Table 420.

Selected statistics of public libraries, by population size of legal service area: Fiscal year 2004

Selected statistic	Population of legal service area1
	Total	Less than 1,000	1,000 to 2,499	2,500 to 4,999	5,000 to 9,999	10,000 to 24,999	25,000 to 49,999	50,000 to 99,999	100,000 to 249,999	250,000 to 499,999	500,000 to 999,999	1,000,000 or more
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Public library service outlets, total	17,393	1,031	1,642	1,396	1,678	2,398	1,843	1,793	2,181	1,159	1,204	1,068
Central libraries	9,047	1,023	1,613	1,336	1,468	1,752	908	516	292	79	42	18
Branch libraries	7,502	5	20	47	171	516	800	1,101	1,725	1,005	1,094	1,018
Bookmobiles	844	3	9	13	39	130	135	176	164	75	68	32
Collections, in thousands
Books and serial volumes	804,943	8,961	21,849	28,028	47,377	98,875	96,685	95,662	117,016	84,097	106,612	99,780
Audio and video materials and films	74,737	549	1,505	2,117	4,020	8,911	9,186	9,240	11,256	7,700	9,940	10,313
Serial subscriptions	1,822	20	53	69	122	241	212	187	250	185	225	258
Public-use internet terminals, total	170,782	2,708	5,935	6,726	11,151	21,025	19,117	20,726	26,885	16,174	20,153	20,182
Average per stationary outlet	10.3	2.6	3.6	4.9	6.8	9.3	11.2	12.8	13.3	14.9	17.7	19.5
Per 5,000 population	3.0	23.0	11.3	7.0	5.3	3.8	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.6	2.3
Uses of electronic resources per year,	343,013	984	3,492	5,653	12,760	34,929	37,995	46,499	56,539	40,456	58,537	45,168
Per capita	1.2	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.0
Paid staff, in full-time equivalents
Librarians	45,037	469	1,380	1,763	2,928	6,127	5,896	5,523	6,138	4,568	5,474	4,771
Librarians with ALA-MLS2	30,560	20	102	267	940	3,223	4,012	3,983	4,912	3,804	4,728	4,571
Other staff	90,977	150	563	1,236	3,556	9,543	11,436	12,361	16,529	10,692	13,332	11,579
Total operating income, in thousands	$9,129,588	$20,514	$80,543	$141,148	$338,645	$942,575	$1,117,968	$1,155,771	$1,491,431	$1,079,238	$1,378,322	$1,383,432
Percentage distribution of operating income, by source, total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Federal3	0.5	1.0	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6
State	10.0	6.7	5.2	7.4	11.2	8.9	10.2	11.8	9.8	12.2	11.1	6.6
Local	81.5	72.4	74.4	76.8	77.7	81.8	82.4	81.3	83.0	81.2	81.9	80.9
Other and private	8.0	19.9	19.3	15.1	10.6	8.9	7.0	6.4	6.6	6.2	6.5	12.0

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 Librarians with a master's degree (MLS) from a graduate library education program accredited by the American Library Association (ALA). 3 Excludes some federal funds received through state library agencies. NOTE: Data include imputations for nonresponse. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries Survey (PLS), fiscal year 2004, Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2004. (This table was prepared September 2006.)