Public Library Circulation and Circulation per Capita: Rhode Island (1990-2011)

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

For more information:
Department of Administration.  Office of Library and Information Services.  Comparable Statistics.
Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA):  Rhode Island.

Rhode Island's state library agency  is in the "Other Agencies" category.  

Top 5 states, percentage increase in library circulation (1990-2011) at this point in the alphabet:

1. Nevada 288%
2. Colorado 205%
3. Oregon 193%
4. Idaho 157%
5. Florida 142%

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. Oregon 17.2
2. Ohio 16.6
3. Indiana 13.6
4. Colorado 13.0
5. Minnesota 11.1

 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)
New Mexico, 42.3%.  (11/17/2014
New York, 43.7%.  (11/18/2014)
North Carolina, 75.1%.  (11/19/2014)
North Dakota, 38.9%.  (11/20/2014)
Ohio, 71.7%.  (11/21/2014)
Oklahoma, 46%.  (11/22/2014)
Oregon, 193%.  (11/23/2014)
Pennsylvania, 48.5%.  (11/24/2014)