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Rank Order of Texas Public Libraries by Population Served

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1,000,000 or more | 500,000 to 999,999 | 250,000 to 499,999 | 100,000 to 249,999 | 50,000 to 99,999 | 25,000 to 49,999 | 10,000 to 24,999 | 5,000 to 9,999 | 2,500 to 4,999 | 1,000 to 2,499 | 1 to 999
1,000,000 or more - 4 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
2,012,626 Houston Member
1,454,816 San Antonio Member
1,408,797 Houston (Harris County) Member
1,210,393 Dallas Member
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500,000 to 999,999 - 3 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
681,804 Austin Member
603,337 Fort Worth Member
592,099 El Paso Member
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250,000 to 499,999 - 6 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
403,215 Richmond Member
361,682 Conroe Member
359,467 Arlington Member
281,196 Corpus Christi Member
273,923 Plano Member
271,130 Angleton Member
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100,000 to 249,999 - 21 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
240,310 Lubbock Member
218,344 Brownsville Member
217,176 Garland Member
203,212 Laredo Member
194,547 Irving Member
188,713 McAllen Member
184,844 Waco Member
180,791 Amarillo Member
156,275 Bryan Member
144,174 Pasadena Member
140,320 Grand Prairie Member
129,710 Mesquite Member
129,633 Carrollton Member
124,488 Odessa Member
120,344 Midland Member
115,952 Denton Member
114,807 Abilene Member
112,294 Beaumont Member
105,158 Lewisville Member
103,772 San Angelo Member
100,929 Wichita Falls Member
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50,000 to 99,999 - 30 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
99,263 Richardson Member
98,622 McKinney Member
96,943 Killeen Member
93,391 Longview Member
91,350 Edinburg Member
91,284 Fabens Nonmember
90,356 Mission Member
89,552 Tyler Member
88,835 Pharr Member
85,777 Victoria Member
83,409 Harlingen Member
82,040 Round Rock Member
74,004 Allen Member
70,688 Weatherford Member
70,183 Frisco Member
67,960 League City Member
67,321 Baytown Member
67,299 Galveston Member
62,209 Flower Mound Member
60,483 North Richland Hills Member
60,249 Nacogdoches Member
59,133 San Marcos Member
58,977 Marshall Member
57,085 New Braunfels Member
56,727 Port Arthur Member
54,505 Temple Member
52,988 Athens Nonmember
52,779 Rowlett Member
51,083 Texas City Member
50,575 Euless Member
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25,000 to 49,999 - 68 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
48,577 Weslaco Member
48,417 Bedford Member
48,243 Corsicana Member
47,895 Schertz Member
47,410 Del Rio Member
47,265 Grapevine Member
46,492 Granbury Member
46,483 San Juan Member
45,675 Kerrville Member
45,396 Henderson Member
45,360 Cedar Park Member
43,050 De Soto Member
42,843 The Colony Member
41,594 Wharton Member
41,005 Rockwall Member
40,807 Alice Member
40,286 Burnet Member
40,219 Cedar Hill Member
40,132 Haltom City Member
38,990 Coppell Member
38,979 Seguin Member
38,208 Palestine Member
38,183 Brownwood Member
37,893 Hurst Member
37,453 Eagle Pass Member
36,985 Sherman Member
36,903 Friendswood Member
36,726 Floresville Member
36,462 Georgetown Member
35,492 Texarkana Member
35,379 Gainesville Member
35,346 Duncanville Member
34,915 Keller Member
34,757 Hempstead Member
34,735 Mansfield Member
34,103 Lake Dallas Member
34,048 Beaumont/JCL Member
33,500 Lufkin Member
33,201 Sulphur Springs Member
33,027 San Benito Member
