Table 422. | General statistics of public libraries, by population of legal service area: 2000 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Population of legal service area |______________________________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________|____________|_________|___________|_________|___________|_________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 _____________________________________________|____________|_________|___________|_________|___________|_________|___________ Number of public library service outlets ..| 17,182 | 5,749 | 4,205 | 1,790 | 2,140 | 1,108 | 2,190 |____________|_________|___________|_________|___________|_________|___________ Central libraries ...........................| 8,915 | 5,423 | 2,582 | 499 | 281 | 73 | 57 Branch libraries ............................| 7,383 | 255 | 1,326 | 1,113 | 1,693 | 964 | 2,032 Bookmobiles .................................| 884 | 71 | 297 | 178 | 166 | 71 | 101 |============|=========|===========|=========|===========|=========|=========== Collections, in thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Books and serial volumes\1\..................| 760,513 | 99,639 | 185,480 | 91,633 | 112,461 | 75,126 | 196,173 Audio and video materials and films .........| 54,021 | 5,456 | 13,020 | 6,662 | 8,241 | 5,184 | 15,458 Serial subscriptions ........................| 1,944 | 276 | 487 | 209 | 254 | 193 | 523 |============|=========|===========|=========|===========|=========|=========== Paid staff, in full-time equivalents | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Librarians ..................................| 43,118 | 6,016 | 11,317 | 5,156 | 6,018 | 4,195 | 10,416 Librarians with ALA-MLS\2\ ................| 29,519 | 1,221 | 6,904 | 3,761 | 4,858 | 3,441 | 9,334 Other staff .................................| 86,984 | 5,479 | 20,404 | 11,770 | 15,787 | 9,492 | 24,053 |============|=========|===========|=========|===========|=========|=========== Income, in thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total operating income ......................| $7,702,768| $499,840| $1,744,932| $967,817| $1,246,162| $858,994| $2,385,022 |____________|_________|___________|_________|___________|_________|___________ Source of operating income | Percentage distribution |______________________________________________________________________________ Total ...................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Federal\3\ ................................| 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 State .....................................| 12.8 | 7.8 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 13.3 Local .....................................| 77.1 | 69.3 | 77.4 | 76.0 | 80.2 | 79.0 | 75.9 Other and private .........................| 9.4 | 21.4 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 10.0 _____________________________________________|____________|_________|___________|_________|___________|_________|___________ |
\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: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Data include imputations for nonresponse. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: FY 2000. (This table was prepared August 2002.) |