Statewide Library Statistics

Expenditures | Income by Source | Library Collection
Local Library Services | Staffing | Facilities

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	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Libraries reporting	522	531	535	538	543	557	553	558	553	561	563	563
Population served (SFY)	17,748,062	17,843,671	18,321,383	18,300,471	19,368,548	19,401,501	20,278,463	20,295,076	20,946,166	21,212,700	21,904,476	22,261,813
Population unserved (SFY)	1,380,198	1,284,590	1,438,231	1,459,144	1,483,272	1,450,319	1,501,430	1,484,817	1,543,856	1,647,268	1,603,307	1,642,567
Number of branches	266	269	273	273	285	291	299	293	299	302	303	305
Number of bookmobiles	21	20	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12
Public service outlets	264	264	263	276	329	395	359	398	353	---	---	---

	'97 to '98chg in 1yr	'97 to '99chg in 2yrs	'97 to '00chg in 3yrs	'97 to '01chg in 4yrs	'97 to '02chg in 5yrs	'97 to '03chg in 6yrs	'97 to '04chg in 7yrs	'97 to '05chg in 8yrs	'97 to '06chg in 9yrs	'97 to '07chg in 10yrs	'97 to '08chg in 11yrs
Libraries reporting	2%	2%	3%	4%	7%	6%	7%	6%	7%	8%	8%
Population served (SFY)	1%	3%	3%	9%	9%	14%	14%	18%	20%	23%	25%
Population unserved (SFY)	-7%	4%	6%	7%	5%	9%	8%	12%	19%	16%	19%
Number of branches	1%	3%	3%	7%	9%	12%	10%	12%	14%	14%	15%
Number of bookmobiles	-5%	-24%	-24%	-29%	-33%	-38%	-43%	-43%	-43%	-43%	-43%
Public service outlets	0%	0%	5%	25%	50%	36%	51%	34%	---	---	---

	chg '97 to '98	chg '98 to '99	chg '99 to '00	chg '00 to '01	chg '01 to '02	chg '02 to '03	chg '03 to '04	chg '04 to '05	chg '05 to '06	chg '06 to '07	chg '07 to '08
Libraries reporting	2%	1%	1%	1%	3%	-1%	1%	-1%	1%	0%	0%
Population served (SFY)	1%	3%	0%	6%	0%	5%	0%	3%	1%	3%	2%
Population unserved (SFY)	-7%	12%	1%	2%	-2%	4%	-1%	4%	7%	-3%	2%
Number of branches	1%	1%	0%	4%	2%	3%	-2%	2%	1%	0%	1%
Number of bookmobiles	-5%	-20%	0%	-6%	-7%	-7%	-8%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Public service outlets	0%	0%	5%	19%	20%	-9%	11%	-11%	---	---	---