32,879 Big Spring Member
32,441 Gilmer Member
31,774 Canyon Member
31,694 Kingsville Member
31,248 Brenham Member
30,304 Lancaster Member
29,997 Copperas Cove Member
29,810 Robstown Member
28,803 Cleburne Member
28,647 Deer Park Member
28,601 Wylie Member
28,239 Elgin Member
28,127 Bay City Member
27,951 Plainview Member
27,932 Burleson Member
27,299 Terrell Member
27,017 Huntsville Member
26,706 Farmers Branch Member
26,578 Paris Member
26,215 Clint/El Paso Member
25,911 Pflugerville Member
25,870 Uvalde Member
25,713 Beeville Member
25,241 Navasota Member
25,149 Greenville Member
25,107 Anahuac Member
25,074 West Lake Hills/Austin Member
25,013 Bastrop Member
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10,000 to 24,999 - 116 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
24,894 Alamo Member
24,654 Waxahachie Member
24,490 Southlake Member
24,399 Donna Member
23,686 University Park/Dallas Member
23,649 Watauga Member
23,379 Denison Member
23,006 Rockport Member
22,865 Carthage Member
22,781 Levelland Member
22,693 Joshua Member
22,617 Borger Member
22,502 Fredericksburg Member
22,405 Lake Travis/Austin Member
22,137 Mercedes Member
21,720 Colleyville Member
21,646 Benbrook Member
21,617 Portland Member
21,489 Midlothian Member
20,968 Dripping Springs Member
20,826 Dickinson Member
20,806 Woodville Member
20,569 Port Lavaca Member
20,443 Pampa Member
20,333 Dumas Member
20,255 Harker Heights Member
20,231 Raymondville Member
19,550 Decatur Member
19,343 Balch Springs Member
19,062 Canyon Lake Member
18,814 Commerce Member
18,743 Pleasanton Member
18,672 Kyle Member
18,551 Ennis Member
18,510 Hereford Member
18,460 Wildwood/Village Mills Nonmember
18,143 Llano Member
18,140 Orange Member
17,885 Bridgeport Member
17,643 Spring Branch Member
16,948 Bellaire Member
16,874 Saginaw Member
16,854 Mineral Wells Member
16,837 Nederland Member
16,735 Boerne Member
16,730 Austin/Wells Branch Member
16,244 Sachse Member
16,114 La Marque Member
16,084 Snyder Member
16,064 Wimberley Member
15,874 Leander Member
15,821 Universal City Member
15,743 Hidalgo Member
15,725 Seven Points Member
15,652 White Settlement Member
15,491 Smithville Member
15,416 Stephenville Member
15,147 Groves Member
15,129 Sweetwater Member
15,061 Lumberton Member
14,838 Belton Member
14,822 Port Isabel Member
14,701 Azle Member
14,636 Taylor Member
14,610 Mt Pleasant Member
14,563 Seminole Member
14,485 Wills Point Member
14,400 Edna Member
14,383 Lamesa Member
14,345 Newton Member
14,345 Trinity Member
14,184 Vernon Member
14,138 Jacksonville Member
13,839 Kilgore Member
13,834 Mexia Member
13,650 Clarksville Nonmember
13,551 Hearne Member
13,523 Little Elm Member
13,523 Lockhart Member
13,403 Rio Grande City Member
13,224 Port Neches Member
13,154 Zapata Member
12,983 Quemado Member
12,840 Andrews Member
12,776 Rockdale Member
12,700 Ingleside Member
12,688 Forney Member
12,687 Crandall Member
12,686 Marion Member
12,679 Hewitt Member
12,669 San Diego Member
12,576 Brownfield Member
12,539 Kaufman Member
12,428 Cameron Member
12,169 Santa Fe Member
12,153 Aledo Member
12,019 Wallis Member
12,014 Converse Member
12,011 Pittsburg Member
11,842 Pecos Member
11,776 Aransas Pass Member
11,293 Vidor Member
11,280 Fort Stockton Member
11,231 Henrietta Member
11,215 Seagoville Member
10,656 Teague Member
10,629 Silsbee Member
10,615 Dalhart Member
10,513 Burkburnett Member
10,439 Bonham Member
10,438 Madisonville Member
10,358 Monahans Member
10,330 George West Member
10,221 Carrizo Springs Member
10,116 Emory Member
10,106 Malakoff Member
