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                      |   Number |Number of |of books|         |Circu-| library ||                |   Number |Number of |of books|         |Circu-| library
                      |       of |books and |    and | Library |lation|reference||                |       of |books and |    and | Library |lation|reference
State                 |   public |   serial | serial |  visits |  per |  trans- ||State           |   public |   serial | serial |  visits |  per |  trans-
                      |libraries,|  volumes |volumes |     per |capita| actions ||                |libraries,|  volumes |volumes |     per |capita| actions
                      |excluding |      (in |    per |capita\1\|      |     per ||                |excluding |      (in |    per |capita\1\|      |     per
                      | branches |thousands)| capita |         |      |capita\2\||                | branches |thousands)| capita |         |      |capita\2\
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   United States .....|     9,137|   785,075|     2.8|      4.5|   6.8|      1.1||                |          |          |        |         |      |
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Alabama ..............|       207|     8,913|     2.0|      3.0|   3.8|      0.7||Missouri .......|       148|    18,204|     3.6|      4.5|   7.7|      0.9
Alaska ...............|        85|     2,272|     3.5|      4.4|   5.8|      0.5||Montana ........|        79|     2,652|     2.9|      4.0|   5.7|      0.5
Arizona ..............|        35|     9,109|     1.7|      3.7|   7.0|      0.9||Nebraska .......|       275|     6,152|     4.4|      5.2|   8.7|      0.8
Arkansas .............|        47|     5,357|     2.1|      2.9|   4.3|      0.6||Nevada .........|        22|     4,137|     1.9|      4.1|   5.5|      0.7
California ...........|       179|    68,291|     2.0|      4.1|   5.3|      1.0||New Hampshire ..|       230|     5,725|     4.5|      4.7|   7.3|      0.7
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Colorado .............|       115|    11,469|     2.7|      5.8|   9.9|      1.3||New Jersey .....|       309|    31,203|     3.7|      5.1|   6.3|      0.9
Connecticut ..........|       194|    14,336|     4.2|      6.5|   8.9|      1.2||New Mexico .....|        89|     4,098|     2.5|      3.3|   4.9|      0.6
Delaware .............|        21|     1,488|     1.9|      3.7|   6.2|      0.6||New York .......|       751|    79,003|     4.2|      5.7|   6.9|      1.7
District of Columbia .|         1|     2,650|     4.6|      3.5|   2.1|      1.9||North Carolina .|        76|    16,243|     2.0|      3.8|   5.4|      0.9
Florida ..............|        72|    30,775|     1.8|      4.0|   5.3|      1.5||North Dakota ...|        82|     2,246|     4.1|      4.2|   7.4|      0.8
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Georgia ..............|        58|    14,869|     1.9|      3.3|   4.8|      1.0||Ohio ...........|       250|    48,075|     4.2|      6.9|  14.6|      1.7
Hawaii ...............|         1|     3,052|     2.5|      4.6|   5.8|      0.9||Oklahoma .......|       110|     6,345|     2.2|      4.7|   5.9|      0.7
Idaho ................|       106|     3,636|     3.1|      5.8|   7.9|      0.8||Oregon .........|       124|     8,811|     2.8|      5.9|  13.4|      0.9
Illinois .............|       627|    42,390|     3.7|      5.5|   7.9|      1.4||Pennsylvania ...|       451|    28,548|     2.4|      3.4|   5.1|      0.8
Indiana ..............|       239|    23,667|     4.2|      6.3|  11.7|      1.3||Rhode Island ...|        48|     4,109|     3.9|      5.7|   6.8|      0.9
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Iowa .................|       538|    11,494|     3.9|      5.3|   9.1|      0.7||South Carolina .|        41|     8,379|     2.1|      3.5|   4.6|      1.1
Kansas ...............|       323|    10,691|     4.8|      5.8|  10.1|      1.2||South Dakota ...|       125|     2,837|     4.7|      5.9|   8.4|      0.9
Kentucky .............|       116|     8,154|     2.0|      3.6|   5.4|      0.5||Tennessee ......|       184|    10,376|     1.8|      3.1|   4.0|      0.7
Louisiana ............|        65|    11,092|     2.5|      2.9|   4.0|      1.1||Texas ..........|       557|    36,890|     1.9|      3.0|   4.5|      1.1
Maine ................|       274|     6,016|     5.1|      5.0|   7.1|      0.8||Utah ...........|        72|     6,063|     2.7|      5.0|  11.7|      1.4
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Maryland .............|        24|    15,389|     3.0|      5.2|   9.4|      1.4||Vermont ........|       189|     2,739|     4.7|      5.2|   6.7|      0.8
Massachusetts ........|       370|    30,795|     4.9|      5.5|   7.6|      0.9||Virginia .......|        90|    19,385|     2.7|      4.5|   8.5|      1.1
Michigan .............|       383|    31,695|     3.2|      4.1|   5.8|      0.8||Washington .....|        64|    17,133|     2.9|      4.8|  10.1|      1.5
Minnesota ............|       142|    16,115|     3.2|      5.2|   9.7|      1.0||West Virginia ..|        97|     5,010|     2.8|      3.4|   4.2|      0.8
Mississippi ..........|        49|     5,712|     2.1|      2.8|   3.3|      0.5||Wisconsin ......|       380|    18,864|     3.5|      5.7|   9.7|      1.0
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