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Table 418. Selected statistics on public school library/media centers, by state: 1999-2000

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                      |Percent of centers offering selected services/equipment           | Average   |    Total    |   Books    |   Books     |   Total
                      |__________________________________________________________________| number    |  students   |   checked  |   held      | expenditure
                      |Automated |Automated  | Database |Connection|Video     |Electronic| of staff  |using library|out per 100 |    per      |    for
 State or other area  | catalog  |circulation|searching | to the   |laser disk|full-text |  per      |  per 100    |  students  |    100      | materials
                      |          |system     |  with    | Internet | or       |periodical|library\1,2|students each|    each    |    stu-     |    per
                      |          |           |  CD-ROM  |          |DVD       |          |           |   week\2,3\ |   week\3\  |  dents\2,3\ |   student
______________________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|_____________|_____________
          1           |    2     |  3        |  4       |  5       |  6       |  7       |  8        |      9      |     10     |     11      |     12
______________________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|_____________|_____________
   United States\4\ ..| 61.2(0.8)| 74.4 (0.7)| 86.0(0.6)| 56.5(0.8)| 43.0(0.7)| 33.7(0.7)| 1.89(0.02)|  94.9  (0.9)| 106.2 (1.6)| 1,802   (20)| $23.37 (0.4)
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Alabama ..............| 79.4(2.8)| 85.4 (2.3)| 88.9(2.4)|63.1 (4.4)| 40.6(4.1)| 32.0(3.3)| 1.76(0.04)| 102.4  (5.4)| 119.3 (9.0)| 1,908  (158)|  17.08 (0.9)
Alaska ...............| 64.0(2.8)| 67.4 (3.2)| 81.2(2.2)|68.0 (2.8)| 35.4(2.9)| 33.5(3.5)| 1.43(0.06)|  97.5  (2.8)| 137.1(14.0)| 2,856   (90)|  25.46 (2.4)
Arizona ..............| 72.9(4.5)| 88.5 (3.2)| 87.8(3.0)|54.2 (4.4)| 51.4(4.2)| 23.9(3.0)| 1.97(0.06)|  92.4  (5.0)| 110.6(10.9)| 1,883  (144)|  15.73 (1.1)
Arkansas .............| 63.8(4.4)| 79.9 (3.0)| 84.5(3.9)|54.4 (4.6)| 23.0(2.5)| 30.0(4.0)| 1.50(0.04)|  94.8  (4.0)| 115.6 (8.4)| 2,038   (82)|  22.38 (2.3)
California ...........| 62.0(4.0)| 76.7 (3.2)| 75.3(3.1)|43.8 (4.1)| 37.8(3.6)| 22.2(2.8)| 1.73(0.07)|  75.9  (2.5)|  85.9 (5.1)| 1,401   (85)|  17.66 (1.3)
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Colorado .............| 62.2(3.3)| 86.3 (2.4)| 93.7(1.7)|54.2 (5.1)| 41.6(4.2)| 34.2(3.6)| 1.99(0.08)| 107.3  (5.3)|  99.2 (5.3)| 1,788   (90)|  25.68 (2.6)
