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