General statistics of public libraries, by population of legal service area: 1996

Table 428

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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 ..|     17,013 |   5,728 |     4,153 |   1,772 |   2,149 |   1,110 |     2,101
                                             |____________|_________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________
Central libraries ...........................|      8,923 |   5,402 |     2,532 |     496 |     334 |      82 |        77
Branch libraries ............................|      7,124 |     253 |     1,292 |   1,077 |   1,626 |     957 |     1,919
Bookmobiles .................................|        966 |      73 |       329 |     199 |     189 |      71 |       105
                                             |============|=========|===========|=========|=========|=========|===========
          Collections, in thousands          |            |         |           |         |         |         |
                                             |            |         |           |         |         |         |
Books and serial volumes\1\..................|    711,013 |  96,938 |   173,756 |  84,758 | 103,325 |  72,649 |   179,585
Audio and video materials and films .........|     38,258 |   3,806 |     8,971 |   4,497 |   5,916 |   3,540 |    11,527
Serial subscriptions ........................|      1,857 |     272 |       482 |     218 |     242 |     161 |       481
                                             |============|=========|===========|=========|=========|=========|===========
    Paid staff, in full-time equivalents     |            |         |           |         |         |         |
                                             |            |         |           |         |         |         |
Librarians ..................................|     39,096 |   5,475 |    10,100 |   4,550 |   5,568 |   3,987 |     9,417
  Librarians with ALA-MLS\2\ ................|     27,353 |   1,118 |     6,279 |   3,420 |   4,516 |   3,241 |     8,779
Other staff .................................|     78,717 |   4,898 |    18,891 |  10,546 |  13,774 |   8,539 |    22,069
                                             |============|=========|===========|=========|=========|=========|===========
            Income, in thousands             |            |         |           |         |         |         |
                                             |            |         |           |         |         |         |
Total operating income ......................| $5,904,967 |$397,530 |$1,361,167 |$729,251 |$958,946 |$688,360 |$1,769,713
                                             |____________|_________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________
    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 |     1.4 |       0.6 |     0.9 |     1.1 |     0.9 |       1.2
  State .....................................|       12.2 |     9.7 |      11.3 |    13.5 |    10.1 |    10.7 |      14.5
  Local ..................................   |       78.1 |    73.5 |      78.8 |    78.5 |    81.9 |    82.6 |      74.9
  Other .....................................|        8.7 |    15.4 |       9.3 |     7.1 |     6.9 |     5.8 |       9.5
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\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 1996. (This table was prepared August 1999.)

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