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

Table 6b. Circulation by Service Outlet

						Print (Books)
		Central	Branches	Bookmobile	Total*	% Adult Fiction	% Adult Non-Fiction	% Juvenile Fiction	% Juvenile Non-Fiction	Circulation Per Capita	Turnover Rate	Non-Print Circulation Per Capita	Total Circulation Per FTE	Cost Per ($) Circulation
County Libraries
1	Mecklenburg	729,558	5,311,729	0	6,041,287	39	25	28	8	8.80	3.84	1.38	17,917	2.74
2	Wake	0	5,091,078	32,175	5,123,253	26	23	40	11	9.45	4.15	0.00	25,238	1.64
3	Guilford (Greensboro)	375,686	1,275,336	23,489	1,700,476	30	24	33	13	5.06	2.76	0.51	16,422	2.80
4	Cumberland	633,883	1,246,958	40,325	1,957,639	28	28	33	11	5.80	3.88	0.76	14,893	2.90
5	Forsyth	454,123	1,144,700	21,875	2,020,864	33	21	38	8	5.96	3.29	0.98	18,712	2.89
6	Durham	760,511	707,328	60,971	1,528,810	27	28	34	11	6.82	3.03	1.06	15,340	2.91
7	Buncombe (Asheville)	461,337	799,970	43,477	1,304,784	38	23	29	10	5.67	3.00	1.16	17,316	2.12
8	Onslow	205,578	150,053	0	355,631	44	17	30	10	1.97	2.34	0.36	8,891	3.02
9	New Hanover	652,627	478,679	0	1,142,074	37	23	25	15	6.31	3.24	0.83	25,379	1.84
10	Davidson	216,470	258,406	32,108	506,984	35	25	33	7	2.93	2.17	0.70	12,891	3.47
11	Rowan	381,118	141,158	18,530	563,879	36	22	32	10	4.28	2.78	0.38	12,536	3.16
12	Randolph	226,217	163,438	0	400,670	30	22	36	12	2.78	1.56	0.52	10,042	3.18
13	Pitt (Sheppard)	344,711	116,747	35,207	503,421	28	20	41	11	3.84	2.08	0.54	17,059	2.37
14	Cabarrus (Cannon)	314,541	127,419	13,833	482,382	30	20	42	8	3.92	2.21	0.33	15,816	3.04
15	Wayne	353,281	87,631	0	462,403	40	18	33	9	3.00	3.49	1.10	19,267	1.85
16	Robeson	102,992	47,852	16,878	167,722	44	19	28	9	1.22	0.93	0.27	9,612	4.15
17	Union	245,775	124,806	29,531	448,069	24	21	46	9	3.73	2.29	0.58	15,036	2.85
18	Johnston	157,846	104,986	25,324	310,686	36	17	36	11	2.77	1.37	0.36	13,717	2.88
19	Catawba	373,584	246,579	0	620,163	56	14	24	6	5.05	3.33	1.44	20,005	2.55
20	Iredell	388,207	0	82,753	472,897	29	28	27	16	3.89	2.19	0.97	20,038	2.31
21	Rockingham	0	470,173	35,611	509,708	45	14	33	8	4.00	1.16	1.49	13,926	3.16
22	Nash (Braswell)	377,328	0	61,329	438,657	26	16	46	12	4.70	2.99	0.40	18,202	2.64
23	Burke	157,507	45,413	11,120	214,040	39	17	31	13	2.31	1.45	0.26	13,164	2.91
24	Cleveland	333,234	26,256	39,855	399,345	36	19	37	8	3.81	2.79	0.92	21,882	1.82
25	Harnett	121,162	74,174	0	204,574	38	22	31	10	2.18	1.34	0.35	13,198	1.99
26	Henderson	519,795	160,461	0	699,129	48	25	19	8	6.70	2.70	2.07	21,645	2.05
27	Caldwell	180,628	111,835	0	292,463	39	24	30	7	3.18	1.98	0.66	14,266	2.77
28	Wilson	248,086	55,505	16,724	324,985	38	22	33	8	3.78	1.68	0.77	10,833	3.65
29	Brunswick	0	235,548	0	235,548	53	15	26	7	2.99	2.20	0.34	16,825	2.43
30	Rutherford	138,712	54,213		192,925	45	28	21	6	2.31	1.16	0.17	26,610	1.66
31	Edgecombe	85,817	12,716	19,096	117,629	42	17	32	10	2.03	1.03	0.06	8,112	4.13
32	Stanly	134,311	73,601	0	220,216	35	21	35	9	4.01	1.85	0.00	12,159	4.58
33	Columbus	105,468	76,252	20,935	211,417	38	19	37	6	3.71	1.58	0.32	8,131	4.22
34	Sampson-Clinton	72,178	51,637	65,984	189,799	36	15	42	7	3.36	1.91	0.29	13,655	2.98
35	Haywood	324,624	126,867	175	474,288	46	25	23	7	6.78	2.39	2.04	22,650	1.81
36	Lee	202,113	10,170	0	218,488	36	20	31	13	3.42	1.44	1.10	17,549	2.17
37	Duplin	41,340	36,367	0	77,707	35	14	42	10	1.60	1.34	0.11	9,546	4.36
