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Kentucky Rankings: Comparison of Kentucky Public Libraries with Other States

Green indicates improved ranking, Red is a decrease.

 
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Local Income 41 41 40 38 36 37 40 35 33 33 32 29
State Income 25 22 26 27 26 23 23 23 25 23 23 20
Other Income 28 27 23 27 32 23 29 25 29 30 33 38
Total Income 44 43 42 39 41 40 44 39 38 37 35 35
Salary + Wages 47 47 47 47 45 47 46 44 44 42 41 41
Staff Expenditures 47 46 46 46 45 46 45 44 44 43 43 42
Collection Expenditures 44 44 39 37 39 43 41 38 38 39 37 37
Operating Expenditures 44 45 39 43 43 39 43 43 41 40 40 41
Book + Serial Holdings 45 41 42 42 41 45 45 43 41 42 43 44
Audio Collection 44 44 43 46 42 45 41 42 40 40 40 41
Video Collection 45 48 46 44 43 43 44 42 43 41 40 42
Serials, Subscriptions 49 48 49 48 47 51 49 46 44 43 41 39
Library Visits 38 38 37 39 40 42 40 42 39 40 39 40
Reference Transactions 44 43 43 46 42 44 48 50 49 48 48 41
Circulation 37 35 37 35 35 37 37 36 37 35 35 36
Interlibrary Loans In 44 43 39 39 46 41 45 42 41 42 39 39
ALA-MLS Librarians 51 51 51 49 49 47 48 46 48 45 45 43
Paid FTE Librarians 27 22 22 23 19 24 23 19 20 20 16 15
Other Paid FTE Staff 50 50 48 44 44 49 49 49 45 41 43 43
Total Paid FTE Staff 44 45 43 34 35 38 41 36 34 33 33 32
Public-Use Internet Terminals per Library Building                 new 13 16 14
Internet Terminals/ 5,000 Population                 new 41 41 37
 

 

* Includes all fifty states plus the District of Columbia

Source: Public Libraries in the United States: FY 2003(NCES: pre-publication)

Information Updated:12/12/2007