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Texas Public Library Summary for 2008

Analytical Tables

These tables contain the data most often used by Texas public libraries to compare their expenditures, services, and staffing to other Texas public libraries. These tables include only those libraries that report the data contained in each separate Table, so the number of libraries in each table will vary.

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Table 1 - Annual Per Capita Operating Expenditures
Table 2 - Annual Per Capita Expenditures for Salaries
Table 3 - Population Per ALA/MLS Librarian
Table 4 - Population Per FTE Employee
Table 5 - Annual Per Capita Expenditures for Materials
Table 6 - Items Per Capita
Table 7 - Periodical Subscription Per 1,000 Population
Table 8 - Circulation Per Capita
Table 9 - Collection Turnover Rate
Table 10 - Hours Open Per Week
Table 11 - Library Visits Per Capita
Table 12 - Reference Transactions Per Capita
Table 13 - Program Attendance Per Capita
Table 14 - Head Librarian's Salary

Table 1 - Annual Per Capita Operating Expenditures
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	67	1.79	17.83	26.76	45.84	732.37	44.42
2,000-4,999	124	0.10	9.74	18.88	29.71	131.07	22.86
4,999-9,999	114	2.42	9.44	14.52	22.52	65.16	18.43
10,000-14,999	60	2.76	10.20	12.88	18.05	39.89	14.78
15,000-24,999	60	0.10	9.65	15.52	21.65	38.82	15.69
25,000-49,999	70	5.38	10.76	17.73	20.19	71.98	18.15
50,000-99,999	30	3.18	15.68	21.55	29.38	45.32	21.33
100,000-249,999	25	9.98	13.50	16.79	21.73	44.12	18.97
Over 250,000	13	14.58	16.78	18.77	26.51	40.49	22.08
State Totals	563	0.10	10.58	17.51	25.32	732.37	22.05

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Table 2 - Annual Per Capita Expenditures for Salaries
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	58	0.34	9.76	14.86	27.01	315.50	24.42
2,000-4,999	122	0.00	4.05	9.14	16.66	63.08	11.62
4,999-9,999	114	0.29	4.51	7.91	12.16	32.50	9.03
10,000-14,999	60	1.70	4.76	6.65	10.44	22.83	7.68
15,000-24,999	59	0.88	5.35	7.46	9.99	19.68	8.15
25,000-49,999	70	2.69	5.21	8.76	10.66	41.25	9.40
50,000-99,999	30	1.81	7.79	11.05	14.68	21.07	11.20
100,000-249,999	25	5.79	7.28	8.23	11.10	21.30	9.44
Over 250,000	13	6.42	8.53	9.83	13.80	24.16	11.43
State Totals	551	0.00	5.36	8.79	13.05	315.50	11.22

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Table 3 - Population Per ALA/MLS Librarian
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	3	915.43	1,384.00	3,908.00	3,908.00	3,908.00	2,069.14
2,000-4,999	10	2,534.00	2,724.00	4,579.00	7,806.00	8,754.00	4,656.90
4,999-9,999	20	3,520.50	6,108.00	7,276.00	9,076.00	14,477.50	7,818.82
10,000-14,999	10	10,047.00	11,183.00	12,261.00	14,636.00	14,756.00	12,286.20
15,000-24,999	35	5,311.56	11,761.50	17,759.00	20,774.00	24,985.33	15,806.77
25,000-49,999	64	2,788.00	12,171.67	20,056.67	32,933.00	49,170.00	22,280.86
50,000-99,999	29	5,314.61	8,376.32	9,515.82	27,656.50	97,975.00	17,598.63
100,000-249,999	25	6,079.26	10,056.12	13,292.75	21,068.00	52,867.00	16,165.72
Over 250,000	13	4,797.89	8,992.79	11,554.23	16,794.53	29,423.30	13,095.07
State Totals	209	915.43	8,103.00	12,261.00	20,876.00	97,975.00	16,248.64

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Table 4 - Population Per FTE Employee
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	58	39.00	646.00	1,117.04	1,620.34	3,574.00	1,260.71
2,000-4,999	123	389.85	1,283.67	2,080.21	3,540.00	10,860.00	2,693.58
4,999-9,999	114	923.50	1,921.33	2,943.20	4,351.87	13,801.67	3,405.82
10,000-14,999	60	1,541.11	2,452.20	3,402.67	4,123.83	11,533.00	3,860.54
15,000-24,999	59	1,795.33	2,685.17	3,437.68	4,885.20	22,183.75	4,337.93
25,000-49,999	70	1,231.91	2,744.77	3,426.58	4,904.92	9,114.00	3,933.89
50,000-99,999	30	1,663.85	2,323.91	3,314.47	3,800.36	10,211.40	3,685.71
100,000-249,999	25	2,168.53	2,956.44	3,524.47	4,259.38	5,398.75	3,596.46
Over 250,000	13	1,773.76	2,446.74	3,211.01	4,046.97	4,426.47	3,087.60
State Totals	552	39.00	1,834.33	2,884.00	4,062.33	22,183.75	3,254.09

