Table 413. | Selected statistics on public school library/media centers, by state: 1993-94 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Percent of centers offering selected services/equipment | Books held |Total students| Total | Expenditure |Expenditure |_________________________________________________________________| per 100 |using library | expenditure | for micro- | for audio- | Computer |Automated | Database | On-line | Compact |Connection| students\1\ | per 100 | for | computers | visual State or other area | with | catalog |searching | database | disc for | to the | |students each | materials | for library|materials for | modem | | with |searching | indices, | Internet | | week\2\ | per | per |library per | | | CD-ROM | | etc. | | | | student\3\ | student\3\ |student\3\ _________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|______________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 _________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|______________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________ United States ........|34.3 (1.0)|24.0 (0.9)|31.2 (0.8)| 9.4 (0.5)|46.7 (1.1)|12.0 (0.6)| 2,585 (57)| 83.4 (0.4)|$17.18 (0.35)|$3.84 (0.25)| $2.24 (0.15) |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|______________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________ Alabama .................|33.0 (4.2)|37.6 (5.9)|29.3 (4.0)| 5.7 (2.0)|44.1 (4.6)| 3.2 (1.5)| 1,510 (61)| 76.3 (2.2)| 11.22 (0.62)| 1.91 (0.39)| 0.91 (0.22) Alaska ..................|34.7 (3.6)|34.3 (4.0)|39.7 (4.7)| 6.8 (1.9)|44.6 (4.5)|15.1 (2.3)| 4,167 (260)| 85.0 (2.0)| 47.38 (5.86)| 9.76 (2.55)| 1.94 (0.30) Arizona .................|28.1 (3.5)|38.3 (5.3)|28.0 (4.0)| 5.6 (2.2)|43.0 (4.4)| 6.0 (1.9)| 2,552 (211)| 81.0 (3.3)| 17.55 (3.05)| 4.66 (1.37)| 1.56 (0.31) Arkansas ................|19.0 (4.0)|18.7 (4.0)|20.5 (4.1)| 5.6 (2.4)|29.7 (4.6)| 8.5 (2.5)| 2,377 (355)| 78.3 (2.8)| 15.03 (1.45)| 1.92 (0.53)| 1.56 (0.29) California ..............|19.9 (4.3)|14.0 (3.4)|23.4 (3.7)| 3.1 (1.0)|38.0 (5.7)| 6.2 (2.3)| 1,751 (193)| 77.9 (2.7)| 7.26 (1.00)| 3.13 (0.87)| 0.59 (0.17) | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado ................|47.0 (4.7)|43.6 (5.7)|43.3 (5.5)|30.7 (4.7)|60.7 (5.5)|16.3 (3.5)| 2,190 (177)| 80.6 (2.5)| 16.42 (1.81)| 3.01 (0.57)| 1.63 (0.25) Connecticut .............|43.8 (6.5)|12.8 (2.7)|45.4 (5.3)|17.9 (3.8)|54.4 (6.0)| 6.5 (2.6)| 2,289 (129)| 88.0 (2.2)| 15.71 (2.06)| 2.84 (1.01)| 1.21 (0.21) Delaware ................