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Table 421. General statistics of public libraries, by population of legal service area: 1997
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                                             |                       Population of legal service area
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                    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
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                      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
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          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
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    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
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            Income, in thousands             |            |         |           |         |           |         |
                                             |            |         |           |         |           |         |
Total operating income ......................| $6,267,247 |$423,983 |$1,441,892 |$780,544 |$1,030,671 |$729,007 |$1,861,149
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    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
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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: 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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