Selected Public and Association Libraries Statistics: 1998-2016


Public and Association Libraries Statistics: 1998-2016
Year 1998(r) 1999 2000 2001(a) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (b) 2011 (b) 2012 (c) 2013 2014 2015 2016
Library Systems 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23
Member Libraries in Systems 739 741 744 744 745 747 753 754 754 752 754 755 755 755 755 755 755 755 755
Nonmember Libraries 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Branches and Other Outlets 565 553 559 557 564 552 556 563 562 503 499 483 468 471 468 463 436 414 422
Bookmobiles 13 15 15 15 17 15 13 11 12 12 11 12 9 8 7 8 8 9 11
Annual Visits 102,814,606 102,764,547 101,437,945 105,079,540 107,044,761 105,965,143 107,374,382 107,875,568 109,985,850 112,989,000 117,260,130 119,810,969 117,795,146 115,008,030 115,294,095 111,226,191 106,514,504 103,985,578 103,171,804
Acquisitions and Holdings
Books Added 5,227,419 5,506,654 5,421,653 5,677,086 4,918,387 4,638,706 5,027,490 4,662,347 4,755,579 4,772,538 4,819,334 4,484,777 4,943,525 4,123,525 10,730,139 4,526,741 4,197,578 4,081,444 4,335,512
Total Books 71,781,975 71,145,824 72,626,522 73,910,858 74,442,304 72,533,515 69,964,648 70,372,711 70,892,177 69,451,340 70,280,440 72,506,596 70,304,624 68,672,889 73,989,835 78,474,060 68,525,279 67,230,498 66,663,301
Total Audio-Visual 6,018,113 6,113,077 6,479,768 6,668,993 7,234,130 7,154,924 7,409,639 7,742,922 8,141,301 8,965,691 9,208,455 9,659,702 9,400,783 10,061,307 12,610,861 12,755,841 12,862,029 13,536,021 15,414,169
Total Holdings 127,832,242 124,880,145 126,363,424 127,178,297 123,818,607 121,197,112 119,905,809 119,892,543 120,874,153 121,728,192 123,277,691 124,897,773 122,462,572 125,472,253 130,063,366 137,713,935 143,910,119 147,017,329 151,369,303
Registered Borrowers 10,624,888 9,665,006 10,439,279 10,711,505 9,905,183 10,326,468 11,098,860 10,627,572 11,068,386 10,864,006 11,225,183 11,336,038 10,631,349 10,016,924 9,940,655 10,483,726 10,031,624 10,248,309 9,837,549
Total Circulation 124,106,271 122,783,288 122,553,743 127,338,048 131,898,253 130,556,001 136,862,276 142,175,265 144,147,902 147,239,040 155,771,307 160,335,861 165,993,268 163,662,465 158,648,955 154,351,125 140,878,354 134,133,180 131,364,355
Staff
 Librarians 3,936 4,113 4,223 4,359 4,306 4,192 4,150 4,217 4,210 4,418 4,446 4,402 4,151 4,279 4,299 4,319 4,167 4,306 4,356
 Other Staff 7,732 7,642 6,625 7,841 8,709 8,643 8,885 9,137 9,022 9,103 9,134 8,858 8,497 8,073 7,957 7,821 8,609 8,477 8,575
Public Access Internet Computers NA NA 7,214 7,780 10,123 10,430 11,166 12,045 12,570 13,497 14,604 15,928 16,681 17,311 17,856 18,602 19,376 20,496 19,424
Operating Fund Receipts
Local Public Funds $572,813,578 $609,615,686 $639,320,416 $705,688,417 $693,138,797 $701,860,408 $779,623,304 $863,857,346 $852,441,056 $930,594,390 $1,193,638,303 $1,030,837,755 $894,911,083 $986,043,548 $992,477,557 $1,039,642,800 $1,082,783,069 $1,129,874,822 $1,158,460,919