|41.8 (3.6)|22.5 (3.0)|34.7 (3.5)|14.4 (2.5)|48.2 (3.5)| 5.7 (2.0)| 1,587 (84)| 80.5 (2.3)| 8.68 (0.87)| 1.63 (0.24)| 0.64 (0.23) District of Columbia ....|23.5 (4.0)| 4.4 (2.2)|25.4 (2.8)|10.4 (3.3)|31.2 (3.2)| 1.7 (1.1)| 1,578 (74)| 65.6 (2.9)| 8.06 (0.69)| 0.49 (0.13)| 1.46 (0.30) Florida .................|45.3 (3.8)|29.8 (3.3)|39.9 (3.6)|11.8 (2.8)|71.0 (4.0)|21.1 (3.4)| 1,855 430 | 76.6 (2.6)| 13.61 (1.98)| 1.85 (0.29)| 2.30 (0.33) | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia .................|29.8 (4.7)|48.2 (4.4)|34.5 (4.6)|13.6 (2.6)|46.6 (4.7)|10.8 (2.7)| 1,535 (72)| 83.9 (1.6)| 13.02 (0.65)| 2.99 (0.71)| 2.21 (0.38) Hawaii ..................|75.3 (5.3)|27.1 (4.4)|47.7 (5.7)|24.3 (4.9)|64.8 (4.9)|29.4 (5.0)| 1,592 (100)| 83.3 (2.6)| 10.90 (1.01)| 2.77 (0.46)| 1.59 (0.42) Idaho ...................|29.9 (4.2)|15.4 (4.0)|21.6 (4.4)| 6.2 (2.3)|32.1 (5.1)| 8.6 (3.1)| 2,457 (289)| 86.6 (1.9)| 12.20 (1.24)| 2.50 (0.63)| 1.12 (0.24) Illinois ................|32.2 (3.5)|17.7 (3.8)|23.0 (3.4)| 7.9 (1.7)|36.6 (4.2)| 7.1 (2.2)| 2,517 (264)| 85.7 (1.8)| 13.40 (1.34)| 4.09 (1.48)| 1.59 (0.19) Indiana..................|29.9 (6.7)|31.0 (4.9)|32.0 (5.9)| 2.4 (0.7)|66.1 (6.3)| 5.5 (1.2)| 2,518 (387)| 86.2 (2.4)| 14.40 (1.12)|12.45 (3.24)| 2.20 (0.45) | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa ....................|38.8 (6.4)|17.4 (5.0)|44.2 (5.7)|14.6 (3.6)|71.2 (5.7)| 8.6 (3.1)| 4,549 (698)| 91.0 (1.8)| 23.04 (2.23)| 5.14 (2.03)| 2.78 (0.61) Kansas ..................|24.9 (3.0)|31.5 (4.9)|20.9 (3.1)| 9.7 (2.0)|46.6 (4.5)|10.6 (2.5)| 3,797 (218)| 89.1 (1.8)| 30.85 (2.76)|11.16 (2.26)| 2.93 (0.49) Kentucky ................|30.1 (6.2)|33.1 (7.0)|32.3 (5.5)| 4.3 (2.2)|60.3 (6.3)| 5.3 (2.4)| 1,732 (110)| 84.8 (2.3)| 15.16 (1.08)| 2.32 (0.51)| 2.40 (0.31) Louisiana ...............|24.2 (3.9)|13.9 (3.5)|21.9 (3.4)| 2.3 (0.8)|28.1 (3.8)| 6.2 (2.4)| 1,784 (74)| 64.8 (3.9)| 16.18 (3.82)| 1.43 (0.42)| 0.50 (0.08) Maine ...................|33.3 (5.4)|18.9 (4.4)|25.5 (3.8)| 5.4 (2.0)|38.9 (6.7)| 5.4 (1.6)| 2,331 (169)| 89.4 (2.7)| 17.83 (2.74)| 2.21 (0.58)| 0.64 (0.16) | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland ................|41.0 (3.9)|15.4 (3.4)|31.8 (4.5)|22.3 (3.1)|46.2 (4.7)|32.6 (3.5)| 1,510 (70)| 87.0 (1.8)| 11.70 (0.73)| 0.25 (0.06)| 1.65 (0.45) Massachusetts ...........|38.2 (4.9)| 9.1 (1.6)|45.3 (4.8)| 8.9 (1.6)|46.3 (4.8)|24.1 (3.8)| 2,523 (224)| 74.8 (3.9)| 10.14 (1.22)| 1.50 (0.29)| 1.77 (0.52) Michigan ................|42.2 (7.6)|12.1 (3.9)|38.1 (6.3)|10.2 (3.8)|57.9 (6.1)|15.1 (5.3)| 1,820 (100)| 83.5 (4.1)| 13.36 (2.13)| 1.62 (0.55)| 1.35 (0.39) Minnesota ...............