Connecticut ..........| 52.4(3.1)| 59.8 (2.8)| 86.6(2.6)|61.4 (3.4)| 42.9(3.8)| 43.0(3.1)| 2.06(0.06)| 102.0  (2.4)|  87.7 (6.1)| 2,091  (126)|  27.74 (1.3)
Delaware .............| 72.8(3.8)| 88.7 (3.0)| 93.1(2.9)|60.8 (4.2)| 35.0(4.4)| 29.0(3.6)| 1.51(0.07)|  85.1  (3.6)|  63.1 (9.1)| 1,437   (76)|  18.94 (2.6)
District of Columbia .| 33.8(3.0)| 35.4 (3.5)| 80.2(2.9)|69.3 (3.1)| 26.7(3.3)| 13.5(1.4)| 1.16(0.03)|  64.8  (2.5)|  35.5 (4.4)| 2,039  (181)|  12.59 (1.7)
Florida ..............| 81.6(2.4)| 96.8 (1.0)| 97.1(1.2)|56.7 (3.8)| 90.6(1.5)| 41.7(3.7)| 2.53(0.19)|  93.7  (4.8)| 100.9 (6.9)| 1,566  (102)|  31.24 (5.7)
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Georgia ..............| 94.5(1.4)| 99.7 (0.3)| 96.3(1.5)|65.0 (4.4)| 71.4(3.4)| 43.3(4.2)| 2.33(0.12)| 111.1  (6.4)| 117.6 (7.5)| 1,584   (53)|  24.39 (1.4)
Hawaii ...............| 84.8(2.7)| 94.0 (1.9)| 95.7(1.8)|72.4 (3.4)| 50.6(4.1)| 34.7(2.6)| 1.54(0.05)|  87.4  (3.1)| 113.2(12.9)| 1,625   (38)|  14.31 (1.2)
Idaho ................| 68.2(2.3)| 82.9 (2.1)| 91.5(1.3)|60.0 (2.0)| 30.5(2.5)| 35.1(2.0)| 1.75(0.04)| 122.9  (3.1)| 202.4(12.4)| 2,373  (123)|  49.49 (2.2)
Illinois .............| 50.2(3.9)| 59.9 (3.8)| 75.3(3.5)|55.9 (3.8)| 34.9(4.1)| 28.4(3.6)| 2.03(0.10)|  95.0  (3.5)|  82.8 (6.5)| 1,545   (76)|  22.54 (1.7)
Indiana...............| 60.0(4.2)| 72.9 (4.2)| 86.2(3.2)|57.4 (4.0)| 50.2(3.8)| 32.9(3.1)| 1.93(0.05)|  95.4  (2.1)| 114.2 (7.9)| 2,177  (173)|  23.93 (1.7)
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Iowa .................| 56.4(4.2)| 70.3 (3.9)| 86.0(2.3)|46.4 (3.5)| 41.0(3.9)| 45.2(3.7)| 2.36(0.24)| 133.0  (5.0)| 140.9 (9.0)| 2,517   (74)|  26.52 (1.7)
Kansas ...............| 53.4(3.6)| 77.4 (4.0)| 84.3(3.0)|51.1 (3.6)| 43.3(3.9)| 30.9(2.6)| 1.85(0.05)| 119.3  (5.1)| 182.4(13.0)| 2,637  (104)|  25.72 (1.2)
Kentucky .............| 73.5(4.2)| 77.3 (4.2)| 91.4(2.5)|56.1 (3.7)| 49.7(4.2)| 35.2(3.4)| 1.64(0.06)| 119.2  (8.6)| 123.7 (8.3)| 1,758   (47)|  30.43 (4.0)
Louisiana ............| 52.8(4.9)| 62.5 (5.4)| 86.9(4.3)|73.3 (5.4)| 25.8(3.8)| 24.0(5.7)| 1.27(0.09)|  75.3  (3.7)|  71.7 (7.5)| 1,602   (64)|  15.23 (2.2)
Maine ................| 51.4(4.5)| 52.8 (4.8)| 87.4(3.0)|69.0 (3.6)| 15.5(1.9)| 28.0(2.9)| 1.73(0.07)| 102.5  (2.7)| 102.5 (6.9)| 2,931  (225)|  26.00 (1.2)
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Maryland .............| 80.9(3.5)| 81.4 (3.5)| 95.7(1.9)|72.8 (4.7)| 50.4(6.0)| 34.7(4.1)| 1.68(0.09)|  82.6  (3.0)| 130.3(39.7)| 1,401   (62)|  28.47 (4.9)
Massachusetts ........| 50.0(3.8)| 49.8 (3.7)| 91.7(2.0)|63.7 (4.3)| 31.9(5.2)| 43.3(4.8)| 1.87(0.08)|  83.7  (2.9)|  63.3 (4.4)| 1,642   (69)|  18.76 (1.1)
