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Table 419. Selected statistics on public school libraries/media centers, by state: 1999-2000

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                      |     Percent of centers offering selected   |    Average|        Total|       Books|       Books|         Total
                      |              services/equipment            |  number of|     students|     checked| held at end|   expenditure
State                 |____________________________________________|      staff|using library|     out per| of year per| for materials
                      | Automated|  Automated|Connection|     Video|per library|      per 100|100 students|100 students|per student\2\
                      |   catalog|circulation|    to the|laser disc|      \1,2\|students each|each week\3\|            |
                      |          |     system|  Internet|    or DVD|           |    week\2,3\|            |            |
______________________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________
1                     |        2 |         3 |        4 |        5 |         6 |           7 |          8 |          9 |           10
______________________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________
   United States .....|72.8(0.69)|74.4 (0.65)|90.1(0.57)|43.0(0.68)|1.89(0.018)| 94.9  (0.88)|106.6 (1.63)|1,803 (19.7)|$23.37(0.438)
                      |__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________
Alabama ..............|83.7(2.53)|85.4 (2.30)|85.1(2.92)|40.6(4.09)|1.76(0.039)|102.4  (5.40)|119.3 (9.04)|1,908(158.4)| 17.08(0.870)
Alaska ...............|76.1(2.79)|67.4 (3.17)|91.6(1.84)|35.4(2.87)|1.43(0.061)| 97.5  (2.78)|137.5(14.08)|2,855 (90.7)| 25.46(2.353)
Arizona ..............|86.1(3.39)|88.5 (3.17)|91.6(2.40)|51.4(4.19)|1.97(0.061)| 92.4  (4.99)|113.0(11.08)|1,897(147.1)| 15.73(1.050)
Arkansas .............|75.8(3.47)|79.9 (3.04)|86.6(3.23)|23.0(2.52)|1.50(0.042)| 94.8  (3.98)|115.6 (8.40)|2,038 (82.4)| 22.38(2.309)
California ...........|66.5(3.63)|76.7 (3.21)|71.3(3.83)|37.8(3.57)|1.73(0.068)| 75.9  (2.51)| 86.7 (5.17)|1,399 (85.8)| 17.66(1.272)
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Colorado .............|86.9(2.65)|86.3 (2.45)|96.8(1.27)|41.6(4.21)|1.99(0.077)|107.3  (5.34)|100.9 (5.45)|1,758 (90.4)| 25.68(2.551)
Connecticut ..........|57.2(2.73)|59.8 (2.83)|87.2(2.31)|42.9(3.80)|2.06(0.062)|102.0  (2.40)| 87.9 (6.06)|2,092(126.3)| 27.74(1.341)
Delaware .............|80.3(3.53)|88.7 (2.99)|97.3(1.10)|35.0(4.39)|1.51(0.073)| 85.1  (3.59)| 63.2 (9.15)|1,435 (76.3)| 18.94(2.573)
District of Columbia .|33.8(3.03)|35.4 (3.46)|78.1(2.93)|26.7(3.34)|1.16(0.030)| 64.7  (2.53)| 36.2 (4.52)|2,066(184.0)| 12.59(1.710)
Florida ..............|94.1(1.48)|96.8 (0.99)|95.1(1.22)|90.6(1.53)|2.53(0.192)| 93.7  (4.81)|101.1 (6.97)|1,567(102.0)| 31.24(5.676)
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Georgia ..............|99.7(0.29)|99.7 (0.29)|96.3(1.56)|71.4(3.42)|2.33(0.122)|111.1  (6.45)|119.4 (7.67)|1,586 (53.5)| 24.39(1.426)