EXPENDITURES ($)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Salaries and wages	121,230,695	131,420,635	142,154,565	154,166,650	164,109,512	175,173,131	179,761,095	182,635,928	189,243,124	198,916,843	209,156,397	223,151,969
Employee benefits	29,246,600	31,205,111	34,631,397	36,857,456	43,575,390	47,666,141	50,367,683	54,223,022	59,317,988	64,058,099	68,003,238	71,833,223
Subtotal: wages and benefits	150,477,295	162,625,746	176,785,962	191,024,106	207,684,902	222,839,272	230,128,778	236,858,950	248,561,112	262,974,942	277,159,635	294,985,192
Print materials	25,161,962	26,743,321	29,105,439	31,136,604	32,259,442	33,112,995	34,007,139	32,980,866	32,808,138	39,351,773	42,403,760	44,312,930
Serial subscriptions	6,095,717	6,646,140	7,020,088	7,880,920	8,110,001	7,575,016	7,001,783	6,426,194	5,819,196	---	---	---
Electronic materials								3,327,711	3,724,040	4,803,046	5,569,065	7,314,772
Other materials	4,499,373	4,659,161	5,924,561	6,813,819	7,330,667	7,453,657	6,572,102	6,975,721	8,337,301	10,307,263	9,061,294	10,927,848
Subtotal: library materials	35,757,052	38,048,622	42,050,088	45,831,343	47,700,110	48,141,668	47,581,024	49,710,492	50,688,675	54,462,082	57,034,119	62,555,550
Furniture and equipment	3,900,763	4,414,460	4,587,129	5,107,129	4,589,455	4,184,340	3,205,387	3,860,807	4,084,790	---	---	---
Other operating expenses	36,926,865	38,301,655	44,072,886	45,306,715	49,800,518	48,680,239	48,398,606	53,628,507	57,943,851	62,604,707	70,753,295	80,544,663
Subtotal: miscellaneous	40,827,628	42,716,115	48,660,015	50,413,844	54,389,973	52,864,579	51,603,993	57,489,314	62,028,641	62,604,707	70,753,295	80,544,663
Total direct expenditures	227,061,975	243,390,483	267,496,065	287,269,293	309,774,985	323,845,519	329,313,795	344,058,756	361,278,428	380,041,731	405,142,175	438,085,405
Indirect costs	1,091,529	1,371,599	999,582	2,447,398	3,275,442	3,153,595	3,551,899	3,936,289	3,099,834	2,811,384	1,697,135	1,886,764
Total operating expenditures	228,153,504	244,762,082	268,495,647	289,716,691	313,050,427	326,999,114	332,865,694	347,995,045	364,378,262	382,853,115	406,839,310	439,972,169
Total local operating expenditures								342,969,551	360,723,996	380,002,668	405,052,736	431,784,218
Salaries & wages per capita	6.83	7.37	7.76	8.42	8.47	9.03	8.86	9.00	9.03	9.38	9.55	10.02
Materials expend. per capita	2.01	2.13	2.30	2.50	2.46	2.48	2.35	2.45	2.42	2.57	2.6	2.81
Total operating expend. per capita	12.86	13.72	14.65	15.83	16.16	16.85	16.41	17.15	17.40	18.05	18.57	19.76
Capital Outlay	26,685,075	30,358,435	31,613,010	29,284,398	42,569,180	34,321,597	27,485,146	34,140,405	31,820,915	31,834,374	52,804,292	58,535,501
Total local op expend per capita								16.90	17.22	17.91	18.49	19.40
% of Total Operating Expenses
*Wages & benefits	66%	66%	66%	66%	66%	68%	69%	68%	68%	69%	68%	67%
*Library materials	16%	16%	16%	16%	15%	15%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%
*Miscellaneous other	18%	17%	18%	17%	17%	16%	16%	17%	17%	16%	17%	18%
*Indirect costs	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%

EXPENDITURES ($)

	'97 to '98chg in 1yr	'97 to '99chg in 2yrs	'97 to '00chg in 3yrs	'97 to '01chg in 4yrs	'97 to '02chg in 5yrs	'97 to '03chg in 6yrs	'97 to '04chg in 7yrs	'97 to '05chg in 8yrs	'97 to '06chg in 9yrs	'97 to '07chg in 10yrs	'97 to '08chg in 11yrs
Salaries and wages	8%	17%	27%	35%	44%	48%	51%	56%	64%	73%	84%
Employee benefits	7%	18%	26%	49%	63%	72%	85%	103%	119%	133%	146%
Subtotal: wages and benefits	8%	17%	27%	38%	48%	53%	57%	65%	75%	84%	96%
Print materials	6%	16%	24%	28%	32%	35%	31%	30%	56%	69%	76%
Serial subscriptions	9%	15%	29%	33%	24%	15%	5%	-5%	---	---	---
Electronic materials								12%	44%	67%	120%
Other materials	4%	32%	51%	63%	66%	46%	55%	85%	129%	101%	143%
Subtotal: library materials	6%	18%	28%	33%	35%	33%	39%	42%	52%	60%	75%
Furniture and equipment	13%	18%	31%	18%	7%	-18%	-1%	5%	---	---	---
Other operating expenses	4%	19%	23%	35%	32%	31%	45%	57%	70%	92%	118%
Subtotal: miscellaneous	5%	19%	23%	33%	29%	26%	41%	52%	53%	73%	97%
Total direct expenditures	7%	18%	27%	36%	43%	45%	52%	59%	67%	78%	93%
Indirect costs	26%	-8%	124%	200%	189%	225%	261%	184%	158%	55%	73%
Total operating expenditures	7%	18%	27%	37%	43%	46%	53%	60%	68%	78%	93%
Total local operating expenditures
Salaries & wages per capita	8%	14%	23%	24%	32%	30%	32%	32%	37%	40%	47%
Materials expend. per capita	6%	14%	24%	22%	23%	16%	22%	20%	27%	29%	39%
Total operating expend. per capita	7%	14%	23%	26%	31%	28%	33%	35%	40%	44%	54%
Capital Outlay	14%	18%	10%	60%	29%	3%	28%	19%	19%	98%	119%
Total local op expend per capita								2%	6%	9%	15%
% of Total Operating Expenses
*Wages & benefits	1%	0%	0%	1%	3%	5%	3%	3%	4%	3%	2%
*Library materials	-1%	0%	1%	-3%	-6%	-9%	-9%	-11%	-9%	-11%	-9%
*Miscellaneous other	-2%	1%	-3%	-3%	-10%	-13%	-8%	-5%	-9%	-3%	2%
*Indirect costs	17%	-22%	77%	119%	102%	123%	136%	78%	53%	-13%	-10%

