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

Table 5b. Print Collection: Per Capita Measures & Percent Totals

		% of Collection Adult Titles	% of Collection Juvenile Titles	Total Book Volumes Per Capita	Book/Serial Volumes Per Capita	Subscriptions Per 1,000 Population
County Libraries
1	Mecklenburg	53	31	2.29	2.37	4.37
2	Wake	57	43	2.28	2.28	3.09
3	Guilford (Greensboro)	68	32	1.84	1.84	4.77
4	Cumberland	50	30	1.50	1.51	3.72
5	Forsyth	62	28	1.81	1.89	12.12
6	Durham	62	38	2.25	2.27	5.60
7	Buncombe (Asheville)	67	32	1.89	1.89	4.06
8	Onslow	53	29	0.84	0.84	1.62
9	New Hanover	71	24	1.95	1.97	2.75
10	Davidson	65	31	1.35	1.36	10.67
11	Rowan	73	27	1.54	1.55	4.17
12	Randolph	61	27	1.77	1.79	6.83
13	Pitt (Sheppard)	60	30	1.84	1.86	3.48
14	Cabarrus (Cannon)	64	31	1.77	1.81	4.39
15	Wayne	60	39	0.86	0.86	2.16
16	Robeson	63	25	1.31	1.32	1.70
17	Union	61	38	1.63	1.63	4.37
18	Johnston	65	29	2.02	2.04	2.26
19	Catawba	61	23	1.52	1.52	6.27
20	Iredell	79	19	1.77	1.82	4.35
21	Rockingham	65	23	3.43	3.76	8.29
22	Nash (Braswell)	59	40	1.57	1.58	4.18
23	Burke	75	17	1.59	1.68	2.79
24	Cleveland	62	27	1.37	1.52	2.19
25	Harnett	60	33	1.62	1.65	7.16
26	Henderson	72	28	2.48	2.52	5.43
27	Caldwell	65	24	1.60	1.61	3.18
28	Wilson	65	27	2.25	2.31	5.89
29	Brunswick	55	27	1.36	1.37	2.53
30	Rutherford	47	42	1.99	2.03	1.28
31	Edgecombe	44	29	1.97	1.99	2.68
32	Stanly	69	31	2.17	2.19	2.86
33	Columbus	66	32	2.34	2.34	7.60
34	Sampson-Clinton	67	32	1.76	1.77	2.74
35	Haywood	64	23	2.84	2.90	10.39
36	Lee	68	31	2.38	2.39	3.88
37	Duplin	48	42	1.19	1.31	2.83
38	Franklin	62	36	1.96	1.97	2.88
39	Granville (Thornton)	66	33	1.92	1.95	6.06
40	Vance (Perry)	67	30	1.72	1.74	6.15
41	Halifax	73	23	1.95	1.97	3.69
42	McDowell	78	20	2.10	2.38	5.27
43	Pender	66	27	2.05	2.05	6.59
44	Scotland	71	23	1.81	2.08	6.57
45	Davie	63	28	1.86	1.89	7.22
46	Alexander	60	33	1.95	1.97	4.22
47	Bladen	48	22	2.26	2.26	3.95
48	Transylvania	71	29	2.43	2.48	8.53
49	Madison	65	25	5.27	5.27	1.21
50	Warren	66	32	0.52	0.54	2.69
51	Polk	72	19	2.09	2.11	5.62
	Totals	61	31	1.89	1.93	4.73
Regional Libraries
52	Gaston-Lincoln	71	29	2.18	2.20	4.10
53	Sandhill	64	25	1.67	1.72	2.38
54	Central NC	61	35	1.34	1.35	2.92
55	CPC	68	26	1.29	1.30	3.31
56	Northwestern	69	30	1.76	1.98	3.08
57	Appalachian	66	34	1.40	1.41	2.83
58	Hyconeechee	63	34	1.04	1.05	5.56
59	Neuse	72	26	2.48	2.54	6.84
60	East Albemarle	69	28	1.70	1.71	7.72
61	Albemarle	66	31	2.79	2.80	3.25
62	Fontana	70	28	2.48	2.52	7.91
63	BHM	56	23	1.65	1.66	3.39
64	AMY	70	20	3.62	3.63	3.79
65	Pettigrew	74	21	2.35	2.35	5.96
66	Nantahala	73	25	2.73	2.78	8.33
	Totals	68	28	1.84	1.88	4.19
Municipal Libraries
67	High Point	77	23	3.63	3.63	7.83
68	Chapel Hill	69	30	2.60	2.62	5.07
69	Hickory (Elbert Ivey)	68	25	2.73	2.96	8.06
70	Roanoke Rapids	70	30	2.01	2.03	7.25
71	Mooresville	64	36	3.97	3.97	9.26
72	Southern Pines	76	24	4.91	4.93	15.31
73	Washington (Brown)	81	13	4.52	4.65	9.68
74	Kings Mt. (Mauney)	49	35	4.24	4.28	4.84
75	Farmville	61	31	9.40	9.44	28.14
	Totals	71	26	3.42	3.47	8.07
	North Carolina	63	30	1.93	1.96	4.70