(26KB)| Table 421. | Public libraries, books and serial volumes, library visits, circulation, and reference transactions, by state: Fiscal year 2004 |
| State | Number of public libraries | Number of books and serial volumes (in thousands) | Number of books and serial volumes per capita | Library visits per capita1 | Circulation per capita | Public library reference transactions per capita2 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| United States | 9,207 | 3 | 804,943 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 1.1 |
| Alabama | 208 | 9,125 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 0.8 | |
| Alaska | 88 | 2,236 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 0.5 | |
| Arizona | 91 | 9,512 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 0.9 | |
| Arkansas | 48 | 5,706 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.7 | |
| California | 179 | 77,776 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 1.0 | |
| Colorado | 115 | 11,546 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 1.3 | |
| Connecticut | 194 | 14,778 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 1.3 | |
| Delaware | 21 | 1,628 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 0.6 | |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 2,436 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |
| Florida | 70 | 32,599 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | |
| Georgia | 58 | 15,027 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 0.9 | |
| Hawaii | 1 | 3,177 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 0.7 | |
| Idaho | 104 | 3,785 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 0.8 | |
| Illinois | 626 | 43,172 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 1.5 | |
| Indiana | 239 | 23,906 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 11.9 | 1.3 | |
| Iowa | 540 | 12,066 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 0.6 | |
| Kansas | 325 | 10,818 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 10.7 | 1.2 | |
| Kentucky | 116 | 8,254 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 | |
| Louisiana | 66 | 11,581 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.2 | |
| Maine | 269 | 6,294 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 0.7 | |
| Maryland | 24 | 14,825 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 1.3 | |
| Massachusetts | 370 | 31,571 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 0.9 | |
| Michigan | 384 | 33,258 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 0.8 | |
| Minnesota | 140 | 16,160 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 9.9 | 0.9 | |
| Mississippi | 49 | 5,728 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.5 | |
| Missouri | 151 | 18,165 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 0.9 | |
| Montana | 79 | 2,695 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 0.5 | |
| Nebraska | 276 | 6,446 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 0.8 | |
| Nevada | 22 | 4,037 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 0.7 | |
| New Hampshire | 231 | 5,986 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 0.7 | |
| New Jersey | 306 | 31,030 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 0.9 | |
| New Mexico | 92 | 4,228 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 0.9 | |
| New York | 753 | 73,771 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 1.5 | |
| North Carolina | 75 | 16,134 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 1.2 | |
| North Dakota | 83 | 2,314 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 0.7 | |
| Ohio | 250 | 48,610 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 14.8 | 1.6 | |
| Oklahoma | 112 | 6,830 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 0.7 | |
| Oregon | 125 | 9,005 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 14.5 | 0.9 | |
| Pennsylvania | 455 | 29,263 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 0.7 | |
| Rhode Island | 48 | 4,212 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 0.9 | |
| South Carolina | 42 | 8,698 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 1.2 | |
| South Dakota | 125 | 3,199 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 9.0 | 0.9 | |
| Tennessee | 184 | 11,038 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 0.8 | |
| Texas | 555 | 39,749 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 1.1 | |
| Utah | 72 | 6,391 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 12.5 | 1.6 | |
| Vermont | 189 | 2,855 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 0.8 | |
| Virginia | 90 | 19,353 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 1.1 | |
| Washington | 66 | 17,274 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 10.8 | 1.0 | |
| West Virginia | 97 | 4,822 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0.6 | |
| Wisconsin | 380 | 19,462 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 10.2 | 1.0 | |
| Wyoming | 23 | 2,409 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | |
| 1 The total number of persons entering the library for any purpose during the year. 2 A reference transaction is an information contact that involves the knowledge, use, recommendations, interpretation, or instructions in the use of one or more information sources by a member of the library staff. 3 Excludes branches that are associated with a central library. Consists of 7,441 single-outlet libraries and 1,766 multiple-outlet libraries. Some single-outlet libraries are bookmobiles, and some multiple-outlet libraries consist of or include bookmobiles. 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.) |