Michigan .............| 53.1(4.2)| 68.1 (4.0)| 73.2(4.3)|38.3 (3.8)| 44.6(4.2)| 26.1(3.3)| 1.76(0.10)|  93.5  (3.8)|  91.0 (6.9)| 1,691   (67)|  23.18 (2.2)
Minnesota ............| 72.6(4.3)| 91.8 (2.8)| 88.7(3.3)|55.3 (5.2)| 43.3(5.4)| 45.8(5.0)| 2.43(0.10)| 126.8  (9.3)| 126.9(12.4)| 2,486  (174)|  36.34 (6.7)
Mississippi ..........| 66.1(3.0)| 76.2 (2.4)| 88.2(2.6)|60.5 (3.6)| 29.2(2.6)| 41.4(3.0)| 1.54(0.03)|  80.0  (2.8)| 100.3 (7.6)| 1,984  (175)|  19.66 (1.4)
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Missouri..............| 58.0(5.9)| 70.7 (6.3)| 87.8(2.9)|51.1 (5.9)| 49.3(6.0)| 43.4(3.5)| 1.63(0.08)| 100.5  (5.7)| 110.7 (9.9)| 2,250  (123)|  30.59 (2.2)
Montana ..............| 42.9(3.4)| 52.0 (3.0)| 89.7(2.5)|69.9 (3.1)| 31.2(3.1)| 43.5(2.8)| 1.66(0.06)| 145.5  (6.4)| 153.5 (9.3)| 3,578  (150)|  32.59 (1.7)
Nebraska .............| 54.9(3.6)| 69.1 (3.2)| 89.0(2.5)|68.2 (2.7)| 38.2(3.3)| 40.4(3.3)| 1.85(0.07)| 101.9  (4.2)| 160.8(16.5)| 3,253  (206)|  37.44 (3.5)
Nevada ...............| 85.0(3.2)| 91.6 (2.8)| 91.5(2.3)|54.4 (4.2)| 36.0(3.0)| 36.3(3.4)| 1.71(0.06)|  83.3  (2.1)|  83.6 (4.0)| 1,665  (187)|  14.13 (1.6)
New Hampshire ........| 46.4(5.4)| 60.4 (5.2)| 83.9(6.0)|66.4 (7.7)| 36.5(4.7)| 33.8(5.5)| 1.83(0.10)| 103.1  (4.2)|  94.2 (7.5)| 1,862   (84)|  22.73 (1.4)
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New Jersey ...........| 58.8(3.9)| 63.1 (3.7)| 85.1(3.0)|60.3 (3.9)| 31.8(3.6)| 24.8(3.0)| 1.78(0.06)|  82.9  (2.5)|  81.5 (6.6)| 1,906   (81)|  23.28 (1.5)
New Mexico ...........| 65.3(5.8)| 62.4 (5.2)| 79.6(5.2)|56.4 (5.5)| 28.0(5.1)| 35.8(4.5)| 1.53(0.07)|  92.5  (8.0)| 123.6(15.9)| 2,062  (245)|  22.81 (2.4)
New York .............| 49.2(4.1)| 54.8 (3.8)| 85.8(2.6)|60.1 (3.2)| 29.8(2.5)| 35.0(3.1)| 2.12(0.09)|  78.1  (3.3)|  66.4 (3.4)| 1,473   (55)|  18.31 (1.4)
North Carolina .......| 85.2(3.7)| 95.7 (1.6)| 98.8(1.1)|68.6 (3.7)| 69.4(3.8)| 42.5(4.2)| 2.11(0.06)|  90.4  (4.9)| 116.8 (8.0)| 1,590   (76)|  28.51 (2.2)
North Dakota .........| 41.0(3.3)| 49.5 (3.4)| 86.2(2.5)|74.5 (2.7)| 24.7(2.3)| 30.0(2.8)| 1.81(0.07)| 130.8  (3.6)| 167.4 (8.4)| 5,180  (252)|  40.87 (2.9)
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Ohio .................| 35.9(4.5)| 53.1 (3.7)| 76.6(5.1)|59.0 (4.3)| 32.0(4.2)| 32.9(4.4)| 1.77(0.15)|  96.1  (3.7)|  87.2 (6.6)| 1,535   (63)|  18.71 (2.2)
Oklahoma .............| 59.7(4.4)| 68.4 (3.6)| 88.3(2.8)|60.1 (3.9)| 25.0(3.5)| 34.8(4.2)| 1.95(0.06)| 107.4  (4.6)| 117.5(10.9)| 2,257  (101)|  31.40 (3.1)
Oregon ...............| 51.5(4.8)| 80.2 (3.6)| 86.2(3.5)|41.4 (4.5)| 41.7(4.6)| 27.6(4.1)| 1.84(0.07)| 102.8  (5.4)| 156.7(33.0)| 2,655  (204)|  18.97 (1.3)
