Kansas Statistical Abstract 2001 - Institute for Policy & Social ...

Public Library Materials by State, FY 1999
Books and Serial Volumes
Serial Subscriptions
Number of Number in Per Capita Number Per 1,000
Public Libraries 1,000s in 1,000s Population
Alabama 208 8,537 2.0 17 3.9
Alaska 86 2,158 3.5 7 10.9
Arizona 39 8,735 1.9 21 4.6
Arkansas 40 5,281 2.2 11 4.4
California 178 64,844 1.9 141 4.2
Colorado 113 10,660 2.7 24 6.0
Connecticut 194 14,518 4.4 37 11.3
Delaware 31 1,323 2.0 4 6.1
District of Columbia 1 2,345 4.5 4 7.4
Florida 77 27,036 1.8 83 5.4
Georgia 57 14,910 1.9 31 4.0
Hawaii 1 3,198 2.7 5 4.5
Idaho 105 3,447 3.3 9 8.6
Illinois 628 40,556 3.8 107 10.0
Indiana 238 22,567 4.4 66 12.9
Iowa 533 11,675 4.0 38 13.1
Kansas 316 10,126 4.7 26 12.2
Kentucky 116 7,701 2.0 14 3.5
Louisiana 65 10,546 2.4 30 6.8
Maine 268 5,587 5.0 12 10.5
Maryland 24 15,130 3.0 27 5.3
Massachusetts 371 30,087 4.9 84 13.7
Michigan 383 25,960 2.8 75 8.0
Minnesota 134 15,317 3.2 42 8.7
Mississippi 49 5,511 2.0 13 4.6
Missouri 155 23,122 4.9 66 14.0
Montana 79 2,589 2.9 6 6.4
Nebraska 237 5,512 4.0 16 11.3
Nevada 23 4,024 2.2 8 4.2
New Hampshire 228 5,362 4.5 15 12.9
New Jersey 304 30,197 3.8 66 8.2
New Mexico 75 3,976 2.7 8 5.2
New York 747 76,351 4.6 247 14.8
North Carolina 75 15,377 2.0 36 4.7
North Dakota 82 2,120 3.9 4 8.2
Ohio 250 45,515 4.0 87 7.7
Oklahoma 115 6,043 2.2 17 6.1
Oregon 125 7,969 2.6 22 7.2
Pennsylvania 460 25,982 2.2 49 4.2
Rhode Island 48 4,055 4.0 8 7.5
South Carolina 41 7,732 2.0 19 5.1
South Dakota 111 2,602 5.0 6 11.3
Tennessee 194 8,945 1.7 19 3.5
Texas 529 34,919 1.9 80 4.4
Utah 70 5,693 2.7 12 5.8
Vermont 191 2,733 5.0 8 14.3
Virginia 90 17,738 2.6 43 6.2
Washington 67 16,118 2.9 45 8.1
West Virginia 97 4,856 2.7 8 4.3
Wisconsin 375 17,930 3.4 60 11.4
Wyoming 23 2,269 4.7 5 10.1
United States 9,046 747,482 2.8 1,886 7.2
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Public Libraries in the United States: FY 1999,
February 2002.