Local Public Funds Per Capita $31.84 $33.88 $35.54 $39.23 $36.53 $36.99 $41.08 $45.52 $44.92 $49.04 $62.90 $54.32 $47.16 $51.96 $51.22 $53.65 $55.88 $58.31 $59.78
State Aid (c) $82,983,655 $76,826,071 $82,306,824 $82,156,702 $83,696,825 $80,283,027 $67,967,660 $86,618,364 $91,541,592 $96,680,247 $91,240,775 $81,192,709 $64,597,760 $94,900,505 $69,395,152 $70,164,845 $89,658,827 $80,209,253 $88,590,161
Federal Aid $4,562,220 $5,238,806 $8,052,013 $4,976,250 $7,010,567 $5,999,873 $5,045,659 $6,969,390 $7,974,374 $6,829,867 $5,874,675 $6,354,938 $6,700,383 $9,079,974 $14,227,205 $8,796,476 $6,052,284 $6,238,848 $5,021,511
Other Receipts $121,160,530 $142,586,466 $260,798,960 $162,870,451 $163,139,497 $181,658,642 $176,642,195 $189,812,486 $192,807,606 $201,529,638 $183,607,250 $199,336,460 $202,426,783 $343,824,381 $240,627,028 $162,479,953 $226,729,039 $286,590,044 $270,190,840
Disbursements
Salaries Plus Employee Benefits $472,155,133 $502,295,143 $524,096,980 $569,811,367 $531,079,951 $613,886,090 $648,685,985 $692,694,838 $718,666,052 $745,966,874 $779,298,094 $837,914,531 $812,765,497 $822,935,446 $817,404,312 $837,896,788 $900,092,314 $909,931,101 $952,765,279
Library Materials $102,149,103 $110,969,287 $111,601,537 $117,844,367 $102,109,896 $107,736,360 $103,471,252 $104,674,825 $108,790,526 $115,878,404 $124,898,184 $108,194,191 $116,066,292 $118,446,730 $100,844,105 $97,998,366 $105,244,591 $107,512,495 $111,377,815
Library Materials per Capita $5.68 $6.17 $6.20 $6.21 $5.38 $5.68 $5.40 $5.52 $5.73 $6.11 $6.58 $5.70 $6.12 $6.24 $7.04 $5.06 $5.43 $5.55 $5.75
Capital Expenses from Operating Fund $19,265,202 $19,412,144 $24,871,945 $28,337,782 $25,839,659 $23,342,422 $31,933,797
Other $149,645,425 $157,539,521 $158,871,269 $185,984,914 $184,387,019 $199,744,679 $212,318,291 $225,463,343 $238,573,396 $250,273,593 $272,951,656 $258,482,824 $253,128,096 $266,801,995 $278,091,425 $292,549,370 $299,993,300 $302,732,234 $308,475,294
Capital Fund Receipts
 State Aid $932,850 $447,817 $763,132 $1,345,828 $1,590,901 $1,037,906 $2,445,630 $1,157,689 $5,735,186 $8,327,183 $9,477,643 $12,121,929 $19,503,924 $14,545,419 $10,368,942 $8,031,031 $10,435,937 $9,708,678 $7,619,344
 Federal Aid $176,087 $339,030 $230,034 $402,574 $167,086 $20,395 $494,814 $100,000 $504,645 $1,575,000 $430,548 $253,429 $726,071 $176,560 $254,512 $246,641 _____ _____ $63,051
Disbursements $43,714,234 $70,899,472 $70,676,160 $81,869,653 $80,604,576 $45,642,895 $56,692,085 $1,325,956,982 $64,727,545 $65,108,782 $112,146,470 $159,436,253 $150,860,595 $166,726,560 $95,676,169 $69,527,875 $106,460,374 $182,947,272 $167,197,171
Year 1998(r) 1999 2000 2001(a) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (a) 2011 (a) 2012 (b) 2013 2014 2015 2016

Notes:

(r) Revised

_____ represents zero (0)

(a) A portion of the 2010 State Aid was received in 2011

(b) Beginning in 2012, per capita based on 2010 census

(c) Includes some State Aid for Library Construction capital funds

SOURCE: New York State Education Department, New York State Library.

Last Updated: August 6, 2019 -- sm