Selected statistics of public libraries, by population size of legal service area: Fiscal year 2002

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Table 422.

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                                               |                            Population of legal service area\1\
                                               |_________________________________________________________________________________
Item                                           |     Total |    Under |    10,000 |    50,000 |   100,000 |  250,000 |   500,000
                                               |           |   10,000 |        to |        to |        to |       to |       and
                                               |           |          |    49,999 |    99,999 |   249,999 |  499,999 |      over
_______________________________________________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________
1                                              |         2 |        3 |         4 |         5 |         6 |        7 |         8
_______________________________________________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________
   Number of public library service outlets ...|     17,359|     5,718|      4,280|      1,793|      2,194|     1,165|      2,209
                                               |___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________
Central libraries .............................|      8,986|     5,405|      2,644|        512|        289|        78|         58
Branch libraries ..............................|      7,500|       246|      1,354|      1,104|      1,734|     1,008|      2,054
Bookmobiles ...................................|        873|        67|        282|        177|        171|        79|         97
                                               |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Collections, in thousands                      |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Books and serial volumes ......................|    785,075|   101,725|    190,977|     94,227|    115,668|    80,521|    201,959
Audio and video materials and films ...........|     64,466|     6,673|     15,497|      8,128|      9,655|     6,515|     17,996
Serial subscriptions ..........................|      1,946|       278|        496|        223|        249|       176|        524
                                               |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Paid staff, in full-time equivalents           |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Librarians ....................................|     44,920|     6,343|     11,986|      5,498|      6,191|     4,773|     10,129
  Librarians with ALA-MLS\2\ ..................|     30,428|     1,258|      7,160|      3,977|      4,940|     3,733|      9,360
Other staff ...................................|     91,300|     5,315|     21,036|     12,432|     16,641|    10,439|     25,437
                                               |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Income, in thousands                           |           |          |           |           |           |          |
Total operating income ........................| $8,585,738|  $554,775| $1,928,637| $1,109,796| $1,417,605|  $983,264| $2,591,662
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Source of operating income                     |                               Percentage distribution
                                               |_________________________________________________________________________________
   Total ......................................|      100.0|     100.0|      100.0|      100.0|      100.0|     100.0|      100.0
Federal\3\ ....................................|        0.6|       0.8|        0.4|        0.5|        0.8|       0.4|        0.6
State .........................................|       11.7|       9.5|       11.8|       13.3|       10.8|      11.8|       11.8
Local .........................................|       79.1|      74.7|       79.3|       78.8|       81.7|      80.8|       78.0
Other and private .............................|        8.7|      15.0|        8.5|        7.5|        6.8|       7.1|        9.6
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\1\The number of people in the geographic area for which a public library has been established to offer services and from which (or on behalf of which) the library derives income, plus any areas served under contract for which the library is the primary service provider.
\2\ALA-MLS=A master's degree from a graduate library education program accredited by the American Library Association (ALA).
\3\Excludes some federal funds received through state library agencies.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data include imputations for nonresponse.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: FY2002. (This table was prepared March 2005.)

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