|35.6 (4.8)|53.4 (6.1)|52.9 (6.1)|13.8 (3.0)|69.0 (5.6)|17.3 (3.6)| 3,114 (253)| 86.5 (2.8)| 22.39 (3.60)| 6.01 (0.96)| 4.93 (1.70) Mississippi .............| 9.4 (2.0)| 5.2 (2.1)|14.2 (3.9)| 3.0 (1.4)|23.2 (3.6)| 3.1 (1.3)| 1,593 (69)| 74.6 (2.5)| 16.26 (4.13)| 1.58 (0.62)| 1.30 (0.30) | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri.................|31.3 (4.3)|39.4 (6.7)|31.4 (5.0)|17.8 (3.9)|46.0 (5.9)|15.7 (4.2)| 2,681 (232)| 81.4 (2.6)| 16.95 (1.64)| 2.80 (0.90)| 1.23 (0.20) Montana .................|50.8 (4.3)|20.6 (3.1)|43.7 (4.1)|17.4 (3.3)|58.2 (3.6)| 6.2 (2.0)| 9,562 (1,005)| 89.5 (2.3)| 67.92 (8.98)|15.79 (6.03)| 5.61 (1.22) Nebraska ................|31.6 (5.0)|29.0 (4.9)|36.3 (5.7)|12.1 (2.5)|58.8 (6.0)|15.8 (3.0)| 7,103 (817)| 90.3 (2.7)| 41.70 (4.30)|23.16 (10.55)| 13.52 (6.68) Nevada ..................|18.4 (4.0)|48.2 (5.5)|32.2 (4.5)| 3.0 (1.3)|37.1 (4.2)| 9.4 (2.9)| 1,827 (168)| 87.0 (1.7)| 11.15 (1.00)| 1.46 (0.38)| 0.77 (0.14) New Hampshire ...........|43.9 (6.6)|21.4 (4.8)|39.8 (6.6)| 8.2 (2.6)|51.2 (5.9)|17.4 (4.4)| 2,221 (182)| 87.1 (1.8)| 18.97 (1.75)| 2.83 (0.86)| 1.41 (0.24) | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ..............|39.1 (6.8)|28.5 (6.5)|30.2 (6.4)| 7.2 (1.4)|46.2 (7.2)| 5.2 (1.3)| 2,954 (400)| 84.2 (3.0)| 22.91 (3.96)| 3.52 (1.37)| 2.05 (0.88) New Mexico ..............|32.8 (6.1)|21.9 (5.3)|32.0 (4.3)| 3.9 (1.5)|43.1 (5.5)| 7.8 (2.4)| 2,533 (223)| 82.9 (2.8)| 16.80 (3.05)| 1.55 (0.44)| 1.73 (0.32) New York ................|39.5 (5.5)|14.3 (3.9)|25.2 (3.4)|12.5 (2.4)|44.8 (5.1)|16.0 (3.6)| 2,207 (213)| 82.0 (3.4)| 13.67 (1.21)| 1.56 (0.46)| 1.15 (0.35) North Carolina ..........|40.4 (4.6)|29.4 (4.0)|42.0 (4.3)|10.8 (1.7)|65.0 (4.1)| 7.9 (2.3)| 1,630 (50)| 80.8 (2.4)| 14.19 (0.94)| 4.39 (0.53)| 2.10 (0.28) North Dakota ............|65.8 (5.3)|18.0 (3.6)|27.3 (5.1)|39.1 (5.7)|41.1 (6.5)|36.8 (5.5)| 6,607 (689)| 93.0 (1.3)| 29.45 (2.25)| 3.77 (0.84)| 5.02 (1.77) | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio ....................|33.1 (7.1)|12.9 (5.0)|16.9 (3.9)| 3.3 (1.1)|31.9 (6.7)| 7.1 (2.3)| 3,796 (762)| 86.5 (2.3)| 11.03 (1.48)| 0.75 (0.25)| 1.53 (0.75) Oklahoma ................|20.1 (2.7)|32.7 (3.8)|32.5 (3.5)| 6.7 (1.7)|44.1 (4.2)| 4.0 (1.7)| 2,851 (163)| 84.2 (1.5)| 36.26 (4.69)| 3.46 (0.60)| 7.51 (4.23) Oregon ..................|38.6 (5.8)|39.2 (5.2)|51.5 (6.7)|18.9 (4.7)|49.5 (6.5)|11.7 (4.2)| 3,154 (362)| 84.3 (3.2)| 21.32 (2.14)| 7.59 (2.49)| 2.75 (0.86) Pennsylvania ............|33.9 (6.9)|17.3 (4.0)|32.6 (5.5)| 2.5 (1.1)|39.2 (6.4)| 6.4 (3.1)| 2,562 (203)| 89.6 (2.6)| 15.33 (2.09)| 2.23 (0.60)| 1.97 (0.67) Rhode Island ............