State Library of North Carolina
North Carolina Public Library Statistics, FY 1995/96

TABLE 8 - Print Circulation

		Total Book Circulation	Per Capita*	Turnover Rate**	% Adult Fiction	% Adult Non-Fiction	% Juvenile Fiction	% Juvenile Non-Fiction	Periodical Circulation
County Libraries
1	Mecklenburg	4,951,857	8.57	3.92	39%	26%	28%	7%	N/A
2	Wake	4,774,989	9.21	4.16	28%	22%	39%	11%	19,508
3	Guilford (Greensboro)	1,563,651	5.20	2.05	31%	25%	32%	12%	N/A
4	Cumberland	1,692,418	5.76	3.23	29%	28%	32%	11%	28,151
5	Forsyth	1,659,638	5.93	3.34	32%	20%	42%	7%	30,146
6	Durham	1,324,116	6.91	3.16	27%	28%	34%	11%	264
7	Asheville- Buncombe	1,028,133	5.45	2.99	37%	23%	31%	9%	N/A
8	Onslow	309,473	2.09	2.61	44%	17%	29%	10%	6,971
9	New Hanover	927,314	6.64	3.13	39%	23%	24%	14%	85,488
10	Davidson	390,931	2.87	2.16	35%	26%	32%	7%	12,223
11	Rowan	501,561	4.22	2.78	37%	23%	30%	10%	N/A
12	Randolph	385,507	3.34	1.88	29%	22%	36%	12%	8,116
13	Pitt (Sheppard)	436,911	3.87	2.07	28%	20%	40%	11%	553
14	Wayne	337,359	3.04	3.30	42%	17%	32%	10%	991
15	Robeson	138,543	1.25	0.99	43%	17%	31%	9%	2,390
16	Cabarrus (Cannon)	403,242	3.65	2.13	30%	22%	37%	12%	N/A
17	Union	354,611	3.61	2.10	24%	21%	46%	9%	8,091
18	Catawba	335,636	3.49	2.39	41%	20%	31%	8%	1,909
19	Johnston	289,954	3.04	1.54	35%	17%	38%	11%	284
20	Iredell	334,004	3.67	1.86	34%	28%	24%	15%	28
21	Rockingham	349,503	3.96	1.23	41%	20%	32%	7%	21,084
22	Nash (Braswell)	386,482	4.60	3.22	26%	15%	47%	12%	N/A
23	Burke	194,652	2.39	1.49	34%	24%	31%	11%	1,109
24	Cleveland	271,806	3.36	2.54	40%	20%	33%	7%	13,153
25	Harnett	201,681	2.62	1.70	33%	17%	41%	8%	3,278
26	Henderson	512,903	6.73	2.74	48%	25%	19%	8%	16,131
27	Caldwell	224,259	3.04	2.01	40%	23%	30%	7%	6,719
28	Wilson	272,880	4.02	1.82	38%	21%	33%	8%	14,081
29	Brunswick	182,432	3.00	2.31	51%	14%	27%	7%	22,661
30	Rutherford	125,513	2.12	1.15	44%	32%	19%	4%	9,713
31	Edgecombe	123,480	2.17	0.84	45%	15%	29%	11%	655
32	Stanly	229,984	4.28	1.95	33%	21%	37%	9%	970
33	Columbus	176,855	3.45	1.64	36%	16%	40%	8%	3,681
34	Sampson- Clinton	167,671	3.32	1.94	36%	14%	42%	7%	2,174
35	Haywood	352,630	7.06	2.51	49%	23%	22%	6%	29,944
36	Lee	162,117	3.52	1.45	38%	21%	29%	13%	4,327
37	Duplin	83,468	1.95	1.74	31%	13%	45%	11%	2,573
38	Franklin	127,068	3.05	1.57	37%	21%	32%	10%	6,999
39	Granville (Thornton)	91,024	2.21	1.03	32%	19%	40%	9%	12,538
40	Halifax	61,785	1.50	1.03	59%	15%	20%	6%	2,229
41	Vance (Perry)	100,041	2.50	1.58	35%	25%	30%	9%	3,798
42	McDowell	150,919	4.05	1.58	52%	21%	23%	5%	9,322
43	Scotland	110,359	3.18	1.79	44%	17%	29%	10%	7,713
44	Pender	141,064	4.07	1.81	48%	21%	22%	9%	830
45	Alexander	67,028	2.22	1.17	36%	19%	36%	9%	1,082
46	Bladen	261,192	8.77	3.99	47%	22%	24%	7%	16,200
47	Davie	78,716	2.65	1.42	32%	23%	36%	10%	2,252
48	Transylvania	168,943	6.22	2.66	51%	21%	21%	6%	N/A
49	Warren	16,727	0.92	2.10	32%	18%	41%	9%	1,336
50	Madison	52,979	2.98	0.45	62%	13%	16%	10%	1,767
51	Polk	65,218	4.14	2.09	65%	20%	12%	4%	876
	Totals	27,651,227	5.15	2.67	35%	23%	33%	10%	424,308
Regional Libraries
52	Gaston-Lincoln	924,084	3.96	1.87	35%	23%	30%	11%	N/A
53	Sandhill	354,535	2.00	1.21	43%	14%	34%	8%	8,243
54	Central NC	493,110	3.12	2.38	36%	21%	34%	9%	7,804
55	CPC	525,421	3.38	2.86	51%	18%	24%	7%	11,467
56	Northwestern	531,750	3.56	2.09	39%	15%	37%	9%	8,888
57	Appalachian	501,471	4.01	2.89	38%	18%	36%	8%	6,299
58	Hyconeechee	242,247	2.07	2.19	34%	18%	37%	11%	12,831
59	Neuse	356,319	4.17	1.74	43%	26%	25%	5%	5,696
60	East Albemarle	238,309	2.94	1.36	38%	25%	28%	9%	5,762
61	Albemarle	143,500	1.95	0.70	31%	13%	46%	10%	2,134
62	Fontana	332,160	4.98	2.07	48%	21%	26%	5%	11,971
63	BHM	181,412	2.79	1.74	66%	10%	21%	4%	4,280
64	AMY	250,514	5.43	1.55	64%	15%	20%	1%	3,233
65	Pettigrew	136,206	3.22	1.18	48%	19%	24%	9%	4,793
66	Nantahala	181,582	4.90	1.85	57%	17%	23%	3%	7,423
	Totals	5,392,620	3.34	1.83	43%	19%	30%	8%	100,824
Municipal Libraries
67	High Point	426,999	5.95	1.59	28%	41%	13%	18%	N/A
68	Chapel Hill	847,494	19.47	7.81	29%	27%	32%	12%	N/A
69	Hickory (Elbert Ivey)	192,619	6.41	2.26	30%	19%	38%	13%	N/A
70	Roanoke Rapids	69,271	4.23	2.20	45%	19%	27%	10%	4,741
71	Mooresville	100,986	8.06	1.95	31%	17%	40%	12%	N/A
72	Southern Pines	86,569	8.95	1.90	47%	18%	24%	11%	2,070
73	Washington (Brown)	77,655	8.24	1.92	45%	31%	18%	5%	1,092
74	Kings Mt. (Mauney)	52,099	5.77	1.38	28%	12%	45%	15%	N/A
75	Farmville	18,039	4.02	0.45	42%	14%	34%	10%	809
	Totals	1,871,731	9.05	2.64	31%	28%	28%	13%	8,712
	North Carolina	34,915,578	4.85	2.50	36%	23%	32%	9%	533,844

* Total Book Circulation/ Legal Service Population
** Total Book Circulation/ Total Book Volumes