Profile of New York State's Library Systems and Libraries by Region

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Region/Area	3Rs Members Academic Libraries [1]	3Rs Members Special Libraries [1]	Public Library Systems	Public Library System Members [2,3]	School Library Systems [4]	School Library System Members [4,5]	Population 2010 Census	Land Area (Sq. Mi.)
Capital District	20	18	3	77	4	131	1,110,225	7,126
Central New York	18	9	2	62	4	85	839,865	4,057
Long Island	31	3	2	110	3	208	2,832,882	1,197
METRO (NYC)	120	84	4	38	4	198	9,124,246	733
North Country	10	18	2	95	5	85	550,466	10,637
Rochester	15	23	2	62	5	99	1,053,595	3,130
South Central	20	16	3	114	6	90	959,075	10,044
Southeastern	19	11	2	113	5	101	1,454,055	5,386
Western New York	19	26	3	79	5	132	1,453,693	4,818
TOTAL	268	208	23	750	41	1,129	19,378,102	47,128

Source: New York State Library, Division of Library Development, February 2019

¹ Reference and Research Library Resources Systems Annual Reports 2016-2017.
² Annual Report for Public and Association Libraries -- 2017.
³ Does not include 311 branches, one public library that is not a member of a public library system, or the public libraries that are also public library sytems (Brooklyn, Buffalo & Erie, New York Public, Onondaga and Queens).
⁴ School Library Systems Annual Reports 2016-2017.
⁵ Includes member public school districts and non-public schools.

February 2019

Last Updated: March 25, 2019 -- asm