Marathon County: A Half-Century of Growth in Public Library Use

Part 36 of a county-by-county overview

Marathon County:

Population and Circulation*, 1960-2009

Source:  Wisconsin Public Library Service Data (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2009)

*I'm not sure if Marathon County's 1960 and 1970 circulation totals -- 1,093,552 and 1,730,491, respectively -- can be totally explained by the inclusion of public school library circulations, as we have seen elsewhere in the state.  At least in 1960.  How does a county lose nearly a million circs in a single decade?

For this reason, I have only used Wausau's and Mosinee's circulations for 1960 and 1970.  Both libraries are listed separately from the "Marathon County Library" in these two volumes of the Wisconsin Public Library Service Data.  

Marathon County formed a consolidated county library in 1974.

Marathon County, 1960-2009

Marathon County Public Library

Marathon County is a member of the Wisconsin Valley Library Service.