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Data From Public Libraries: 2005 |
Louisiana |
U.S. (average) |
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Total Unduplicated Population |
4,523,628 |
5,617,098 |
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Number of Central Libraries |
67 |
177 |
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Number of Branch Libraries |
268 |
147 |
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Number of Bookmobiles |
28 |
16 |
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Public Service Hours |
693,781 |
700,320 |
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Circulation of Children's Materials |
4,798,603 |
13,452,355 |
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Children's Program Attendance |
764,912 |
1,051,693 |
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Electronic Materials Expenditures |
460,953 |
2,109,897 |
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Number of Public Internet Terminals |
2,935 |
3,619 |
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Users of Electronic Resources |
4,417,643 |
6,241,240 |
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Local Revenue |
113,710,878 |
154,600,643 |
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State Revenue |
6,778,099 |
18,297,854 |
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Federal Revenue |
171,852 |
987,601 |
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Other Revenue |
8,805,238 |
15,968,475 |
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Total Revenue |
129,466,067 |
189,825,326 |
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Total Staff Expenditures |
72,096,958 |
116,726,732 |
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Total Collection Expenditures |
12,804,188 |
23,080,941 |
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Other Operating Expenditures |
36,477,278 |
36,954,949 |
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Total Operating Expenditures |
121,378,424 |
174,621,981 |
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Capital Expenditures |
22,713,444 |
24,244,310 |
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Total Circulation per Capita |
3.92 |
7.45 |
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Library Visits per Capita |
3.08 |
4.70 |
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Reference Transactions per Capita |
0.88 |
0.91 |
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Audio Materials per 1,000 Population |
66.15 |
145.57 |
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Video Materials per 1,000 Population |
104.91 |
143.09 |
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Current Print Serial Subscriptions per 1,000 Population |
6.88 |
6.98 |
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Books and Serial Volumes per 1,000 Population |
2,452.89 |
3,139.03 |
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ALA-MLS Librarians (FTE) |
321.16 |
603.08 |
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Total Librarians (FTE) |
777.44 |
885.95 |
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Other Staff (FTE) |
1,331.21 |
1,802.17 |
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Total Staff (FTE) |
2,108.65 |
2,681.13 |
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