STATISTICS OF OREGON PUBLIC LIBRARIES COMPARED TO OTHER STATES: 1998

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Circulation Per Capita Population Served

Rank*

1. / Ohio / 12.46
3. / Oregon / 10.21
50. / Mississippi / 3.34
50 States and DC / 6.57

Reference Transactions Per Capita Population Served

Rank*

1. / Hawaii / 1.98
35. / Oregon / 0.73
45. / Mississippi / 0.43
50 States and DC / 1.13

Interlibrary Loans Borrowed Per 1,000 Population Served

Rank*

1. / Rhode Island / 453.47
2. / Oregon / 326.70
49. / Georgia / 3.34
50 States and DC / 43.40

Operating Income From Local Sources Per Capita Population Served

Rank*

1. / New York / $34.09
10. / Oregon / $24.89
50. / Hawaii / $0.00
50 States and DC / $20.18

Operating Income From State Sources Per Capita Population Served

Rank*

1. / Ohio / $38.09
44. / Oregon / $0.20
50. / Wyoming / $0.01
50 States and DC / $3.28

Operating Expenditures Per Capita Population Served

Rank*

1. / Ohio / $42.31
17. / Oregon / $25.61
50. / Mississippi / $10.43
50 States and DC / $23.92

Book and Serial Volumes Per Capita Population Served

Rank*

1. / Maine / 5.37
34. / Oregon / 2.54
50. / Tennessee / 1.61
50 States and DC / 2.85

FTE Staff Per 25,000 Population Served

Rank*

1. / Ohio / 20.45
30. / Oregon / 10.99
50. / Arkansas / 7.34
50 States and DC / 11.92

FTE ALA-MLS Librarians Per 25,000 Population Served

Rank*

1. / Connecticut / 5.38
21. / Oregon / 2.44
50. / Arkansas / 0.88
50 States and DC / 2.72

* Rankings exclude the District of Columbia, and the ranking for interlibrary loans borrowed excludes Hawaii which has only one public library for the entire state.

Source: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 1998.

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