|25.0 (4.9)|11.8 (3.2)|13.0 (3.5)| 1.0 (0.6)|21.7 (4.8)|18.6 (4.2)| 1,835 (232)| 84.0 (2.5)| 8.58 (1.51)| 0.23 (0.10)| 0.34 (0.14) | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina ..........|44.0 (5.4)|46.4 (5.0)|39.4 (5.7)| 6.9 (1.7)|55.4 (7.1)|13.5 (4.1)| 1,655 (133)| 80.3 (3.2)| 11.01 (0.71)| 2.39 (0.55)| 1.03 (0.19) South Dakota ............|56.2 (6.8)|12.6 (3.4)|37.7 (6.2)|23.1 (4.2)|60.2 (5.5)| 9.0 (2.7)| 5,049 (542)| 89.8 (2.0)| 45.53 (5.37)| 8.26 (1.61)| 3.73 (1.41) Tennessee ...............|15.1 (4.3)|18.9 (5.1)|16.6 (4.5)| 2.5 (2.3)|34.9 (6.5)| 3.6 (1.9)| 1,677 (102)| 85.4 (2.2)| 8.60 (0.68)| 2.65 (1.04)| 0.91 (0.20) Texas ...................|39.4 (4.6)|20.5 (4.2)|27.2 (3.1)| 9.9 (2.8)|33.9 (3.8)|24.7 (4.2)| 1,885 (123)| 83.3 (2.0)| 18.94 (1.79)| 3.75 (1.18)| 2.95 (0.40) Utah ....................|22.2 (3.6)|37.4 (4.1)|28.6 (3.6)| 5.1 (2.3)|39.1 (3.6)| 6.7 (1.9)| 1,557 (105)| 79.5 (2.2)| 9.08 (0.95)| 1.62 (0.26)| 1.82 (0.32) | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont .................|47.0 (4.9)|27.2 (5.6)|35.3 (4.2)|14.5 (3.3)|51.9 (4.8)|32.2 (3.4)| 3,155 179 | 87.5 (1.8)| 34.53 (4.95)| 6.18 (1.57)| 2.90 (0.52) Virginia ................|61.7 (8.3)|35.5 (6.1)|38.6 (5.8)|10.6 (2.9)|72.4 (7.0)|31.4 (5.6)| 1,974 (108)| 88.2 (2.2)| 15.20 (1.09)| 3.48 (0.66)| 3.71 (1.01) Washington ..............|40.2 (5.2)|35.7 (5.6)|43.1 (3.6)|11.7 (2.9)|53.1 (4.9)|13.0 (2.6)| 2,004 (84)| 89.7 (1.3)| 14.70 (1.27)| 3.34 (0.69)| 1.52 (0.29) West Virginia............|24.7 (6.0)|16.7 (4.2)|18.0 (4.0)| 8.3 (3.5)|31.0 (5.5)| 6.4 (3.2)| 2,039 (201)| 76.0 (4.7)| 7.37 (1.41)| 0.77 (0.25)| 0.17 (\2\) Wisconsin ...............|34.2 (6.5)|27.2 (4.7)|36.1 (5.0)|14.8 (3.8)|57.1 (6.1)| 9.0 (2.6)| 2,895 (157)| 86.5 (2.8)| 23.99 (1.18)| 5.40 (1.55)| 4.10 (0.74) Wyoming .................|39.0 (3.4)|28.0 (4.2)|32.1 (5.7)| 8.1 (2.5)|41.7 (4.5)| 6.6 (2.3)|10,729 (1,185)| 83.5 (3.4)| 46.04 (5.36)| 3.23 (0.59)| 3.92 (0.85) _________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|______________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________ |
\1\During the most recent full week of school. \2\Data less than 0.5 are rounded to 0. \3\Locally budgeted expenditures exclude federal gifts and grants. NOTE.--Percentages are based on schools that have library/media centers. In school year 1990-91, 96 percent of public and 87 percent of private schools had library/media centers. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 1997.)
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