Monday, November 17, 2014

Public Library Circulation and Circulation per Capita: New Jersey (1990-2011)




Not sure what's going on with the IMLS per capita calculations, but they don't make any sense to me.

Source:  Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries in the United States Survey (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2011)

For more information:
New Mexico State Library.  Public Library Statistics.
Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA):  New Mexico.

New Mexico's state library agency is in the "Department of Cultural Resources" category.   It is a Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.






Top 5 states, percentage increase in library circulation (1990-2011) at this point in the alphabet:
  1. Nevada 288%
  2. Colorado 205%
  3. Idaho 157%
  4. Florida 142%
  5. Arizona 139%
Bottom 5 states, percentage increase in library circulation (1990-2011) at this point in the alphabet:
  1. Mississippi 10.2%
  2. Hawaii 11.8% 
  3. Louisiana 15.9%
  4. Alabama 28.1%
  5. Iowa 30.8%

Top 5 states, per capita library circulation (2011) at this point in the alphabet:
  1. Indiana 13.6
  2. Colorado 13.0
  3. Minnesota 11.1
  4. Kansas 11.0
  5. Idaho 10.9
 Bottom 5 states, per capita library circulation (2011) at this point in the alphabet:
  1. Mississippi 2.9
  2. Louisiana 4.41
  3. Alabama 4.42
  4. Georgia 4.5
  5. New Mexico (4.8, by my measure)

Related posts:  State, % circulation increase 1990-2011.
Alabama, 28.1%.  (10/18/2014) 
Alaska, 48.3%.  (10/19/2014)
Arizona, 139%.  (10/20/2014)
Arkansas, 70.1%.  (10/21/2014)
California, 66.9%.  (10/22/2014)
Colorado, 205%.  (10/23/2014)
Connecticut, 46.3%.  (10/24/2014)
Delaware, 104%.    (10/25/2014)
Florida, 142%.  (10/26/2014)
Georgia, 87.0%.  (10/27/2014)
Hawaii, 11.8%.  (10/28/2014)
Idaho, 157%.  (10/29/2014)
Illinois, 105%.  (10/30/2014)
Indiana, 75.6%.  (10/31/2014)
Iowa, 30.8%.  (11/1/2014)
Kansas, 62.7%.  (11/2/2014)
Kentucky, 69.5%.  (11/3/2014)
Louisiana, 15.9%.  (11/4/2014)
Maine, 40.5%.   (11/5/2014)
Maryland, 30.9%.  (11/6/2014)
Massachusetts, 75.3%.  (11/7/2014)
Michigan, 101%.  (11/8/2014)
Minnesota, 49.6%  (11/9/2014)
Mississippi, 10.2%.  (11/10/2014)
Missouri, 78.2%.  (11/11/2014)
Montana, 84.3%.  (11/12/2014)
Nebraska, 89.4%.  (11/13/2014)
Nevada, 288%.  (11/14/2015)
New Hampshire, 59%.  (11/15/2014)
New Jersey, 58.6%.  (11/16/2014)

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