgia ..............| 56 | 13,788 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 0.7 ||Ohio ...........| 250 | 45,171 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 12.6 | 1.4
Hawaii ...............| 1 | 3,077 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 2.2 ||Oklahoma .......| 115 | 5,773 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 0.7
Idaho ................| 105 | 3,271 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 0.8 ||Oregon .........| 126 | 7,481 | 2.5 | (\4\) | 10.2 | 0.8
Illinois .............| 622 | 40,138 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 1.5 ||Pennsylvania ...| 461 | 25,211 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 0.6
Indiana ..............| 238 | 21,642 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 1.3 ||Rhode Island ...| 49 | 4,175 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 0.9
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Iowa .................| 529 | 11,356 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 9.0 | 0.7 ||South Carolina .| 40 | 7,096 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 1.1
Kansas ...............| 324 | 9,683 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 9.8 | 1.4 ||South Dakota ...| 111 | 2,539 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 9.3 | (\4\)
Kentucky .............| 116 | 7,493 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 0.4 ||Tennessee ......| 142 | 8,186 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 0.8
Louisiana ............| 65 | 10,088 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 0.8 ||Texas ..........| 511 | 35,182 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.0
Maine ................| 269 | 5,475 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 0.8 ||Utah ...........| 70 | 5,301 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 9.0 | (\4\)
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Maryland .............| 24 | 13,711 | 2.7 | (\4\) | 9.2 | 1.2 ||Vermont ........| 196 | 2,820 | 5.4 | (\4\) | 7.4 | (\4\)
Massachusetts ........| 371 | 29,474 | 4.8 | (\4\) | 7.4 | (\4\) ||Virginia .......| 90 | 16,893 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 1.0
Michigan .............| 384 | 26,047 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 0.9 ||Washington .....| 67 | 15,602 | 2.9 | (\4\) | 10.2 | (\4\)
Minnesota ............| 130 | 13,543 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 1.2 ||West Virginia ..| 96 | 4,841 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 0.8
Mississippi ..........| 47 | 5,265 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.4 ||Wisconsin ......| 381 | 17,558 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 1.2
| | | | | | ||Wyoming ........| 23 | 2,300 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 0.8
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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 1997. (This table was prepared July 2000.)
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