EXPENDITURES ($)

	chg '97 to '98	chg '98 to '99	chg '99 to '00	chg '00 to '01	chg '01 to '02	chg '02 to '03	chg '03 to '04	chg '04 to '05	chg '05 to '06	chg '06 to '07	chg '07 to '08
Salaries and wages	8%	8%	8%	6%	7%	3%	2%	4%	5%	5%	7%
Employee benefits	7%	11%	6%	18%	9%	6%	8%	9%	8%	6%	6%
Subtotal: wages and benefits	8%	9%	8%	9%	7%	3%	3%	5%	6%	5%	6%
Print materials	6%	9%	7%	4%	3%	3%	-3%	-1%	20%	8%	5%
Serial subscriptions	9%	6%	12%	3%	-7%	-8%	-8%	-9%	---	---	---
Electronic materials
Other materials	4%	27%	15%	8%	2%	-12%	6%	20%	24%	-12%	21%
Subtotal: library materials	6%	11%	9%	4%	1%	-1%	4%	2%	7%	5%	10%
Furniture and equipment	13%	4%	11%	-10%	-9%	-23%	20%	6%	---	---	---
Other operating expenses	4%	15%	3%	10%	-2%	-1%	11%	8%	8%	13%	14%
Subtotal: miscellaneous	5%	14%	4%	8%	-3%	-2%	11%	8%	1%	13%	14%
Total direct expenditures	7%	10%	7%	8%	5%	2%	4%	5%	5%	7%	8%
Indirect costs	26%	-27%	145%	34%	-4%	13%	11%	-21%	-9%	-40%	11%
Total operating expenditures	7%	10%	8%	8%	4%	2%	5%	5%	5%	6%	8%
Total local operating expenditures								5%	5%	7%	7%
Salaries & wages per capita	8%	5%	9%	1%	7%	-2%	2%	0%	4%	25	5%
Materials expend. per capita	6%	8%	9%	-2%	1%	-5%	4%	-1%	6%	1%	8%
Total operating expend. per capita	7%	7%	8%	2%	4%	-3%	4%	1%	4%	3%	6%
Capital Outlay	14%	4%	-7%	45%	-19%	-20%	24%	-7%	0%	66%	11%
Total local op expend per capita								2%	4%	3%	5%
% of Total Operating Expenses
*Wages & benefits	1%	-1%	0%	1%	3%	1%	-2%	0%	1%	-1%	-2%
*Library materials	-1%	1%	1%	-4%	-3%	-3%	0%	-3%	2%	-1%	1%
*Miscellaneous other	-2%	4%	-4%	0%	-7%	-4%	7%	3%	-4%	6%	5%
*Indirect costs	17%	-34%	127%	24%	-8%	11%	6%	-25%	-14%	-43%	3%