Pennsylvania .........| 53.4(5.6)| 64.4 (5.4)| 82.0(5.0)|56.1 (5.1)| 28.3(4.0)| 36.3(5.2)| 1.90(0.10)|  92.7  (4.7)|  94.3 (7.0)| 2,009  (192)|  21.88 (1.8)
Rhode Island .........| 46.4(2.1)| 51.5 (1.9)| 85.4(1.5)|76.6 (1.8)| 12.8(1.5)| 21.7(0.9)| 1.84(0.03)|  70.0  (1.0)|  68.5 (1.9)| 1,525   (35)|  16.04 (0.7)
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South Carolina .......| 92.4(2.4)| 93.6 (2.6)| 93.9(1.8)|49.5 (4.4)| 54.4(4.1)| 37.0(3.4)| 1.97(0.06)|  84.3  (2.6)| 105.7 (7.0)| 1,515   (34)|  24.84 (1.8)
South Dakota .........| 45.2(4.0)| 44.7 (3.7)| 81.7(3.0)|72.9 (2.6)| 40.8(3.7)| 29.8(2.5)| 1.62(0.08)| 155.9  (7.9)| 135.2 (6.8)| 4,006  (316)|  38.18 (1.9)
Tennessee ............| 63.4(4.7)| 75.5 (4.0)| 91.3(3.4)|71.1 (5.1)| 53.3(4.7)| 30.8(4.4)| 1.79(0.08)|  86.7  (4.9)| 143.2(14.0)| 1,516   (58)|  18.81 (4.1)
Texas ................| 65.1(3.4)| 88.3 (2.4)| 86.2(2.8)|49.0 (3.2)| 44.8(3.1)| 32.1(3.2)| 1.90(0.05)| 103.2  (5.1)| 145.0 (7.3)| 1,803   (61)|  24.32 (1.6)
Utah .................| 78.3(3.7)| 88.7 (2.8)| 91.9(3.3)|60.5 (4.4)| 60.3(3.9)| 37.5(4.8)| 1.69(0.06)|  76.3  (3.5)| 114.1(20.5)| 1,256   (51)|  16.84 (2.0)
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Vermont ..............| 59.9(3.4)| 60.3 (2.9)| 94.3(2.6)|83.9 (5.3)| 13.3(2.9)| 46.2(3.8)| 1.74(0.10)| 117.2  (4.9)|  93.3 (8.0)| 2,783  (172)|  36.30 (2.4)
Virginia .............| 75.0(3.8)| 98.0 (0.8)| 99.6(0.1)|54.7 (4.8)| 74.6(4.2)| 39.6(3.5)| 1.88(0.06)|  87.7  (2.8)| 110.6 (6.6)| 1,849  (167)|  22.98 (1.6)
Washington ...........| 63.6(4.0)| 91.4 (2.2)| 93.2(1.6)|47.2 (3.7)| 65.2(3.9)| 37.7(2.8)| 2.04(0.05)| 128.2  (9.0)| 137.4 (9.2)| 2,068  (121)|  24.62 (2.4)
West Virginia.........| 44.9(4.7)| 47.5 (5.1)| 80.1(3.6)|86.1 (3.1)| 57.6(5.5)| 24.4(4.1)| 0.92(0.06)|  96.2  (5.3)|  75.2 (7.8)| 1,692   (73)|  19.08 (1.7)
Wisconsin ............| 57.6(4.4)| 86.0 (2.9)| 90.4(2.3)|59.5 (3.8)| 42.2(3.8)| 36.6(3.8)| 2.09(0.06)| 138.3  (7.5)| 146.5(12.6)| 2,728  (198)|  39.38 (3.1)
Wyoming ..............| 68.8(4.6)| 76.8 (4.5)| 90.0(2.3)|61.3 (4.5)| 39.9(4.6)| 44.0(3.5)| 1.80(0.07)| 122.8  (6.9)| 126.2 (7.7)| 3,341  (272)|  32.08 (2.2)
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\1\Includes professional and nonprofessional staff.
\2\Includes public charter schools.
\3\During the most recent full week of school.
\4\Includes schools not reporting enrollment.

NOTE: Percentages are based on schools that have library/media centers. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Library Media Center Questionnaire," 1999-2000; and "Public Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000; unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 2002.)


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