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Table 414. Selected statistics of public libraries, by population size of legal service area: Fiscal year 2002
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                                               |                            Population of legal service area\1\
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                                               |           |     Under|  10,000 to|  50,000 to| 100,000 to|250,000 to|500,000 and
Selected Statistic                             |      Total|    10,000|     49,999|     99,999|    249,999|   499,999|      over
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1                                              |          2|         3|          4|          5|          6|         7|          8
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   Number of public library service outlets ...|     17,359|     5,718|      4,280|      1,793|      2,194|     1,165|      2,209
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Central libraries .............................|      8,986|     5,405|      2,644|        512|        289|        78|         58
Branch libraries ..............................|      7,500|       246|      1,354|      1,104|      1,734|     1,008|      2,054
Bookmobiles ...................................|        873|        67|        282|        177|        171|        79|         97
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Collections, in thousands                      |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Books and serial volumes ......................|    680,195|   101,725|    190,977|     94,227|    115,668|    80,521|     97,079
Audio and video materials and films ...........|     55,712|     6,673|     15,497|      8,128|      9,655|     6,515|      9,242
Serial subscriptions ..........................|      1,681|       278|        496|        223|        249|       176|        259
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Paid staff, in full-time equivalents           |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Librarians ....................................|     44,920|     6,343|     11,986|      5,498|      6,191|     4,773|     10,129
  Librarians with ALA-MLS\2\ ..................|     30,428|     1,258|      7,160|      3,977|      4,940|     3,733|      9,360
Other staff ...................................|     91,300|     5,315|     21,036|     12,432|     16,641|    10,439|     25,437
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Income, in thousands                           |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Total operating income ........................| $8,585,738|  $554,775| $1,928,637| $1,109,796| $1,417,605|  $983,264| $2,591,662
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Percentage distribution of operating income,   |           |          |           |           |           |          |
   by source                                   |           |          |           |           |           |          |
   Total ......................................|      100.0|     100.0|      100.0|      100.0|      100.0|     100.0|      100.0
Federal\3\ ....................................|        0.6|       0.8|        0.4|        0.5|        0.8|       0.4|        0.6
State .........................................|       11.7|       9.5|       11.8|       13.3|       10.8|      11.8|       11.8
Local .........................................|       79.1|      74.7|       79.3|       78.8|       81.7|      80.8|       78.0
Other and private .............................|        8.7|      15.0|        8.5|        7.5|        6.8|       7.1|        9.6
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\1\The number of people in the geographic area for which a public library has been established to offer services and from which (or on behalf of which) the library derives income, plus any areas served under contract for which the library is the primary service provider.
\2\Librarians with a master's degree (MLS) 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 because of rounding. Data include imputations for nonresponse.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2002. (This table was prepared March 2005.)


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