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Texas Public Library Summary for 2008

Statistics of Texas Library System by State Summary

Summary | Expenditures | Income by Source | Library Collection | Local Library Services

Summary
 MemberNon-MemberTotals
Libraries Reporting:53627563
Population Served22,073,244192,86722,266,111
Population Unserved000
Branches3021303
Bookmobiles12012

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Expenditures
 MemberNon-MemberTotals
Salary and Wages$222,669,675 $482,294 $223,151,969
Benefits$71,731,592 $101,631 $71,833,223
Subtotal wages and benefits$294,401,267 $583,925 $294,985,192
Print materials expend$44,210,367 $102,563 $44,312,930
Other materials expend$10,913,118 $14,730 $10,927,848
Electronic materials expend$7,308,812 $5,960 $7,314,772
Subtotal collection expend$62,432,297 $123,253 $62,555,550
Other operating expenses$80,334,818 $209,845 $80,544,663
Total direct expend$437,168,382 $917,023 $438,085,405
Indirect costs$1,868,425 $18,339 $1,886,764
Total operating expend$439,036,807 $935,362 $439,972,169
Total local operating expend$431,126,261 $657,957 $431,784,218
Salary & Wages per capita$10.09 $2.50 $10.02
Materials expend per capita$2.83 $0.64 $2.81
Op expend per capita$19.89 $4.85 $19.76
Capital Outlay$58,459,781 $75,720 $58,535,501
Total local op expend per capita:$19.53 $3.41 $19.39
Wages and benefits %67.06%62.43%67.05%
Library materials %14.22%13.18%14.22%
Indirect Costs %0.43%1.96%0.43%

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Income By Source
 MemberNon-MemberTotals
Income from City$342,630,635 $159,868 $342,790,503
Income from County$78,939,242 $306,177 $79,245,419
Income from School District$2,510,815 $124,034 $2,634,849
Subtotal of local government $424,080,692 $590,079 $424,670,771
Foundation & corporate grants$6,101,272 $62,772 $6,164,044
Federal LSTA Funds$443,652 $0 $443,652
Other federal funds$618,978 $0 $618,978
State Funds$5,009,374 $25,016 $5,034,390
Other local sources$12,776,343 $218,127 $12,994,470
Subtotal of other operating $18,877,615 $280,899 $19,158,514
Total income$449,030,311 $895,994 $449,926,305
Local govt income per capita$19.21 $3.06 $19.07
Total income per capita$20.34 $4.65 $20.21

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Books and serials - titles
 MemberNon-MemberTotals
Books and serials - titles23,284,379268,57423,552,953
Books and serials - items41,440,309367,19841,807,507
Books and serials - items pc1.881.91.88
Electronic materials - items225,343374225,717
Total - titles25,791,030289,21726,080,247
Total - items46,074,968397,08246,472,050
Total - items per capita2.092.062.09
Current subscriptions66,21931266,531

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Total circulation
 MemberNon-MemberTotals
Total circulation108,991,063271,469109,262,532
Circulations per capita4.941.414.91
Circulations per staff member15,038.988,017.4015,006.32
Circulations per hour58.517.357.51
Circulations per library visit1.481.241.48
Circulation of Juvenile Materials37,812,38765,22437,877,611
Collection turnover rate2.370.682.35
Reference Transactions15,772,05633,85415,805,910
Reference Transactions pc0.710.180.71
Program Attendance4,632,40612,4844,644,890
Program Attendance pc0.210.060.21
Attendance at juvenile programs3,430,9849,6213,440,605
Access to internet53627563
Visits73,759,314219,42673,978,740
Visits per capita313

Texas Public Library Summary for 2008

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