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

TABLE 13 - Service Measures (Part II)

		Registered Borrowers
		Adult	Juvenile	Total	% of Population*	No. of Library Visits	Library Visits Per Capita
County Libraries
1	Mecklenburg	354,385	73,803	428,188	74%	3,401,656	5.89
2	Wake	N/A	N/A	281,610	54%	N/A	N/A
3	Guilford (Greensboro)	N/A	N/A	147,265	49%	1,743,537	5.79
4	Cumberland	N/A	N/A	133,360	45%	1,285,642	4.37
5	Forsyth	108,303	30,548	138,851	50%	N/A	N/A
6	Durham	68,959	21,600	90,559	47%	859,635	4.49
7	Asheville- Buncombe	57,726	11,822	69,548	37%	1,349,334	7.15
8	Onslow	30,972	9,454	40,426	27%	238,535	1.61
9	New Hanover	79,299	22,559	101,858	73%	742,066	5.32
10	Davidson	38,937	19,096	58,033	43%	358,254	2.63
11	Rowan	44,196	19,397	63,593	53%	275,261	2.32
12	Randolph	76,634	18,406	95,040	82%	324,212	2.81
13	Pitt (Sheppard)	25,379	10,854	36,233	32%	294,783	2.61
14	Wayne	34,284	8,539	42,823	39%	298,012	2.68
15	Robeson	8,438	5,298	13,736	12%	115,908	1.04
16	Cabarrus (Cannon)	27,685	9,014	36,699	33%	245,956	2.23
17	Union	29,416	6,795	36,211	37%	235,424	2.40
18	Catawba	28,478	14,185	42,663	44%	130,780	1.36
19	Johnston	19,104	8,551	27,655	29%	257,123	2.69
20	Iredell	35,008	9,437	44,445	49%	268,021	2.95
21	Rockingham	23,545	13,036	36,581	41%	422,948	4.79
22	Nash (Braswell)	22,951	12,058	35,009	42%	157,600	N/A
23	Burke	29,903	6,446	36,349	45%	120,183	1.48
24	Cleveland	26,401	7,625	34,026	42%	223,093	2.76
25	Harnett	13,533	5,116	18,649	24%	144,130	1.87
26	Henderson	45,191	10,319	55,510	73%	501,764	6.58
27	Caldwell	11,040	4,187	15,227	21%	175,694	2.38
28	Wilson	18,131	7,504	25,635	38%	166,595	2.46
29	Brunswick	N/A	N/A	19,615	32%	120,089	1.98
30	Rutherford	12,412	6,605	19,017	32%	71,471	1.21
31	Edgecombe	24,112	15,100	39,212	69%	48,008	0.85
32	Stanly	11,907	6,514	18,421	34%	131,635	2.45
33	Columbus	14,944	8,138	23,082	45%	78,607	1.53
34	Sampson- Clinton	18,101	6,676	24,777	49%	62,589	1.24
35	Haywood	22,429	6,844	29,273	59%	N/A	N/A
36	Lee	21,862	8,802	30,664	67%	179,425	3.90
37	Duplin	9,092	4,966	14,058	33%	71,803	1.68
38	Franklin	9,806	3,972	13,778	33%	110,749	2.66
39	Granville (Thornton)	N/A	N/A	32,129	78%	127,955	3.11
40	Halifax	4,673	2,302	6,975	17%	40,328	0.98
41	Vance (Perry)	18,105	6,500	24,605	61%	64,502	1.61
42	McDowell	8,138	1,610	9,748	26%	95,605	2.57
43	Scotland	7,517	3,011	10,528	30%	62,407	1.80
44	Pender	13,400	4,466	17,866	52%	97,665	2.82
45	Alexander	9,746	3,713	13,459	45%	54,088	1.79
46	Bladen	12,410	1,536	13,946	47%	101,637	3.41
47	Davie	7,307	950	8,257	28%	35,944	1.21
48	Transylvania	8,656	1,880	10,536	39%	167,128	6.15
49	Warren	806	432	1,238	7%	10,433	0.58
50	Madison	4,654	1,903	6,557	37%	8,732	0.49
51	Polk	5,336	987	6,323	40%	41,416	2.63
	Totals	1,503,311	462,556	2,579,846	48%	16,118,362	3.00
Regional Libraries
52	Gaston-Lincoln	55,847	18,868	74,715	32%	792,083	3.40
53	Sandhill	46,956	N/A	46,956	26%	259,428	1.46
54	Central NC	53,911	16,594	70,505	45%	588,646	3.72
55	CPC	39,904	6,612	46,516	30%	481,083	3.10
56	Northwestern	49,709	29,526	79,235	53%	992,463	6.64
57	Appalachian	40,028	14,260	54,288	43%	257,556	2.06
58	Hyconeechee	25,742	15,637	41,379	35%	260,431	2.22
59	Neuse	30,056	14,705	44,761	52%	532,522	6.24
60	East Albemarle	32,161	10,636	42,797	53%	226,436	2.79
61	Albemarle	31,829	7,136	38,965	53%	98,204	1.33
62	Fontana	20,372	4,549	24,921	37%	383,699	5.76
63	BHM	14,856	N/A	14,856	23%	87,353	1.34
64	AMY	25,082	9,961	35,043	76%	99,565	2.16
65	Pettigrew	10,109	3,472	13,581	32%	97,854	2.32
66	Nantahala	11,427	N/A	11,427	31%	165,501	4.47
	Totals	487,989	151,956	639,945	40%	5,322,824	3.30
Municipal Libraries
67	High Point	51,472	N/A	51,472	72%	318,367	4.43
68	Chapel Hill	28,845	4,696	33,541	77%	346,000	7.95
69	Hickory (Elbert Ivey)	7,464	3,894	11,358	38%	123,179	4.10
70	Roanoke Rapids	4,291	1,209	5,500	34%	54,152	3.31
71	Mooresville	N/A	N/A	14,176	113%	47,200	3.77
72	Southern Pines	3,733	1,726	5,459	56%	97,541	10.09
73	Washington (Brown)	13,186	6,264	19,450	206%	76,400	8.11
74	Kings Mt. (Mauney)	4,991	1,431	6,422	71%	27,745	3.07
75	Farmville	7,652	3,575	11,227	250%	12,425	2.77
	Totals	121,634	22,795	158,605	77%	1,103,009	5.33
	North Carolina	2,112,934	637,307	3,378,396	47%	22,544,195	3.13

* Registered Borrowers / Legal Service Population