Table 421. | General statistics of public libraries, by population of legal service area: 1997 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ..| 17,037 | 5,731 | 4,129 | 1,800 | 2,140 | 1,114 | 2,123 |____________|_________|___________|_________|___________|_________|___________ Central libraries ...........................| 8,943 | 5,405 | 2,540 | 501 | 334 | 80 | 83 Branch libraries ............................| 7,147 | 256 | 1,270 | 1,103 | 1,620 | 967 | 1,931 Bookmobiles .................................| 947 | 70 | 319 | 196 | 186 | 67 | 109 |============|=========|===========|=========|===========|=========|=========== Collections, in thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Books and serial volumes\1\..................| 723,309 | 97,502 | 176,600 | 85,611 | 105,871 | 72,411 | 185,313 Audio and video materials and films .........| 41,793 | 4,187 | 9,804 | 5,004 | 6,388 | 4,040 | 12,371 Serial subscriptions ........................| 1,919 | 276 | 491 | 220 | 256 | 159 | 517 |============|=========|===========|=========|===========|=========|=========== Paid staff, in full-time equivalents | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Librarians ..................................| 40,161 | 5,738 | 10,385 | 4,647 | 5,747 | 4,092 | 9,551 Librarians with ALA-MLS\2\ ................| 27,946 | 1,175 | 6,424 | 3,478 | 4,644 | 3,322 | 8,903 Other staff .................................| 80,589 | 5,117 | 19,176 | 10,739 | 13,978 | 8,878 | 22,701 |============|=========|===========|=========|===========|=========|=========== Income, in thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total operating income ......................| $6,267,247 |$423,983 |$1,441,892 |$780,544 |$1,030,671 |$729,007 |$1,861,149 |____________|_________|___________|_________|___________|_________|___________ Source of operating income | Percentage distribution |______________________________________________________________________________ Total .................................. | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Federal\3\ ................................| 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 State .....................................| 12.1 | 8.7 | 11.2 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 14.0 Local .................................. | 77.6 | 70.9 | 78.6 | 77.8 | 81.6 | 82.0 | 74.0 Other .....................................| 9.3 | 19.0 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 11.0 _____________________________________________|____________|_________|___________|_________|___________|_________|___________ |
\1\Some data are different from other tables due to a different population base.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. 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 1997. (This table was prepared July 2000.)
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