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Table 5 - Annual Per Capita Expenditures for Materials
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	65	0.28	1.73	3.39	8.19	27.81	5.24
2,000-4,999	123	0.09	1.36	2.30	4.33	26.68	3.20
4,999-9,999	113	0.10	1.09	1.81	2.67	7.78	2.08
10,000-14,999	60	0.20	0.94	1.68	2.27	5.28	1.72
15,000-24,999	60	0.08	1.15	1.80	2.82	6.88	2.02
25,000-49,999	70	0.23	1.25	1.85	3.16	8.74	2.38
50,000-99,999	30	0.57	1.84	3.10	4.18	6.27	3.07
100,000-249,999	25	0.76	1.68	2.34	3.47	7.33	2.76
Over 250,000	13	1.56	2.38	2.86	3.67	5.92	3.09
State Totals	559	0.08	1.30	2.06	3.30	27.81	2.79

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Table 6 - Items Per Capita
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	67	3.43	7.47	10.71	15.31	194.04	16.35
2,000-4,999	124	0.29	4.27	5.93	7.35	14.57	6.09
4,999-9,999	114	0.04	2.60	3.31	4.54	9.51	3.68
10,000-14,999	60	0.58	2.07	2.72	3.68	7.76	2.93
15,000-24,999	60	0.56	1.48	2.01	2.76	5.77	2.26
25,000-49,999	70	0.62	1.62	2.05	2.50	5.66	2.16
50,000-99,999	30	0.50	1.44	1.90	2.45	3.71	1.96
100,000-249,999	25	0.93	1.27	1.68	2.08	3.76	1.78
Over 250,000	13	1.25	1.42	1.54	2.18	4.10	1.85
State Totals	563	0.04	2.03	3.21	5.77	194.04	5.08

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Table 7 - Periodical Subscription Per 1,000 Population
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	57	0.65	3.61	10.31	21.65	52.46	13.76
2,000-4,999	119	0.30	2.55	5.32	9.64	28.71	6.93
4,999-9,999	112	0.19	2.29	4.32	6.86	20.45	5.02
10,000-14,999	58	0.29	2.04	3.21	6.01	13.15	3.75
15,000-24,999	59	0.21	1.91	2.99	4.55	7.94	3.23
25,000-49,999	70	0.19	2.18	2.92	4.16	10.11	3.33
50,000-99,999	30	0.45	2.17	3.01	3.75	5.79	2.88
100,000-249,999	25	1.07	1.68	2.23	3.18	5.46	2.47
Over 250,000	13	0.74	2.36	2.92	3.58	3.71	2.69
State Totals	543	0.19	2.15	3.67	6.19	52.46	5.52

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Table 8 - Circulation Per Capita
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	65	0.65	2.99	7.38	14.03	191.05	12.60
2,000-4,999	123	0.35	1.87	3.68	7.25	39.60	5.31
4,999-9,999	114	0.45	1.93	3.49	5.92	21.85	4.46
10,000-14,999	60	0.17	1.69	3.13	5.07	13.68	3.58
15,000-24,999	60	0.12	2.15	3.84	5.23	17.07	4.15
25,000-49,999	70	0.29	2.08	3.53	6.59	18.89	4.79
50,000-99,999	30	0.13	3.07	6.36	8.01	11.68	5.50
100,000-249,999	25	1.14	2.53	3.41	6.42	11.44	4.37
Over 250,000	13	2.64	4.16	5.03	7.62	10.17	5.42
State Totals	560	0.12	2.12	3.80	6.63	191.05	5.58

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Table 9 - Collection Turnover Rate
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	66	0.00	0.32	0.65	1.04	2.76	0.72
2,000-4,999	124	0.00	0.39	0.65	1.00	6.16	0.85
4,999-9,999	114	0.20	0.69	1.02	1.50	48.23	1.61
10,000-14,999	60	0.11	0.77	1.14	1.46	4.05	1.18
15,000-24,999	60	0.15	1.21	1.57	2.55	5.35	1.90
25,000-49,999	70	0.19	1.23	1.64	2.62	7.78	2.18
50,000-99,999	30	0.25	1.54	2.91	4.16	6.85	2.88
100,000-249,999	25	0.69	1.78	2.15	3.46	5.50	2.50
Over 250,000	13	1.82	2.12	3.06	3.87	5.56	3.07
State Totals	562	0.00	0.64	1.13	1.82	48.23	1.54