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5,000 to 9,999 - 113 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
9,965 Palacios Member
9,954 Elsa Member
9,558 Gladewater Member
9,528 Sealy Member
9,490 Hemphill Member
9,411 Mineola Member
9,402 Colorado City Member
9,376 Leon Valley Member
9,337 Crowley Member
9,331 Buna Member
9,274 Archer City Member
9,258 Olney Member
9,252 La Feria Member
9,226 Alpine Member
9,143 Perryton Member
9,122 Venus Member
9,069 Winnsboro Member
8,981 Jacksboro Member
8,928 Groesbeck Member
8,923 San Augustine Member
8,905 Hillsboro Member
8,890 Royse City Member
8,810 Highland Park Member
8,783 Springtown Member
8,763 Comanche Member
8,729 Bridge City Member
8,682 Canton Member
8,680 Graham Member
8,637 Mt Vernon Member
8,620 Liberty Hill Member
8,540 Bandera Member
8,481 Hondo Member
8,467 Jourdanton Member
8,386 Hitchcock Member
8,378 Comfort Member
8,374 Littlefield Member
8,304 Liberty Member
8,141 Tarkington/Cleveland Member
8,115 Hamilton Member
8,108 Brady Member
8,101 Richland Hills Member
8,053 Cleveland Member
7,941 Fairfield Member
7,883 Lampasas Member
7,854 Tulia Member
7,817 Grand Saline Member
7,757 Huntington Member
7,753 Falfurrias Member
7,687 Dimmitt Member
7,685 Pearsall Member
7,653 Sinton Member
7,640 Refugio Member
7,613 Childress Member
7,540 Jasper Member
7,539 Clyde Member
7,472 McGregor Member
7,453 Glen Rose Member
7,419 White Oak Member
7,416 Mathis Member
7,330 Floydada Member
7,272 Poteet Member
7,213 Coleman Member
7,173 Crystal City Member
7,104 Goliad Member
7,054 Crockett Member
7,035 Howe Member
6,944 River Oaks Member
6,903 Los Fresnos Member
6,898 Sanger Member
6,820 Whitehouse Member
6,805 La Joya Member
6,783 Celina Member
6,771 Gatesville Member
6,725 Cuero Member
6,714 Kermit Member
6,645 Crosbyton Member
6,529 Dayton Member
6,495 Kennedale Member
6,491 Lakehills Member
6,478 Panhandle Member
6,444 Red Oak Member
6,381 Livingston Member
6,298 Marlin Member
6,222 Iowa Park Member
6,212 Kenedy Member
6,187 Karnes City Member
6,156 Tahoka Member
6,113 Garwood Nonmember
6,086 San Saba Member
5,968 Columbus Member
5,945 Cotulla Member
5,873 Slaton Member
5,794 Everman Member
5,753 Salado Member
5,726 Whitesboro Member
5,720 Yoakum Member
5,713 Center Member
5,663 Eagle Lake Member
5,638 Ballinger Member
5,616 Atlanta Member
5,552 Eastland Member
5,551 Haskell Member
5,506 Cooper Member
5,505 Cisco Nonmember
5,470 Bowie Member
5,461 Diboll Member
5,436 Giddings Member
5,425 Lago Vista Member
5,418 Luling Member
5,305 Winters Member
5,130 Goldthwaite Member
5,094 Post Member
5,062 Hebbronville Member
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2,500 to 4,999 - 109 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
4,951 Lytle Member
4,948 Buda Member
4,853 De Leon Member
4,773 Aubrey Member
4,752 Taft Member
4,707 Blanco Member
4,688 Pilot Point Member
4,664 New Boston Member
4,652 Presidio Member
4,648 Lake Worth Member
4,613 Nixon Member
4,595 Prosper Member
4,571 La Grange Member
4,563 Junction Member
4,540 Muleshoe Member
4,540 West Tawakoni Member
4,527 Medina Member
4,490 Olton Member
4,448 Stanton Member
4,405 Princeton Member
4,394 Johnson City Member
4,374 Quanah Member
4,373 Cockrell Hill/Dallas Member
4,336 Devine Member
4,302 Denver City Member
4,279 West Member
4,253 Bellville Member
4,240 Boyd Member
4,204 Dilley Member
4,107 Alvord Member
4,097 Sonora Member
4,096 Rotan Member
4,081 Van Alstyne Member
4,036 New Waverly Member
3,950 Ozona Member
3,941 Roanoke Member
3,939 Clarendon Member
3,933 Seymour Member
3,903 Alvarado Member
3,893 Munday Member