Hawaii ...............|87.9(2.62)|94.0 (1.95)|96.8(1.43)|50.6(4.15)|1.54(0.049)| 87.3  (3.15)|113.7(12.93)|1,622 (37.5)| 14.31(1.214)
Idaho ................|79.4(2.38)|82.9 (2.13)|95.6(1.46)|30.5(2.55)|1.75(0.038)|122.9  (3.09)|202.4(12.44)|2,374(122.9)| 49.49(2.183)
Illinois .............|61.4(3.70)|59.9 (3.76)|89.6(2.25)|34.9(4.09)|2.03(0.103)| 95.0  (3.47)| 82.9 (6.55)|1,545 (76.2)| 22.54(1.727)
Indiana ..............|70.0(3.75)|72.9 (4.18)|89.0(2.61)|50.2(3.84)|1.93(0.045)| 95.3  (2.15)|114.2 (7.93)|2,177(173.4)| 23.93(1.683)
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Iowa .................|75.1(3.31)|70.3 (3.90)|97.2(1.13)|41.0(3.86)|2.36(0.244)|133.0  (4.98)|140.9 (8.98)|2,517 (74.0)| 26.52(1.683)
Kansas ...............|76.4(3.99)|77.4 (4.00)|94.8(2.36)|43.3(3.90)|1.85(0.053)|119.3  (5.08)|182.7(12.96)|2,637(104.3)| 25.72(1.222)
Kentucky .............|77.9(3.96)|77.3 (4.16)|97.9(1.07)|49.7(4.25)|1.64(0.064)|119.2  (8.64)|123.7 (8.25)|1,758 (47.2)| 30.43(3.961)
Louisiana ............|53.5(4.84)|62.5 (5.45)|88.0(3.86)|25.8(3.85)|1.27(0.088)| 75.3  (3.73)| 71.7 (7.48)|1,602 (63.9)| 15.23(2.208)
Maine ................|54.4(4.54)|52.8 (4.82)|99.3(0.63)|15.5(1.95)|1.73(0.066)|102.5  (2.74)|102.5 (6.89)|2,931(224.6)| 26.00(1.233)
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Maryland .............|83.3(3.21)|81.4 (3.52)|94.5(2.28)|50.4(6.04)|1.68(0.093)| 82.6  (3.02)|130.3(39.71)|1,401 (61.5)| 28.47(4.900)
Massachusetts ........|54.0(3.83)|49.8 (3.67)|96.8(1.28)|31.9(5.21)|1.87(0.078)| 83.7  (2.89)| 63.8 (4.46)|1,635 (68.9)| 18.76(1.091)
Michigan .............|69.5(4.08)|68.1 (4.04)|84.1(2.89)|44.6(4.21)|1.76(0.097)| 93.5  (3.80)| 92.2 (7.03)|1,703 (68.0)| 23.18(2.222)
Minnesota ............|91.1(2.56)|91.8 (2.80)|95.9(1.21)|43.3(5.38)|2.43(0.097)|126.8  (9.32)|127.3(12.41)|2,486(174.2)| 36.34(6.738)
Mississippi ..........|70.7(2.94)|76.2 (2.41)|89.8(2.28)|29.2(2.61)|1.54(0.034)| 80.0  (2.84)|100.4 (7.64)|1,985(175.3)| 19.66(1.414)
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Missouri .............|71.8(6.17)|70.7 (6.26)|89.2(3.33)|49.3(6.03)|1.63(0.083)|100.5  (5.71)|110.7 (9.85)|2,250(123.4)| 30.59(2.178)
Montana ..............|52.8(3.07)|52.0 (2.98)|88.1(2.57)|31.2(3.10)|1.66(0.058)|145.5  (6.37)|153.5 (9.31)|3,578(150.2)| 32.59(1.721)
Nebraska .............|68.1(3.42)|69.1 (3.17)|95.5(1.55)|38.2(3.33)|1.85(0.073)|101.9  (4.19)|160.8(16.46)|3,253(206.2)| 37.44(3.549)
Nevada ...............|89.0(3.10)|91.6 (2.76)|78.0(3.23)|36.0(3.03)|1.71(0.064)| 83.3  (2.15)| 83.6 (4.03)|1,665(187.1)| 14.13(1.573)
New Hampshire ........|57.6(5.89)|60.4 (5.20)|89.0(5.84)|36.5(4.74)|1.83(0.100)|103.1  (4.24)| 94.2 (7.51)|1,862 (84.3)| 22.73(1.392)
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New Jersey ...........|62.6(3.67)|63.1 (3.70)|87.8(2.76)|31.8(3.62)|1.78(0.060)| 82.9  (2.52)| 81.6 (6.64)|1,905 (81.0)| 23.28(1.549)
New Mexico ...........|69.1(5.59)|62.4 (5.24)|78.5(5.16)|28.0(5.10)|1.53(0.068)| 92.4  (8.04)|123.8(15.98)|2,064(245.4)| 22.81(2.374)
New York .............|57.7(3.86)|54.8 (3.81)|86.6(2.12)|29.8(2.47)|2.12(0.086)| 78.1  (3.26)| 66.3 (3.37)|1,473 (55.3)| 18.31(1.415)
