Selected statistics of public libraries, by population size of legal service area: Fiscal year 2001

Table 424.

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                                               |                       Population of legal service area\1\
                                               |_________________________________________________________________________________
                     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 ....|     17,300|     5,701|      4,256|      1,827|      2,157|     1,179|      2,180
                                               |___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________
Central libraries .............................|      8,971|     5,387|      2,647|        519|        283|        77|         58
Branch libraries ..............................|      7,450|       241|      1,332|      1,123|      1,709|     1,022|      2,023
Bookmobiles ...................................|        879|        73|        277|        185|        165|        80|         99
                                               |===========|==========|===========|===========|===========|==========|===========
           Collections, in thousands           |           |          |           |           |           |          |
                                               |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Books and serial volumes\2\ ...................|    767,055|    99,529|    187,090|     94,248|    112,159|    78,251|    195,778
Audio and video materials and films ...........|     59,427|     5,984|     14,193|      7,653|      8,769|     6,000|     16,828
Serial subscriptions ..........................|      1,960|       274|        485|        232|        251|       194|        525
                                               |===========|==========|===========|===========|===========|==========|===========
     Paid staff, in full-time equivalents      |           |          |           |           |           |          |
                                               |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Librarians ....................................|     44,428|     6,121|     11,670|      5,507|      6,104|     4,604|     10,421
  Librarians with ALA-MLS\3\ ..................|     30,094|     1,206|      6,960|      3,968|      4,878|     3,695|      9,386
Other staff ...................................|     89,028|     5,496|     20,607|     12,222|     16,013|    10,190|     24,500
                                               |===========|==========|===========|===========|===========|==========|===========
             Income, in thousands              |           |          |           |           |           |          |
                                               |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Total operating income ........................| $8,222,619|  $514,726| $1,850,988| $1,061,174| $1,321,809|  $945,567| $2,528,356
                                               |___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________
    Source of operating income                 |                               Percentage distribution
                                               |_________________________________________________________________________________
    Total .....................................|      100.0|     100.0|      100.0|      100.0|      100.0|     100.0|      100.0
  Federal\4\ ..................................|        0.6|       1.0|        0.4|        0.6|        0.8|       0.6|        0.4
  State .......................................|       12.7|       9.5|       12.7|       15.2|       11.9|      13.1|       12.7
  Local .......................................|       77.3|      73.0|       76.8|       76.2|       80.0|      79.0|       76.9
  Other and private ...........................|        9.4|      16.5|       10.1|        8.0|        7.4|       7.3|        9.9
_______________________________________________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________

\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 the library is the primary service provider.
\2\Some data are different from other tables due to a different population base.
\3\ALA-MLS=A master's degree from a graduate library education program accredited by the American Library Association (ALA). \4\Excludes some federal funds received through state library agencies.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Data include imputations for nonresponse.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: FY 2001. (This table was prepared August 2003.)

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