General statistics of public libraries, by population of legal service area: 1995

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                                             |                       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 ..|     16,972 |   5,795 |     4,110 |   1,793 |   2,085 |   1,138 |     2,051
                                             |____________|_________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________
Central libraries ...........................|      8,937 |   5,465 |     2,504 |     493 |     324 |      81 |        70
Branch libraries ............................|      7,057 |     255 |     1,265 |   1,094 |   1,582 |     982 |     1,879
Bookmobiles .................................|        978 |      75 |       341 |     206 |     179 |      75 |       102
                                             |============|=========|===========|=========|=========|=========|===========
          Collections, in thousands          |            |         |           |         |         |         |
                                             |            |         |           |         |         |         |
Books and serial volumes\1\..................|    695,331 |  96,675 |   169,876 |  84,203 |  98,539 |  73,450 |   172,587
Audio and video materials and films .........|     35,715 |   3,477 |     8,345 |   4,400 |   5,304 |   3,305 |    10,884
Serial subscriptions ........................|      1,837 |     272 |       482 |     225 |     237 |     169 |       450
                                             |============|=========|===========|=========|=========|=========|===========
    Paid staff, in full-time equivalents     |            |         |           |         |         |         |
                                             |            |         |           |         |         |         |
Librarians ..................................|     38,694 |   5,639 |     9,840 |   4,561 |   5,370 |   4,028 |     9,256
  Librarians with ALA-MLS\2\ ................|     26,636 |   1,069 |     6,067 |   3,448 |   4,296 |   3,248 |     8,508
Other staff .................................|     77,140 |   5,087 |    18,408 |  10,502 |  12,918 |   8,527 |    21,698
                                             |============|=========|===========|=========|=========|=========|===========
            Income, in thousands             |            |         |           |         |         |         |
                                             |            |         |           |         |         |         |
Total operating income ......................| $5,594,069 |$377,585 |$1,281,141 |$705,908 |$884,573 |$658,645 |$1,686,216
                                             |____________|_________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________
    Source of operating income               |                Percentage distribution
                                             |____________________________________________________________________________
    Total .................................. |      100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |     100.0
  Federal\3\ ................................|        1.0 |     1.3 |       0.9 |     0.8 |     1.0 |     1.2 |       1.0
  State .....................................|       12.0 |     9.6 |      10.9 |    13.8 |     9.8 |    10.4 |      14.5
  Local ..................................   |       78.3 |    73.1 |      79.2 |    78.3 |    82.8 |    82.4 |      74.6
  Other .....................................|        8.7 |    16.0 |       9.0 |     7.2 |     6.3 |     6.0 |       9.8
_____________________________________________|____________|_________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________

\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.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Totals may be underestimated due to nonresponse on item or legal service area.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1995. (This table was prepared October 1998.)

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