INCOME BY SOURCE ($)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
City	179,893,098	194,031,516	214,290,734	232,036,496	249,957,990	258,882,299	264,413,872	271,579,586	284,141,757	297,779,459	319,316,946	342,790,503
County	36,892,967	39,324,942	43,876,400	45,836,258	49,752,010	56,315,434	58,302,817	60,923,502	66,281,050	72,359,570	80,068,747	79,245,419
School district	1,318,498	1,625,160	2,027,029	1,936,801	2,143,380	2,281,612	2,238,189	2,549,330	2,613,413	2,661,728	2,704,485	2,634,849
Subtotal: local gov't income	218,104,563	234,981,618	260,194,163	279,809,555	301,853,380	317,479,345	324,954,878	335,052,418	353,036,220	372,800,757	402,090,178	424,670,771
Foundation and corporate grants	3,894,235	3,525,745	2,119,745	5,214,233	3,306,958	3,251,774	4,193,959	5,816,460	4,271,652	4,418,661	4,106,087	6,164,044
Federal LSTA funds	1,009,168	724,825	863,566	818,875	609,740	604,530	855,613	855,293	339,038	424,506	98,324	443,652
Other federal funds	633,843	838,926	700,166	535,828	2,518,934	2,038,080	521,211	893,317	1,045,360	801,872	299,196	618,978
State funds	266,033	613,394	1,070,338	1,193,154	1,600,860	5,440,009	4,347,525	2,880,927	2,500,840	2,740,060	2,762,574	5,034,390
Other local income	7,013,270	8,066,993	9,761,522	7,584,392	9,643,322	9,308,874	9,676,626	10,781,520	11,036,386	13,091,940	12,924,177	12,994,470
Subtotal: all other income	12,816,549	13,769,883	14,515,337	15,346,482	17,679,814	20,643,267	19,594,934	21,227,517	19,193,276	21,477,039	20,190,358	25,255,534
Total income	230,921,112	248,751,501	274,709,500	295,156,037	319,533,194	338,122,612	344,549,812	356,279,935	372,229,496	394,277,796	422,280,536	449,926,305
Local gov't income per capita	12.29	13.17	14.20	15.29	15.58	16.36	16.02	16.51	16.85	17.57	18.36	19.08
Total income per capita	13.01	13.94	14.99	16.13	16.50	17.43	16.99	17.55	17.77	18.59	19.28	20.21

INCOME BY SOURCE ($)

	'97 to '98chg in 1yr	'97 to '99chg in 2yrs	'97 to '00chg in 3yrs	'97 to '01chg in 4yrs	'97 to '02chg in 5yrs	'97 to '03chg in 6yrs	'97 to '04chg in 7yrs	'97 to '05chg in 8yrs	'97 to '06chg in 9yrs	'97 to '07chg in 10yrs	'97 to '08chg in 11yrs
City	8%	19%	29%	39%	44%	47%	51%	58%	66%	78%	91%
County	7%	19%	24%	35%	53%	58%	65%	80%	96%	117%	115%
School district	23%	54%	47%	63%	73%	70%	93%	98%	102%	105%	100%
Subtotal: local gov't income	8%	19%	28%	38%	46%	49%	54%	62%	71%	84%	95%
Foundation and corporate grants	-9%	-46%	34%	-15%	-16%	8%	49%	10%	13%	5%	58%
Federal LSTA funds	-28%	-14%	-19%	-40%	-40%	-15%	-15%	-66%	-58%	-90%	-56%
Other federal funds	32%	10%	-15%	297%	222%	-18%	41%	65%	27%	-53%	-2%
State funds	131%	302%	348%	502%	1945%	1534%	983%	840%	930%	938%	1792%
Other local income	15%	39%	8%	38%	33%	38%	54%	57%	87%	84%	85%
Subtotal: all other income	7%	13%	20%	38%	61%	53%	66%	50%	68%	58%	97%
Total income	8%	19%	28%	38%	46%	49%	54%	61%	71%	83%	95%
Local gov't income per capita	7%	16%	24%	27%	33%	30%	34%	37%	43%	49%	55%
Total income per capita	7%	15%	24%	27%	34%	31%	35%	37%	43%	48%	55%

INCOME BY SOURCE ($)

	chg '97 to '98	chg '98 to '99	chg '99 to '00	chg '00 to '01	chg '01 to '02	chg '02 to '03	chg '03 to '04	chg '04 to '05	chg '05 to '06	chg '06 to '07	chg '07 to '08
City	8%	10%	8%	8%	4%	2%	3%	5%	5%	7%	7%
County	7%	12%	4%	9%	13%	4%	4%	9%	9%	11%	-1%
School district	23%	25%	-4%	11%	6%	-2%	14%	3%	2%	2%	-3%
Subtotal: local gov't income	8%	11%	8%	8%	5%	2%	3%	5%	6%	8%	6%
Foundation and corporate grants	-9%	-40%	146%	-37%	-2%	29%	39%	-27%	3%	-7%	50%
Federal LSTA funds	-28%	19%	-5%	-26%	-1%	42%	0%	-60%	25%	-77%	351%
Other federal funds	32%	-17%	-23%	370%	-19%	-74%	71%	17%	-23%	-63%	107%
State funds	131%	74%	11%	34%	240%	-20%	-34%	-13%	10%	1%	82%
Other local income	15%	21%	-22%	27%	-3%	4%	11%	2%	19%	-1%	1%
Subtotal: all other income	7%	5%	6%	15%	17%	-5%	8%	-10%	12%	-6%	25%
Total income	8%	10%	7%	8%	6%	2%	3%	4%	6%	7%	7%
Local gov't income per capita	7%	8%	8%	2%	5%	-2%	3%	2%	4%	4%	4%
Total income per capita	7%	8%	8%	2%	6%	-3%	3%	1%	5%	4%	5%

