Table 47. Of public schools with library media centers, average number of total holdings, additions, and expenditures in library media centers during 2002–03 for various kinds of materials, by state: 2003

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Table 47. Of public schools with library media centers, average number of total holdings, additions, and expenditures in library media centers during 2002–03 for various kinds of materials, by state: 2003–04

	Total number of schools¹	Number of schools with library media centers¹	Average number of holdings at the end of the 2002–03 school year					Average number acquired during the 2002–03 school year				Average amount of expenditures during the 2002–03 school year
State	Total number of schools¹	Number of schools with library media centers¹	Book titles	Video materials		CD- ROM titles		Book titles	Video materials	CD- ROM titles		Book titles	Video materials	CD- ROM titles
United States	88,113	82,569	10,900	391		69		574	25	4		$6,300	$562	$98

Alabama	1,490	1,389	9,300	359		64		532	23	5		5,100	522	76
Alaska	447	420	11,200	258		54		474	15	2		4,000	265	45
Arizona	1,703	1,438	16,300	425		53		855	23	2		7,800	399	41
Arkansas	1,071	1,047	9,100	378		21		418	26	2		5,500	408	101
California	8,866	7,780	11,200	280		77		813	21	2		9,700	559	29

Colorado	1,516	1,388	12,100	222		81		590	15	4		6,000	339	157	!
Connecticut	1,008	965	12,100	367		89		635	29	3		7,400	580	86
Delaware	183	166	11,200	346		35		494	17	2		6,500	356	62
District of Columbia	193	179	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
Florida	3,089	2,859	13,500	773		114		795	47	7		8,200	1,223	210

Georgia	1,874	1,848	12,100	752		256		555	32	17	!	7,100	617	245
Hawaii	281	281	14,200	496		35		498	26	3	!	5,300	313	57	!
Idaho	651	613	10,100	249		14		359	12	1		3,600	204	15
Illinois	4,150	3,710	9,200	240		144		639	14	11	!	4,400	387	123
Indiana	1,901	1,805	11,100	503		41		469	31	3	!	5,700	593	51

Iowa	1,326	1,311	9,400	147		81		361	8	5		3,600	98	92
Kansas	1,415	1,406	9,900	307		66		455	18	12	!	4,200	320	56
Kentucky	1,397	1,315	8,900	420		25		476	32	2		4,300	624	74
Louisiana	1,465	1,399	10,600	302		39		292	19	3		5,700	307	69
Maine	698	676	9,000	292		51		330	23	6		4,200	541	113

Maryland	1,362	1,336	10,000	481		60		830	23	3	!	6,000	542	114	!
Massachusetts	1,797	1,710	10,900	304		50		503	20	3	!	5,400	373	39
Michigan	3,675	3,236	16,500	289		53		481	28	4		4,500	647	109
Minnesota	1,782	1,554	14,300	295		157		628	23	15	!	5,000	526	96
Mississippi	1,035	916	7,800	346		58		541	27	6	!	5,800	402	62

Missouri	1,998	1,824	9,700	437		110	!	567	33	6		6,600	626	94
Montana	585	558	9,200	232		24		401	21	2		3,300	340	91
Nebraska	1,146	1,049	9,800	284		45		397	19	5	!	4,000	284	93
Nevada	499	488	12,100	263		194		859	15	8		8,000	223	57
New Hampshire	437	437	8,700	338		49		457	28	4		5,700	687	74

New Jersey	2,390	2,143	12,100	1,154	!	37		484	42	1		7,300	965	101
New Mexico	703	687	10,200	455		37		616	20	2		6,900	379	33
New York	4,257	4,225	10,800	364		30		634	28	3		8,500	925	287	!
North Carolina	2,201	2,152	10,400	460		69		699	32	4		7,800	594	118
North Dakota	400	392	10,000	459		61		393	16	1		4,100	341	56

Ohio	3,875	3,765	8,500	343		60		379	27	1		3,600	608	17
Oklahoma	1,564	1,564	9,100	369		83		415	19	7		4,700	374	136
Oregon	1,248	1,228	12,200	183		39		394	12	2		3,000	188	50
Pennsylvania	3,108	2,904	11,500	199		27		519	12	1		5,900	282	30
Rhode Island	303	298	8,600	230		24		468	12	1		7,100	321	64	!

South Carolina	1,119	1,058	11,000	435		55		618	22	3		7,100	349	54
South Dakota	493	441	9,300	236		31		518	17	2		3,800	318	108
Tennessee	1,634	1,591	9,700	569		79		552	33	7		5,400	574	177
Texas	7,420	6,998	10,600	447		47		631	30	2		8,200	685	85
Utah	776	740	10,700	464		42		547	27	2		4,800	498	32

Vermont	329	326	9,200	421		34		431	27	4		5,800	741	96
Virginia	2,004	1,952	10,800	477		87		552	31	5		6,700	742	133
Washington	2,072	1,986	11,100	178		46		496	14	2		6,400	374	58	!
West Virginia	776	693	6,900	264		15		317	15	2		2,400	230	47
Wisconsin	2,050	2,011	12,100	452		67		572	39	5		6,900	969	169
Wyoming	353	311	9,200	236		44		460	13	4		4,200	377	80

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.

¹ The school data files were used to generate these estimates. The school library media center data files were used to generate the remaining estimates.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Public School and Public School Library Media Center Data Files, 2003–04.

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