Table A-3. Total number of academic libraries, by level, control of institution, and state: 2008

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Table A-3. Total number of academic libraries, by level, control of institution, and state: 2008

	Total postsecondary degree-granting institutions	4-year institutions				Less than 4-year	Public	Private
		Total 4-year institutions	Highest level of degree
State		Total 4-year institutions	Doctor's	Master's	Bachelor's
United States	3,827	2,393	721	911	730	1,434	1,576	2,251

Alabama	66	39	11	13	15	27	39	27
Alaska	6	4	1	2	1	2	5	1
Arizona	57	29	7	7	14	28	24	33
Arkansas	46	22	6	7	9	24	33	13
California	359	202	72	73	52	157	147	212

Colorado	67	38	12	10	16	29	26	41
Connecticut	45	29	11	9	8	16	22	23
Delaware	9	6	4	2	0	3	5	4
District of Columbia	15	15	7	6	1	0	2	13
Florida	161	109	21	41	46	52	39	122

Georgia	117	65	17	27	20	52	67	50
Hawaii	19	12	4	4	4	7	9	10
Idaho	13	9	3	2	4	4	7	6
Illinois	164	105	41	31	33	59	60	104
Indiana	81	62	14	27	21	19	28	53

Iowa	63	46	8	17	21	17	19	44
Kansas	58	30	5	12	13	28	32	26
Kentucky	68	40	8	16	16	28	24	44
Louisiana	51	29	11	10	7	22	26	25
Maine	29	19	4	6	9	10	15	14

Maryland	55	36	15	18	3	19	30	25
Massachusetts	116	93	31	40	19	23	31	85
Michigan	97	65	19	22	22	32	44	53
Minnesota	98	64	16	20	26	34	42	56
Mississippi	40	20	6	9	5	20	26	14

Missouri	108	75	23	23	29	33	33	75
Montana	21	10	2	5	3	11	16	5
Nebraska	40	28	5	14	9	12	15	25
Nevada	17	11	2	2	7	6	7	10
New Hampshire	26	18	5	6	7	8	11	15

New Jersey	55	35	15	15	5	20	32	23
New Mexico	39	19	3	9	7	20	28	11
New York	285	205	69	89	44	80	80	205
North Carolina	127	64	16	22	26	63	75	52
North Dakota	20	12	3	2	7	8	14	6

Ohio	171	93	24	44	22	78	50	121
Oklahoma	52	35	7	17	11	17	29	23
Oregon	54	34	9	16	9	20	25	29
Pennsylvania	194	121	48	49	24	73	37	157
Rhode Island	14	12	5	4	2	2	3	11

South Carolina	65	40	6	18	15	25	33	32
South Dakota	23	17	5	10	2	6	12	11
Tennessee	94	65	18	21	25	29	22	72
Texas	202	104	51	27	25	98	104	98
Utah	25	16	3	6	7	9	9	16

Vermont	20	19	2	13	4	1	5	15
Virginia	99	63	20	17	24	36	39	60
Washington	68	39	10	16	13	29	41	27
West Virginia	32	23	3	12	7	9	15	17
Wisconsin	67	46	12	23	11	21	31	36
Wyoming	9	1	1	0	0	8	8	1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey, 2008.

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