LIBRARY COLLECTION

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Books & serials - titles	19,066,113	19,398,543	20,680,575	21,886,970	22,543,062	22,714,952	22,783,105	24,177,900	23,510,979	22,181,983	23,061,809	23,552,953
Books & serials - items	35,160,408	35,746,201	34,940,659	34,981,770	35,753,057	36,873,156	36,999,103	37,660,518	38,193,128	41,862,715	41,805,584	41,807,507
Books & serials - items per capita	1.98	2.00	1.91	1.91	1.85	1.90	1.82	1.86	1.82	1.97	1.91	1.88
Government documents - items	2,740,435	3,849,261	4,093,791	4,294,710	4,625,365	4,863,754	4,505,519	4,629,400	4,677,717	---	---	---
Electronic format materials - items	83,302	63,494	62,145	64,605	99,337	174,689	109,320	87,668	87,108	158,268	219,768	224,122
Other library materials - items	9,116,484	10,075,200	10,906,193	8,183,381	7,885,427	8,237,436	8,437,654	8,515,299	7,195,887	1,575,537	---	---
Total collection - titles	23,366,818	24,374,559	25,189,412	28,298,374	28,661,215	28,867,498	28,840,849	30,478,980	28,054,850	25,016,972	25,653,584	26,080,247
Total collection - items	47,100,629	49,746,793	46,399,153	47,524,466	48,363,186	50,149,035	50,051,596	50,892,885	50,153,840	47,661,774	46,297,797	46,473,596
Total collection - items per capita	2.65	2.79	2.53	2.60	2.50	2.58	2.47	2.51	2.39	2.25	2.11	2.09
Current subscriptions	79,861	81,069	80,428	87,794	87,898	86,110	76,285	74,170	73,861	77,011	66,813	66,531

LIBRARY COLLECTION

	'97 to '98chg in 1yr	'97 to '99chg in 2yrs	'97 to '00chg in 3yrs	'97 to '01chg in 4yrs	'97 to '02chg in 5yrs	'97 to '03chg in 6yrs	'97 to '04chg in 7yrs	'97 to '05chg in 8yrs	'97 to '06chg in 9yrs	'97 to '07chg in 10yrs	'97 to '08chg in 11yrs
Books & serials - titles	2%	8%	15%	18%	19%	19%	27%	23%	16%	21%	24%
Books & serials - items	2%	-1%	-1%	2%	5%	5%	7%	9%	19%	19%	19%
Books & serials - items per capita	1%	-4%	-4%	-7%	-4%	-8%	-6%	-8%	0%	-4%	-5%
Government documents - items	40%	49%	57%	69%	77%	64%	69%	71%		---	---
Electronic format materials - items	-24%	-25%	-22%	19%	110%	31%	5%	5%	90%	164%	169%
Other library materials - items	11%	20%	-10%	-14%	-10%	-7%	-7%	-21%	-83%	---	---
Total collection - titles	4%	8%	21%	23%	24%	23%	30%	20%	7%	10%	12%
Total collection - items	6%	-1%	1%	3%	6%	6%	8%	6%	1%	-2%	-1%
Total collection - items per capita	5%	-5%	-2%	-6%	-3%	-7%	-6%	-10%	-15%	-20%	-21%
Current subscriptions	2%	1%	10%	10%	8%	-4%	-7%	-8%	-4%	-16%	-17%