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Table 10 - Hours Open Per Week
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	67	6.00	25.00	33.00	40.00	53.00	32.03
2,000-4,999	124	10.00	27.00	38.00	42.00	60.00	35.17
4,999-9,999	114	15.00	35.00	40.50	46.00	60.00	40.24
10,000-14,999	60	16.00	40.00	44.00	49.00	62.00	43.58
15,000-24,999	60	32.00	43.00	48.00	53.00	74.00	48.55
25,000-49,999	70	40.00	48.00	52.00	56.00	66.00	52.05
50,000-99,999	30	44.00	59.00	62.00	64.00	71.00	61.07
100,000-249,999	25	48.00	60.00	64.00	67.00	75.00	63.18
Over 250,000	13	45.00	64.00	66.00	70.00	70.00	62.96
State Totals	563	6.00	35.50	43.50	52.00	75.00	43.51

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Table 11 - Library Visits Per Capita
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	67	0.23	3.18	6.43	9.31	217.85	11.59
2,000-4,999	122	0.15	1.98	3.18	5.09	19.77	4.36
4,999-9,999	112	0.39	1.73	3.03	5.04	25.22	4.07
10,000-14,999	60	0.12	1.46	2.41	4.11	10.99	2.89
15,000-24,999	58	0.52	1.82	2.78	4.50	7.62	3.20
25,000-49,999	70	0.15	2.29	3.50	4.63	9.50	3.60
50,000-99,999	30	0.57	2.34	3.22	4.30	6.01	3.27
100,000-249,999	25	1.16	2.12	2.75	3.56	5.12	2.85
Over 250,000	13	2.12	2.76	3.19	5.03	5.37	3.54
State Totals	557	0.12	2.04	3.17	4.93	217.85	4.65

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Table 12 - Reference Transactions Per Capita
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	64	0.00	0.14	0.36	1.10	11.00	1.08
2,000-4,999	120	0.00	0.07	0.31	0.69	9.86	0.66
4,999-9,999	113	0.00	0.10	0.27	0.75	4.15	0.56
10,000-14,999	59	0.02	0.15	0.35	0.70	3.70	0.67
15,000-24,999	60	0.00	0.15	0.26	0.52	2.46	0.44
25,000-49,999	70	0.01	0.21	0.51	0.94	4.04	0.73
50,000-99,999	30	0.05	0.28	0.39	0.77	1.49	0.50
100,000-249,999	25	0.16	0.32	0.62	1.09	5.06	0.88
Over 250,000	13	0.23	0.54	0.73	0.86	2.42	0.81
State Totals	554	0.00	0.14	0.35	0.77	11.00	0.68

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Table 13 - Program Attendance Per Capita
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	64	0.01	0.17	0.33	0.84	76.78	2.16
2,000-4,999	118	0.01	0.07	0.21	0.44	3.68	0.39
4,999-9,999	112	0.01	0.07	0.16	0.32	3.96	0.33
10,000-14,999	60	0.00	0.07	0.17	0.30	9.05	0.38
15,000-24,999	59	0.02	0.12	0.17	0.31	0.99	0.25
25,000-49,999	70	0.00	0.09	0.21	0.32	1.26	0.24
50,000-99,999	30	0.01	0.12	0.20	0.28	0.65	0.22
100,000-249,999	25	0.05	0.10	0.14	0.23	0.42	0.17
Over 250,000	13	0.11	0.14	0.18	0.26	0.30	0.19
State Totals	551	0.00	0.09	0.19	0.35	76.78	0.53

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Table 14 - Head Librarian's Salary
Population	Libraries	Low	25th %tile	50th %tile	75th %tile	High	Average
1-1,999	57	1.00	9,988.00	14,100.00	23,040.00	58,910.00	16,733.05
2,000-4,999	121	1.00	11,434.00	20,388.00	28,683.20	69,628.00	21,571.02
4,999-9,999	114	1.00	19,140.00	27,040.00	36,996.00	99,095.00	28,770.74
10,000-14,999	60	12,480.00	26,500.00	32,024.00	42,078.00	57,802.00	34,309.76
15,000-24,999	58	21,632.00	36,360.00	45,000.00	58,000.00	100,088.00	47,802.77
25,000-49,999	70	22,700.00	45,216.00	57,500.00	73,720.00	111,958.00	60,666.36
50,000-99,999	30	32,838.00	64,000.00	76,570.00	88,200.00	120,896.00	76,348.46
100,000-249,999	25	45,492.00	59,968.14	86,191.00	109,000.00	140,796.00	86,837.54
Over 250,000	13	90,000.00	107,765.00	122,871.00	142,800.00	168,756.00	123,203.31
State Totals	548	1.00	20,705.00	33,000.00	54,000.00	168,756.00	40,117.83

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