Public Service Hours > Public Libraries statistics - states compared

DEFINITION
This is the sum of annual public service hours for outlets.

Note: Includes the hours open for public service for centrals, branches, bookmobiles, and books-by-mail only. For each bookmobile, only the hours during which the bookmobile is open to the public are counted. For public library systems (administrative entities) that offer ONLY books-by-mail service, the hours that the outlet is staffed for service are counted. Minor variations in scheduled public service hours are not included; however, extensive hours closed to the public due to natural disasters or other events are excluded even if the staff is scheduled to work.

Education Statistics > Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Ohio:

2,450,475

# 2

California:

2,268,401

# 3

New York:

2,241,193

# 4

Illinois:

1,927,948

# 5

Texas:

1,816,835

# 6

Pennsylvania:

1,529,978

# 7

Michigan:

1,427,922

# 8

Florida:

1,233,617

# 9

New Jersey:

1,142,817

# 10

Indiana:

1,135,794

# 11

Wisconsin:

1,020,726

# 12

Iowa:

964,396

# 13

Massachusetts:

954,965

# 14

North Carolina:

945,685

# 15

Virginia:

908,833

# 16

Georgia:

848,392

# 17

Missouri:

792,816

# 18

Minnesota:

720,321

# 19

Washington:

716,213

# 20

Louisiana:

707,443

# 21

Kansas:

666,484

# 22

Tennessee:

618,645

# 23

Kentucky:

607,015

# 24

Alabama:

581,671

# 25

Colorado:

567,500

# 26

Oklahoma:

537,116

# 27

Connecticut:

533,542

# 28

Maryland:

472,961

# 29

South Carolina:

465,991

# 30

Mississippi:

452,618

# 31

Oregon:

427,399

# 32

Arizona:

426,247

# 33

Nebraska:

415,224

# 34

West Virginia:

386,360

# 35

New Hampshire:

375,846

# 36

Arkansas:

374,074

# 37

Maine:

356,075

# 38

Utah:

275,485

# 39

Vermont:

255,472

# 40

Idaho:

244,140

# 41

New Mexico:

233,880

# 42

Montana:

189,592

# 43

South Dakota:

184,616

# 44

Nevada:

169,940

# 45

Rhode Island:

164,402

# 46

Alaska:

146,019

# 47

North Dakota:

141,762

# 48

Wyoming:

131,692

# 49

Hawaii:

98,334

# 50

Delaware:

84,753

# 51

District of Columbia:

63,434

Weighted average:

713,785.5

DEFINITION: This is the sum of annual public service hours for outlets.

Note: Includes the hours open for public service for centrals, branches, bookmobiles, and books-by-mail only. For each bookmobile, only the hours during which the bookmobile is open to the public are counted. For public library systems (administrative entities) that offer ONLY books-by-mail service, the hours that the outlet is staffed for service are counted. Minor variations in scheduled public service hours are not included; however, extensive hours closed to the public due to natural disasters or other events are excluded even if the staff is scheduled to work.

Education Statistics > Public Libraries > Public Service Hours (most recent) by state

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