LIBRARY COLLECTION

	chg '97 to '98	chg '98 to '99	chg '99 to '00	chg '00 to '01	chg '01 to '02	chg '02 to '03	chg '03 to '04	chg '04 to '05	chg '05 to '06	chg '06 to '07	chg '07 to '08
Books & serials - titles	2%	7%	6%	3%	1%	0%	6%	-3%	-6%	>2%
Books & serials - items	2%	-2%	0%	2%	3%	0%	2%	1%	10%	0%	0%
Books & serials - items per capita	1%	-5%	0%	-3%	3%	-4%	2%	-2%	8%	-3%	-2%
Government documents - items	40%	6%	5%	8%	5%	-7%	3%	1%	---	---	---
Electronic format materials - items	-24%	-2%	4%	54%	76%	-37%	-20%	-1%	82%	39%	2%
Other library materials - items	11%	8%	-25%	-4%	4%	2%	1%	-15%	-78%	---	---
Total collection - titles	4%	3%	12%	1%	1%	0%	6%	-8%	-11%	3%	2%
Total collection - items	6%	-7%	2%	2%	4%	0%	2%	-1%	-5%	-3%	0%
Total collection - items per capita	5%	-9%	3%	-4%	4%	-5%	2%	-5%	-6%	-6%	-1%
Current subscriptions	2%	-1%	9%	0%	-2%	-11%	-3%	0%	4%	-13%	0%

LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total library circulation	77,081,413	77,277,311	77,413,774	78,244,040	81,506,112	87,118,948	91,950,824	96,355,180	99,676,916	100,826,420	105,919,425	109,262,532
Circulations per capita	4.34	4.33	4.23	4.28	4.21	4.49	4.53	4.75	4.76	4.75	4.84	4.91
Circulations per paid staff member	13,744	13,276	12,785	12,498	12,695	13,495	14,296	14,763	14,783	14,538	14,935	15,031
Circulations per hour	48.60	46.97	45.59	45.58	46.39	48.91	50.58	53.48	55.31	54.67	57.00	57.51
Circulations per library visit	1.57	1.51	1.48	1.48	1.48	1.50	1.50	1.49	1.57	1.46	1.48	1.48
Circulation of juvenile materials	26,414,341	27,164,626	28,883,169	29,506,795	29,537,987	32,591,103	35,090,498	36,752,519	31,801,698	33,364,854	34,595,140	37,877,611
Collection turnover rate	1.64	1.55	1.67	1.65	1.69	1.74	1.84	1.89	1.99	2.12	2.29	2.35
Reference transactions	17,717,099	17,134,731	16,802,009	16,685,087	16,478,853	21,131,791	22,763,379	23,208,409	23,963,231	17,476,331	15,974,110	15,805,910
Reference transactions per capita	1.00	0.96	0.92	0.91	0.85	1.09	1.12	1.144	1.14	0.82	0.73	0.71
Library program attendance	3,863,206	3,923,923	4,079,618	4,011,896	4,016,827	4,069,471	4,241,716	4,185,961	4,107,267	4,146,485	4,374,668	4,644,890
Program attendance per capita	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.21
Attendance at juvenile programs	2,485,388	2,677,258	2,856,465	2,866,385	2,875,720	2,923,349	3,087,832	3,296,937	3,139,293	3,347,195	3,234,843	3,440,605
Libraries with Internet access	372	452	488	512	527	544	553	548	548	561	562	559
Number of library visits	49,120,813	51,332,197	52,296,960	52,890,114	54,968,898	58,003,666	61,146,794	64,881,654	63,400,518	68,944,320	71,760,137	73,978,740
Library visits per capita	2.77	2.88	2.85	2.89	2.84	2.99	3.02	3.20	3.03	3.25	3.28	3.32

LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES

	'97 to '98chg in 1yr	'97 to '99chg in 2yrs	'97 to '00chg in 3yrs	'97 to '01chg in 4yrs	'97 to '02chg in 5yrs	'97 to '03chg in 6yrs	'97 to '04chg in 7yrs	'97 to '05chg in 8yrs	'97 to '06chg in 9yrs	'97 to '07chg in 10yrs	'97 to '08chg in 11yrs
Total library circulation	0%	0%	2%	6%	13%	19%	25%	29%	31%	37%	42%
Circulations per capita	0%	-3%	-2%	-3%	3%	4%	9%	10%	9%	11%	13%
Circulations per paid staff member	-3%	-7%	-9%	-8%	-2%	4%	7%	8%	6%	9%	9%
Circulations per hour	-3%	-6%	-6%	-5%	1%	4%	10%	14%	12%	17%	18%
Circulations per library visit	-4%	-6%	-6%	-6%	-4%	-4%	-5%	0%	-7%	-6%	-6%
Circulation of juvenile materials	3%	9%	12%	12%	23%	33%	39%	20%	26%	31%	43%
Collection turnover rate	-5%	2%	1%	3%	6%	12%	16%	21%	29%	40%	44%
Reference transactions	-3%	-5%	-6%	-7%	19%	28%	31%	35%	-1%	-10%	-11%
Reference transactions per capita	-4%	-8%	-9%	-15%	9%	12%	15%	15%	-17%	-27%	-29%
Library program attendance	2%	6%	4%	4%	5%	10%	8%	6%	7%	13%	20%
Program attendance per capita	1%	2%	1%	-5%	-4%	-4%	-5%	-10%	-10%	-8%	-4%
Attendance at juvenile programs	8%	15%	15%	16%	18%	24%	33%	26%	35%	30%	38%
Libraries with Internet access	22%	31%	38%	42%	46%	49%	47%	47%	51%	51%	50%
Number of library visits	5%	6%	8%	12%	18%	24%	32%	29%	40%	46%	51%
Library visits per capita	4%	3%	4%	3%	8%	9%	16%	9%	17%	18%	20%

LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES

	chg '97 to '98	chg '98 to '99	chg '99 to '00	chg '00 to '01	chg '01 to '02	chg '02 to '03	chg '03 to '04	chg '04 to '05	chg '05 to '06	chg '06 to '07	chg '07 to '08
Total library circulation	0%	0%	1%	4%	7%	6%	5%	3%	1%	5%	3%
Circulations per capita	0%	-2%	1%	-2%	7%	1%	5%	0%	0%	2%	2%
Circulations per paid staff member	-3%	-4%	-2%	2%	6%	6%	3%	0%	-2%	3%	1%
Circulations per hour	-3%	-3%	0%	2%	5%	3%	6%	3%	-1%	4%	1%
Circulations per library visit	-4%	-2%	0%	0%	1%	0%	-1%	6%	-7%	1%	0%
Circulation of juvenile materials	3%	6%	2%	0%	10%	8%	5%	-13%	5%	4%	9%
Collection turnover rate	-5%	7%	-1%	2%	3%	6%	3%	5%	6%	8%	3%
Reference transactions	-3%	-2%	-1%	-1%	28%	8%	2%	3%	-27%	-9%	-1%
Reference transactions per capita	-4%	-4%	-1%	-7%	28%	3%	2%	0%	-28%	-11%	-3%
Library program attendance	2%	4%	-2%	0%	1%	4%	-1%	-2%	1%	6%	6%
Program attendance per capita	1%	1%	-2%	-5%	1%	0%	-1%	-5%	0%	2%	4%
Attendance at juvenile programs	8%	7%	0%	0%	2%	6%	7%	-5%	7%	-3%	6%
Libraries with Internet access	22%	8%	5%	3%	3%	2%	-1%	0%	2%	0%	0%
Number of library visits	5%	2%	1%	4%	6%	5%	6%	-2%	9%	4%	3%
Library visits per capita	4%	-1%	1%	-2%	5%	1%	6%	-5%	7%	1%	1%

STAFFING (FTEs)

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Librarians with ALA-MLS	1,326.38	1,353.00	1,433.06	1,464.00	1,474	1,485.26	1,493.22	1,498.90	1,572.60	1,599.29	1,615.81	1,654.18
Other librarians	496.15	510.76	542.85	534.61	544.96	564.29	586.71	590.47	682.15	691.2	608.88	620.45
Other paid staff	3,785.85	3,956.93	4,078.94	4,261.91	4,401.57	4,405.89	4,351.91	4,437.35	4,487.78	4,644.92	4,867.41	4,994.55
Total paid staff	5,608.38	5,820.69	6,054.84	6,260.52	6,420.19	6,455.44	6,431.84	6,526.72	6,742.53	6,935.41	7,092.10	7,269.18
Population per ALA-MLS	13,381	13,188	12,785	12,500	13,143	13,062.70	13,580.36	13,539.98	13,319.45	13,263.82	13,556.34	13,457.91
Population per total paid staff	3,165	3,066	3,026	2,923	3,017	3,005.45	3,152.82	3,109.54	3,106.57	3,058.61	3,088.57	3,062.49
Total volunteer hours	1,061,480	1,058,495	1,109,840	1,080,655	1,072,005	1,134,878	1,107,215	1,159,302	1,127,599	1,125,017	1,146,499	1,321,560

