Saturday, November 15, 2014

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




Perhaps I need to check all the math.  The 2011 IMLS report shows that New Hampshire's per capita circulation jumped to 11.7   The actual circulation numbers presented in the 1st line graph do not support this.

The revised figure, 8.7, was calculated when I divided an estimated 2011 population (1,318,500) into the year's circulation total,  I'll admit that this was the first time a red flag was raised with a simple visual inspection in this series,.

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

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

New Hampshire's state library agency is in the "Department of Cultural Resources" category. 






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. Hawaii 5.1

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)

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