38	Franklin	87,855	41,703	11,672	141,230	35	19	35	11	2.99	1.52	0.16	11,769	3.22
39	Granville (Thornton)	82,031	54,213	0	136,244	29	22	40	9	2.41	1.25	0.66	7,171	3.47
40	Vance (Perry)	129,139	0	0	129,139	35	25	30	10	2.82	1.64	0.27	10,233	4.01
41	Halifax	21,751	47,562	14,435	83,748	59	16	19	5	1.88	0.97	0.08	6,442	5.22
42	McDowell	151,958	23,035	48,783	223,776	51	21	22	6	4.69	2.23	0.83	20,343	1.98
43	Pender	91,200	67,421	10,267	168,888	49	21	22	8	3.80	1.86	0.89	15,353	2.05
44	Scotland	83,580	2,661	37,840	124,081	45	17	28	11	3.02	1.67	0.09	14,312	2.49
45	Davie	83,152	6,015	0	95,422	32	21	36	10	2.62	1.41	0.44	9,434	4.25
46	Alexander	87,529	0	6,313	93,842	34	19	39	9	2.46	1.26	0.57	11,040	3.05
47	Bladen	376,710	54,854	7,379	447,994	55	19	20	6	11.45	5.06	3.21	47,457	0.74
48	Transylvania	204,062	0	12,156	216,218	47	22	25	6	6.32	2.60	1.48	19,327	2.20
49	Madison	48,730	37,934	0	88,614	57	12	24	7	3.33	0.63	1.36	17,008	1.80
50	Warren	28,411	0	0	28,411	31	15	28	8	1.30	2.47	0.12	8,609	5.99
51	Polk	39,320	0	19,823	59,143	63	19	14	4	3.48	1.67	0.13	14,786	3.66
	Totals	11,935,776	19,581,439	915,973	33,171,762	35	23	33	10	5.24	2.76	0.72	17,066	2.53
Regional Libraries
52	Gaston-Lincoln	594,443	579,739	22,969	1,197,151	35	24	29	12	4.01	1.84	1.08	17,456	2.45
53	Sandhill	231,307	89,350	53,355	374,134	42	15	35	8	1.90	1.14	0.13	10,068	4.23
54	Central NC	235,705	433,983	18,141	695,334	37	21	33	9	3.28	2.45	0.94	18,793	2.22
55	CPC	0	532,402	104,496	636,898	51	19	23	7	3.51	2.72	0.47	10,617	2.95
56	Northwestern	0	589,519	20,387	609,906	33	16	40	11	3.50	1.99	0.44	12,786	2.80
57	Appalachian	0	572,533	0	591,218	38	19	35	8	3.99	2.84	0.63	19,893	1.72
58	Hyconeechee	140,900	173,411	21,040	339,081	33	17	38	11	2.17	2.08	0.51	14,295	3.07
59	Neuse	382,387	179,668	0	573,435	41	26	27	6	4.23	1.71	2.39	12,645	2.68
60	East Albemarle	128,493	203,857	19,639	351,989	36	25	29	10	3.63	2.14	0.31	11,492	3.25
61	Albemarle	18,218	128,085	0	159,111	34	14	43	9	1.81	0.65	0.33	6,364	4.36
62	Fontana	0	383,541	2,955	386,496	51	17	26	6	4.69	1.89	0.80	11,712	2.78
63	BHM	29,860	101,653	63,388	194,901	62	11	22	5	2.82	1.71	0.11	11,279	3.32
64	AMY	0	190,288	62,945	283,797	62	15	23	1	5.75	1.59	0.33	18,920	1.99
65	Pettigrew	0	182,201	0	184,578	48	20	24	8	3.77	1.60	0.49	10,335	3.75
66	Nantahala	0	176,083	63,025	239,217	56	16	25	3	5.20	1.90	1.05	12,691	3.04
	Totals	1,761,313	4,516,313	452,340	6,817,246	42	19	30	8	3.42	1.86	0.68	13,450	2.75
Municipal Libraries
67	High Point	619,455	0	0	619,455	36	25	29	10	6.15	1.70	1.74	8,676	3.81
68	Chapel Hill	869,315	0	18,020	887,335	25	33	17	25	19.24	7.39	1.19	30,028	1.62
69	Hickory (Elbert Ivey)	262,824	2,543	0	265,367	19	28	40	13	6.62	2.42	1.51	11,493	3.39
70	Roanoke Rapids	89,924	0	0	89,924	42	18	29	10	4.50	2.24	0.81	11,102	2.93
71	Mooresville	119,372	0	0	119,372	31	16	40	13	7.61	1.92	1.23	16,465	2.21
72	Southern Pines	105,891	0	0	105,891	45	20	23	12	9.63	1.96	0.90	11,146	3.88
73	Washington (Brown)	75,703	0	0	75,703	50	20	25	5	7.43	1.64	0.47	9,806	3.72
74	Kings Mt. (Mauney)	71,474	0	0	71,474	24	13	53	10	6.43	1.52	1.26	12,995	2.59
75	Farmville	20,079	0	0	20,079	36	12	41	11	3.85	0.41	0.40	5,020	7.12
	Totals	2,234,037	2,543	18,020	2,254,600	30	27	26	17	9.06	2.65	1.34	13,573	2.77
	North Carolina	15,931,126	24,100,295	1,386,333	42,243,608	35	23	32	10	4.94	2.56	0.73	16,144	2.43

* Includes "Other" service outlets.