STAFFING (FTEs)

	'97 to '98chg in 1yr	'97 to '99chg in 2yrs	'97 to '00chg in 3yrs	'97 to '01chg in 4yrs	'97 to '02chg in 5yrs	'97 to '03chg in 6yrs	'97 to '04chg in 7yrs	'97 to '05chg in 8yrs	'97 to '06chg in 9yrs	'97 to '07chg in 10yrs	'97 to '08chg in 11yrs
Librarians with ALA-MLS	2%	8%	10%	11%	12%	13%	13%	19%	21%	22%	25%
Other librarians	3%	9%	8%	10%	14%	18%	19%	37%	39%	23%	25%
Other paid staff	5%	8%	13%	16%	16%	15%	17%	19%	23%	29%	32%
Total paid staff	4%	8%	12%	14%	15%	15%	16%	20%	24%	26%	30%
Population per ALA-MLS	-1%	-4%	-7%	-2%	-2%	1%	1%	0%	-1%	1%	1%
Population per total paid staff	-3%	-4%	-8%	-5%	-5%	0%	-2%	-2%	-3%	-2%	-3%
Total volunteer hours	0%	5%	2%	1%	7%	4%	9%	6%	6%	8%	25%

STAFFING (FTEs)

	chg '97 to '98	chg '98 to '99	chg '99 to '00	chg '00 to '01	chg '01 to '02	chg '02 to '03	chg '03 to '04	chg '04 to '05	chg '05 to '06	chg '06 to '07	chg '07 to '08
Librarians with ALA-MLS	2%	6%	2%	1%	1%	1%	0%	5%	2%	1%	2%
Other librarians	3%	6%	-2%	2%	4%	4%	1%	16%	1%	-12%	2%
Other paid staff	5%	3%	4%	3%	0%	-1%	2%	1%	4%	5%	3%
Total paid staff	4%	4%	3%	3%	1%	0%	1%	3%	3%	2%	2%
Population per ALA-MLS	-1%	-3%	-2%	5%	-1%	4%	0%	-2%	0%	2%	-1%
Population per total paid staff	-3%	-1%	-3%	3%	0%	5%	-1%	0%	-2%	1%	-1%
Total volunteer hours	0%	5%	-3%	-1%	6%	-2%	5%	-3%	0%	2%	15%

FACILITIES

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Main library - square footage	5,140,854	5,927,076	6,266,195	6,570,509	6,826,253	7,101,734	7,142,244	7,250,807	7,139,638	7,493,363	7,503,248	7,551,569
Main + branches - square footage	6,885,193	8,198,149	8,811,961	9,073,444	9,480,892	9,868,587	9,882,854	10,314,745	10,322,584	10,845,203	10,909,522	11,042,470
Square footage per capita	0.39	0.46	0.48	0.50	0.49	0.51	0.49	0.51	0.49	0.51	0.50	0.50

FACILITIES

	'97 to '98chg in 1yr	'97 to '99chg in 2yrs	'97 to '00chg in 3yrs	'97 to '01chg in 4yrs	'97 to '02chg in 5yrs	'97 to '03chg in 6yrs	'97 to '04chg in 7yrs	'97 to '05chg in 8yrs	'97 to '06chg in 9yrs	'97 to '07chg in 10yrs	'97 to '08chg in 11yrs
Main library - square footage	15%	22%	28%	33%	38%	39%	41%	39%	46%	46%	47%
Main + branches - square footage	19%	28%	32%	38%	43%	44%	50%	50%	58%	58%	60%
Square footage per capita	18%	24%	28%	26%	31%	26%	31%	27%	32%	28%	28%

FACILITIES

	chg '97 to '98	chg '98 to '99	chg '99 to '00	chg '00 to '01	chg '01 to '02	chg '02 to '03	chg '03 to '04	chg '04 to '05	chg '05 to '06	chg '06 to '07	chg '07 to '08
Main library - square footage	15%	6%	5%	4%	4%	1%	2%	-2%	5%	0%	1%
Main + branches - square footage	19%	7%	3%	4%	4%	0%	4%	0%	5%	1%	1%
Square footage per capita	18%	5%	3%	-1%	4%	-4%	4%	-3%	4%	-3%	0%

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