FY25 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

0

0

2

4

4

0

81,638

100,042

74,486

108,154

177,696

76,610

Number of Outlets

1

1

1

1

1

1

ALA-MLS Librarians Total Staff

15

28.70

20.19

23.25

15

13.3

72.55

78.55

71.7

74.25

174.5

68.59

Local Revenue

5,737,279

4,267,584

7,268,891

8,135,511

17,811,199

4,931,597

Local Revenue per Capita

70.28

4.67

97.59

75.22

100.23

55.70

State Revenue

61,849

3,446,501

94,983

25,048

112,012

226,163

State Revenue per Capita

.76

34.45

1.27

.23

.63

2.95

Total Revenue

5,947,927

8,438,356

8,308,647

9,055,735

18,035,699

5,618,119

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

72.86

84.35

111.55

83.73

101.50

73.33

691,514

1,036,127

800,000

1,095,828

1,393,193

661,584

8.47

10.36

10.74

10.13

7.84

8.63

6,003,827

7,284,208

7,474,157

7,344,116

15,542,327

5,222,630

73.54

72.81

100.34

67.90

87.46

68.17

893,481

1,345,913

732,003

1,323,792

5,564,177

912,773

10.94

13.45

9.82

12.24

31.31

11.91

Reference Transactions

12,108

47,424

22,584

18,120

3,576

36,896

Library Visits

56,186

162,032

162,534

346,114

375,085

101,804

Library Visits per Capita Children's Program Attendance

.69

1.62

2.18

3.20

2.11

1.32

12,595

8,099

9,300

5,383

6,900

1,254

700