State Library of North Carolina
North Carolina Public Library Statistics, FY 1996/97

Table 1. Public Library Profile

			Service Outlets
		1996 Legal Service Population	Central	Branches	Systemwide Square Footage	Number of Bookmobiles	Annual Hours	Number of Friends Groups	Number of Friends
County Libraries
1	Mecklenburg	593,514	1	23	326,319	0	88,452	1	900
2	Wake	539,187	0	17	199,174	1	50,865	1	200
3	Guilford (Greensboro)	305,260	1	10	153,066	1	39,684	9	1,000
4	Cumberland	294,195	1	6	126,984	1	22,828	4	243
5	Forsyth	284,183	1	9	164,300	1	36,088	6	689
6	Durham	193,550	1	7	102,068	1	20,940	1	425
7	Buncombe (Asheville)	190,852	1	9	86,555	1	26,728	1	975
8	Onslow	150,216	1	3	21,345	0	11,700	3	130
9	New Hanover	143,430	1	4	67,004	0	14,820	1	800
10	Davidson	138,147	1	3	49,962	1	12,558	3	53
11	Rowan	121,003	1	2	58,600	1	7,952	1	257
12	Randolph	118,668	1	6	43,200	0	14,534	2	659
13	Pitt (Sheppard)	114,794	1	4	36,489	1	11,648	1	208
14	Cabarrus (Cannon)	113,598	1	2	44,780	1	9,660	2	180
15	Wayne	112,386	1	6	24,825	0	13,104	2	385
16	Robeson	112,005	1	5	33,186	1	10,218	2	331
17	Union	102,083	1	3	32,600	0	9,204	1	324
18	Johnston	99,215	1	6	36,419	1	13,998	2	735
19	Catawba	95,537	1	4	52,475	0	13,078	0	0
20	Iredell	92,733	1	0	20,205	1	4,732	1	196
21	Rockingham	89,250	0	7	49,275	1	14,860	2	618
22	Nash (Braswell)	86,026	1	0	15,000	1	5,496	1	500
23	Burke	82,372	1	2	26,000	1	6,812	1	200
24	Cleveland	81,804	1	1	29,000	1	5,467	1	573
25	Harnett	79,488	1	4	21,500	0	10,497	3	350
26	Henderson	77,558	1	4	53,200	0	10,277	1	2,212
27	Caldwell	74,265	1	2	55,041	0	7,280	1	125
28	Wilson	68,460	1	5	32,284	1	9,724	1	400
29	Brunswick	62,856	0	4	20,856	0	11,024	2	751
30	Rutherford	59,334	1	2	15,500	0	4,966	1	83
31	Edgecombe	56,054	1	1	18,650	1	7,159	1	115
32	Stanly	54,588	1	4	27,151	0	8,144	1	189
33	Columbus	51,852	1	5	24,286	1	12,426	5	190
34	Sampson-Clinton	51,498	1	3	16,320	1	10,296	1	150
35	Haywood	50,639	1	2	38,200	0	7,929	1	731
36	Lee	47,402	1	2	22,189	0	4,750	1	75
37	Duplin	43,535	1	4	12,329	0	7,332	1	97
38	Franklin	42,738	1	3	12,481	1	7,293	1	28
39	Granville (Thornton)	41,921	1	3	17,553	0	7,670	1	269
40	Vance (Perry)	40,621	1	0	12,600	0	2,964	1	240
41	Halifax	40,394	1	3	20,277	1	11,492	3	350
42	McDowell	38,317	1	1	19,920	1	5,506	1	523
43	Pender	35,978	1	1	17,500	1	5,408	2	400
44	Scotland	35,030	1	1	9,400	1	4,992	1	266
45	Davie	30,590	1	1	18,120	0	4,843	1	20
46	Alexander	30,584	1	0	7,200	1	3,352	1	200
47	Bladen	30,090	1	2	15,132	1	6,240	0	0
48	Transylvania	27,558	1	0	11,171	1	3,406	1	650
49	Madison	18,194	1	2	11,598	0	6,357	3	111
50	Warren	18,183	1	0	2,674	0	2,704	0	0
51	Polk	16,195	1	0	5,677	1	2,694	1	308
	Totals	5,477,930	48	198	2,337,640	30	652,151	86	19,414
Regional Libraries
52	Gaston-Lincoln	235,198	1	10	105,633	1	26,558	2	419
53	Sandhill	180,423	0	14	91,267	2	29,666	2	250
54	Central NC	162,203	1	6	40,614	1	19,266	5	1,082
55	CPC	157,525	0	8	66,905	2	24,119	5	851
56	Northwestern	152,435	0	12	83,906	1	30,836	7	552
57	Appalachian	126,696	0	6	26,817	0	12,792	6	497
58	Hyconeechee	117,993	1	4	40,034	2	11,336	4	470
59	Neuse	85,764	1	7	58,300	0	17,134	1	527
60	East Albemarle	83,118	1	5	38,036	2	14,168	1	160
61	Albemarle	73,468	1	6	24,953	0	12,818	0	0
62	Fontana	68,135	0	6	45,537	1	12,508	4	667
63	BHM	64,865	1	8	20,654	2	15,296	6	765
64	AMY	46,129	0	4	30,312	1	25,168	1	250
65	Pettigrew	42,083	0	4	20,629	0	10,244	1	90
66	Nantahala	37,448	0	4	30,600	1	14,378	4	354
	Totals	1,633,483	7	104	724,197	16	276,287	49	6,934
Municipal Libraries
67	High Point	73,092	1	0	67,000	0	3,810	2	500
68	Chapel Hill	43,423	1	0	27,315	1	3,536	1	640
69	Hickory (Elbert Ivey)	32,632	1	1	23,700	0	7,358	2	289
70	Roanoke Rapids	16,129	1	0	9,800	0	3,315	1	68
71	Mooresville	13,500	1	0	7,000	0	2,500	0	0
72	Southern Pines	9,860	1	0	14,751	0	2,438	1	250
73	Washington (Brown)	9,298	1	0	12,000	0	3,328	1	396
74	Kings Mt. (Mauney)	9,296	1	0	6,121	0	2,912	0	0
75	Farmville	4,442	1	0	11,354	0	2,650	0	0
	Totals	211,672	9	1	179,041	1	31,847	8	2,143
	North Carolina	7,323,085	64	303	3,240,878	47	960,284	143	28,491