FY2024 Proposed Budget

Selected National Library Comparison The charts below present data from selected public libraries. Data were compiled by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Fiscal year 2020 reported data are used, the most recent available for comparison libraries. Libraries were selected based on their similarities to ICPL services and their cities’ similarities to Iowa City. *Population includes residents for each library’s entire service area, including contracting cities and proportional representations of rural county populations. For instance, the population used for Iowa City includes a portion of rural county residents, Hills, and University Heights. This is important to help standardize data.

Iowa City Public Library, IA

Westerville Public Library, OH

Evanston Public Library, IL

Boulder Public Library, CO

Ann Arbor District Library, MI

Bloomington Public Library, IL

Library

Number of Bookmobiles

1

0

0

0

0

1

Number of Branch Libraries Population Legal Service Area Number of Outlets

0

0

0

4

4

2

84,323

90,764

76,610

106,473

163,590

74,486

1

1

1

1

1

1

ALA-MLS Librarians Total Staff

15

27.7

18.31 68.11

22.5

17

13.3

58.75

81.58

63

171

61.07

Local Revenue Local Revenue per Capita State Revenue per Capita Total Revenue per Capita Total Collection Expenditures Total Collection Expenditures per Capita Total Operating Expenditures Total Operating Expenditures per Capita Total Circulation Total Circulation per Capita Total Revenue State Revenue

$5,548,074

$4,279,552

$4,864,936

$8,974,139

$17,085,545

$6,739,362

$65.79 $66,984

$47.15

$63.50 $93,107

$84.28 $25,048

$104.44 $106,556

$90.48

$3,046,237

$226,163

$0.79

$33.56

$1.21

$0.23

$0.65

$3.04

$6,032,599

$8,181,551

$7,955,982

$9,448,933

$1,804,2413

$5,682,145

$71.54

$9.01

$103.85

$88.74

$110.29

$76.28

$716,143

$1,002,366

$860,000

$1,053,486

$1,656,994

$696,940

$8.49

$11.04

$11.22

$9.89

$10.13

$9.36

$6,540,988

$6,918,963

$7,319,993

$7,892,592

$15,771,904

$5,318,255

$77.57

$76.23

$95.55

$74.13

$96.41

$71.40

950,617

1,099,120

1,138,579

1,035,511

5,872,394

1,156,484

11.27

12.11

14.86

9.72

35.90

15.53

Reference Transactions Library Visits

31,354

45,558

46,592

24,699

3,561

38,351

455,549

348,779

539,710

278,048

1,223,413

276,027

Library Visits per Capita

5.40

3.84

7.04

2.61

7.48

3.70

Children's Program Attendance

21,941

17,758

30,765

8,009

94,934

28,833

707