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Table 423. Public libraries, books and serial volumes, library visits, and reference transactions, by state: Fiscal year 2000

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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.......|   9,074 |  760,513 |    2.9 |     4.3 |   6.4 |     1.1 ||                |         |          |        |         |       |
                      |_________|__________|________|_________|_______|_________||                |         |          |        |         |       |
Alabama ..............|     206 |    8,600 |     2.0|      2.8|    3.5|      0.6||Missouri .......|     147 |   22,697 |     4.8|      4.9|    8.1|      1.3
Alaska ...............|      87 |    2,224 |     3.5|      4.6|    5.8|      0.6||Montana ........|      79 |    2,638 |     3.0|      3.9|    5.5|      0.6
Arizona ..............|      39 |    8,723 |     1.8|      4.3|    6.4|      0.9||Nebraska .......|     240 |    5,605 |     4.0|      4.5|    8.0|      0.8
Arkansas .............|      43 |    5,408 |     2.2|      2.9|    4.3|      0.6||Nevada .........|      23 |    4,136 |     2.2|      3.6|    4.9|      0.7
California ...........|     179 |   66,193 |     1.9|      3.9|    4.8|      1.1||New Hampshire ..|     228 |    5,506 |     4.5|      4.8|    7.2|      0.7
                      |         |          |        |         |       |         ||                |         |          |        |         |       |
Colorado .............|     113 |   10,863 |     2.6|      5.5|    9.5|      1.4||New Jersey .....|     303 |   30,593 |     3.7|      4.7|    5.5|      0.8
Connecticut ..........|     194 |   14,238 |     4.3|      6.2|    8.5|      1.2||New Mexico .....|      78 |    4,108 |     2.7|      5.1|    5.2|      0.7
Delaware .............|      37 |    1,445 |     2.2|      4.2|    6.4|      0.9||New York .......|     750 |   77,571 |     4.6|      6.1|    7.3|      1.9
District of Columbia .|       1 |    2,385 |     4.2|   (\4\) |    1.9|   (\4\) ||North Carolina .|      76 |   15,609 |     2.0|      3.8|    5.6|      0.9
Florida ..............|      72 |   29,222 |     1.8|      3.5|    4.8|      1.5||North Dakota ...|      81 |    2,145 |     3.9|      4.4|    7.2|      0.7
                      |         |          |        |         |       |         ||                |         |          |        |         |       |
Georgia ..............|      57 |   14,869 |     1.9|      3.1|    4.4|      0.8||Ohio ...........|     250 |   47,122 |     4.2|      5.8|   12.8|      1.6
Hawaii ...............|       1 |    3,194 |     2.7|      5.3|    5.8|      1.0||Oklahoma .......|     115 |    6,110 |     2.2|      4.4|    6.0|      0.8
Idaho ................|     106 |    3,506 |     3.2|      5.0|    7.5|      0.8||Oregon .........|     125 |    8,346 |     2.7|   (\4\) |   11.1|      0.8
Illinois .............|     628 |   41,014 |     3.8|      5.5|    7.8|      1.5||Pennsylvania ...|     457 |   26,351 |     2.3|      3.3|    4.7|      0.8
Indiana ..............|     239 |   21,730 |     4.2|      6.2|   11.1|      1.4||Rhode Island ...|      48 |    4,345 |     4.1|      5.2|    6.2|      0.9
                      |         |          |        |         |       |         ||                |         |          |        |         |       |
Iowa .................|     535 |   11,595 |     4.0|      5.1|    8.6|      0.7||South Carolina .|      41 |    8,055 |     2.1|      3.4|    4.5|      1.1
Kansas ...............|     321 |   10,207 |     4.7|      5.2|    9.6|      1.3||South Dakota ...|     120 |    2,703 |     4.3|      4.7|    7.4|   (\4\)
Kentucky .............|     116 |    7,856 |     2.0|      3.3|    5.1|      0.5||Tennessee ......|     183 |    9,747 |     1.8|      2.8|    3.8|      0.7
Louisiana ............|      65 |   10,608 |     2.4|      2.9|    4.0|      1.1||Texas ..........|     538 |   35,040 |     1.9|      2.9|    4.3|      0.9
Maine ................|     271 |    5,683 |     4.9|      4.8|    7.0|      0.8||Utah ...........|      70 |    5,756 |     2.6|      4.9|   10.0|   (\4\)
                      |         |          |        |         |       |         ||                |         |          |        |         |       |
Maryland .............|      24 |   15,387 |     3.0|      5.1|    8.9|      1.3||Vermont ........|     190 |    2,772 |     5.1|      5.7|    7.2|      0.7
Massachusetts ........|     371 |   30,238 |     4.9|   (\4\) |    7.4|      0.9||Virginia .......|      90 |   18,378 |     2.7|      4.2|    7.8|      1.0
Michigan .............|     384 |   26,753 |     2.9|      4.3|    5.5|      0.8||Washington .....|      66 |   16,561 |     2.9|      4.6|    9.4|      1.4
Minnesota ............|     140 |   15,599 |     3.2|      4.6|    9.0|      1.1||West Virginia ..|      97 |    4,814 |     2.7|      3.6|    4.6|      0.9
Mississippi ..........|      49 |    5,602 |     2.0|      2.7|    3.1|      0.5||Wisconsin ......|     378 |   18,294 |     3.4|      5.5|    8.7|      1.1
                      |         |          |        |         |       |         ||Wyoming ........|      23 |    2,375 |     5.0|      5.6|    7.7|      0.9
______________________|_________|__________|________|_________|_______|_________||________________|_________|__________|________|_________|_______|_________

\1\Some data are different from other tables due to a different population base.
\2\The total number of persons entering the library for whatever purpose during the year.
\3\A reference transaction is an information contact which involves the knowledge, use, recommendations, interpretation or instructions in the use of one or more information sources by a member of the library staff.
\4\Data not shown because response rate is less than 70 percent.

NOTE: 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.)


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