State Aid for Library Construction

$24 Million State Aid for Library Construction -- Capital Funds
2017-2020

Based on Formulas in Education Law 273-a
2010 Census

Public Library System

2010 Census
Population

% System
Population
is of State
Population

60% of Funds
Apportioned
According to %
of System Pop
to State Pop

40% of Funds
(Equal Amount
Per System)

2017-2018
Appropriation (Capital Funds)

Brooklyn 2,504,700 12.93% $1,861,260 $417,391 $2,278,651
Buffalo-Erie 919,040 4.74% $682,945 $417,391 $1,100,336
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus 215,222 1.11% $159,933 $417,391 $577,324
Clinton-Essex-Franklin 173,097 0.89% $128,630 $417,391 $546,021
 
Finger Lakes 317,302 1.64% $235,789 $417,391 $653,181
Four County 361,316 1.86% $268,496 $417,391 $685,888
Mid-Hudson 650,704 3.36% $483,543 $417,391 $900,934
Mid-York 372,839 1.92% $277,059 $417,391 $694,451
 
Mohawk Valley 293,226 1.51% $217,898 $417,391 $635,290
Monroe County 744,344 3.84% $553,127 $417,391 $970,518
Nassau 1,339,532 6.91% $995,415 $417,391 $1,412,807
New York 3,439,711 17.75% $2,556,073 $417,391 $2,973,464
 
Nioga 319,431 1.65% $237,371 $417,391 $654,763
North Country 377,369 1.95% $280,425 $417,391 $697,817
Onondaga 467,026 2.41% $347,050 $417,391 $764,442
Pioneer 309,251 1.60% $229,807 $417,391 $647,198
 
Queens 2,230,722 11.51% $1,657,665 $417,391 $2,075,056
Ramapo-Catskill 803,351 4.15% $596,976 $417,391 $1,014,367
Southern Adirondack 353,366 1.82% $262,589 $417,391 $679,980
Southern Tier 280,457 1.45% $208,410 $417,391 $625,801
 
Suffolk 1,493,350 7.71% $1,109,719 $417,391 $1,527,110
Upper Hudson 463,633 2.39% $344,529 $417,391 $761,920
Westchester 949,113 4.90% $705,292 $417,391 $1,122,684
 
GRAND TOTAL 19,378,102 100.00% $14,400,000 $9,600,000 $24,000,000
NOTE: Figures in "column E" were rounded to $417,391 so as not to exceed 40%. By law, each Public Library System must receive an equal amount.

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Last Updated: August 3, 2017 -- asm; for questions or comments contact Barbara Lilley