North Carolina .......|89.8(2.79)|95.7 (1.65)|95.3(2.12)|69.4(3.79)|2.11(0.063)| 90.4  (4.86)|117.1 (7.99)|1,591 (76.7)| 28.51(2.208)
North Dakota .........|54.2(3.44)|49.5 (3.38)|94.1(1.40)|24.7(2.29)|1.81(0.073)|130.8  (3.62)|167.4 (8.35)|5,180(251.9)| 40.87(2.946)
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Ohio .................|54.8(3.99)|53.1 (3.68)|89.9(3.24)|32.0(4.21)|1.77(0.152)| 96.1  (3.71)| 87.2 (6.64)|1,536 (62.7)| 18.71(2.181)
Oklahoma .............|66.1(4.39)|68.4 (3.58)|82.8(3.22)|25.0(3.49)|1.95(0.061)|107.4  (4.61)|117.5(10.90)|2,257(100.5)| 31.40(3.148)
Oregon ...............|77.6(4.09)|80.2 (3.57)|90.0(3.54)|41.7(4.59)|1.84(0.068)|102.7  (5.42)|156.7(33.01)|2,655(204.4)| 18.97(1.267)
Pennsylvania .........|62.4(5.47)|64.4 (5.44)|88.9(4.76)|28.3(4.05)|1.90(0.096)| 92.6  (4.72)| 94.5 (6.97)|2,011(192.1)| 21.88(1.759)
Rhode Island .........|46.4(2.07)|51.5 (1.92)|95.6(1.04)|12.8(1.46)|1.84(0.034)| 70.0  (1.02)| 68.6 (1.88)|1,505 (33.6)| 16.04(0.656)
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South Carolina .......|96.5(1.42)|93.6 (2.62)|98.2(0.76)|54.4(4.11)|1.97(0.055)| 84.3  (2.61)|105.7 (7.00)|1,515 (33.6)| 24.84(1.777)
South Dakota .........|52.1(4.15)|44.7 (3.74)|93.4(1.35)|40.8(3.66)|1.62(0.076)|155.9  (7.93)|135.2 (6.82)|4,006(315.8)| 38.18(1.916)
Tennessee ............|69.2(4.67)|75.5 (3.97)|95.3(2.38)|53.3(4.73)|1.79(0.076)| 86.7  (4.89)|143.2(14.03)|1,516 (58.3)| 18.81(4.114)
Texas ................|84.0(2.60)|88.3 (2.39)|93.6(2.20)|44.8(3.14)|1.90(0.054)|103.2  (5.12)|145.5 (7.35)|1,800 (61.0)| 24.32(1.590)
Utah .................|87.5(3.14)|88.7 (2.76)|96.2(1.50)|60.3(3.88)|1.69(0.065)| 76.3  (3.46)|114.1(20.51)|1,256 (51.3)| 16.84(1.982)
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Vermont ..............|62.2(2.82)|60.3 (2.94)|93.7(4.09)|13.3(2.87)|1.74(0.101)|117.2  (4.93)| 93.3 (7.97)|2,783(171.9)| 36.30(2.424)
Virginia .............|99.0(0.66)|98.0 (0.79)|98.1(1.05)|74.6(4.19)|1.88(0.064)| 87.7  (2.77)|110.6 (6.62)|1,849(166.7)| 22.98(1.550)
Washington ...........|90.8(2.23)|91.4 (2.20)|98.1(0.95)|65.2(3.94)|2.04(0.047)|128.2  (8.97)|137.4 (9.23)|2,068(120.8)| 24.62(2.363)
West Virginia ........|48.2(4.91)|47.5 (5.12)|93.4(2.20)|57.6(5.45)|0.92(0.058)| 96.2  (5.30)| 75.2 (7.77)|1,692 (73.4)| 19.08(1.680)
Wisconsin ............|81.0(3.63)|86.0 (2.92)|97.9(1.37)|42.2(3.80)|2.09(0.057)|138.3  (7.54)|146.7(12.59)|2,719(198.2)| 39.38(3.107)
Wyoming ..............|75.7(4.47)|76.8 (4.49)|93.8(1.89)|39.9(4.60)|1.80(0.071)|122.8  (6.94)|126.2 (7.72)|3,341(272.1)| 32.08(2.182)
______________________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________

\1\Includes professional and nonprofessional staff.
\2\Includes public charter schools.
\3\During the most recent full week of school.

NOTE: Percentages are based on schools that have library/media centers. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Library Media Center Questionnaire," 1999-2000; and "Public Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2004.)