3,858 Mabank Member
3,849 Crane Member
3,844 Mason Member
3,821 Kirbyville Member
3,814 Lindale Member
3,806 Friona Member
3,805 Mart Member
3,804 Caldwell Member
3,763 Spearman Member
3,744 Eden Member
3,715 Robert Lee Member
3,710 Gorman Nonmember
3,708 Farmersville Member
3,707 Dublin Member
3,646 Sunnyvale Member
3,639 Clifton Member
3,631 Charlotte Member
3,628 Krum Member
3,625 Hawkins Member
3,624 Port Aransas Member
3,612 Ranger Member
3,594 Wolfe City Member
3,593 Wilmer Member
3,529 Tornillo Member
3,482 Chico Member
3,473 Rusk Member
3,470 Newark Member
3,469 Baird Member
3,452 Abernathy Member
3,444 Odem Member
3,431 Kountze Member
3,343 Stamford Member
3,340 Morton Member
3,337 Brackettville Member
3,336 Canadian Member
3,260 Laguna Vista Member
3,247 Muenster Member
3,232 Albany Member
3,230 Nocona Member
3,143 Justin Member
3,126 Wolfforth Member
3,101 Memphis Member
3,095 Stratford Member
3,064 Big Lake Member
3,046 Plains Member
3,046 Wellington Member
3,023 Weimar Member
3,001 Electra Member
2,931 Hooks Member
2,900 Castroville Member
2,889 Hutchins Member
2,865 Shamrock Member
2,809 Rio Hondo Member
2,793 Iraan Member
2,784 Pottsboro Member
2,779 Eldorado Member
2,777 Hale Center Member
2,766 Sour Lake Member
2,748 Whitewright Member
2,740 Schulenburg Member
2,727 Van Horn Member
2,711 Fort Hancock Member
2,711 Spur Member
2,642 Petersburg Nonmember
2,631 Rhome Nonmember
2,609 Merkel Member
2,606 Frankston Member
2,585 Bremond Member
2,501 Daingerfield Member
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1,000 to 2,499 - 65 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
2,482 Hallettsville Member
2,399 Booker Member
2,375 Blue Mound Member
2,372 Anson Member
2,306 Cross Plains Member
2,305 Ferris Member
2,304 Melissa Member
2,285 Menard Member
2,267 Shepherd Member
2,256 Yorktown Member
2,253 Fort Davis Member
2,198 Moody Member
2,163 Claude Member
2,151 Quitman Member
2,140 Vega Member
2,111 Waskom Member
2,101 Kendalia Member
2,029 Troup Member
2,023 Whitney Member
2,018 Shiner Member
2,013 Rocksprings Member
2,011 Jefferson Member
2,005 Marfa Member
2,004 Leonard Member
1,965 Runge Member
1,927 Corrigan Member
1,922 Wheeler Member
1,886 Buffalo Member
1,877 Rankin Member
1,876 Imperial Member
1,817 Sabinal Member
1,807 Honey Grove Member
1,770 Jonestown Member
1,748 Paducah Member
1,738 Mertzon Member
1,687 Bartlett Member
1,656 Earth Member
1,632 Throckmorton Member
1,551 Crowell Member
1,550 Grandview Member
1,525 Santa Anna Nonmember
1,517 Meridian Member
1,498 Leakey Member
1,497 Camp Wood Member
1,466 Bullard Member
1,444 Gruver Member
1,427 Grapeland Member
1,417 Naples Member
1,415 Haslet Member
1,410 Rosebud Member
1,405 Aspermont Member
1,354 Prairie Lea Member
1,344 Onalaska Member
1,333 Dime Box Member
1,308 Bee Cave Member
1,307 Matador Member
1,305 Sterling City Member
1,270 McCamey Member
1,202 Lone Oak Member
1,181 Valley Mills Member
1,115 Florence Member
1,100 Silverton Nonmember
1,094 Falls City Member
1,084 Holland Member
1,016 Maud Member
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1 to 999 - 18 libraries
Population Served 2005 City Member Status SFY2007
992 Waelder Member
983 Texline Nonmember
966 McLean Member
957 Sanderson Member
937 Centerville Member
917 Pineland Member
838 Ponder Member
760 Coldspring Member
744 Jayton Member
675 Higgins Member
634 Turkey Nonmember
633 Dell City Member
616 Quitaque Member
542 Noonday/Tyler Member
526 Utopia Member
339 Mount Calm Member
323 Guthrie Member
78 Round Top Member
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