Ann Arbor District Library
Ann Arbor District Library is a library district based in Ann Arbor (Washtenaw County), Michigan, serving a legal service area of 177,696 residents through five library buildings. Among the 360 profiled systems serving 100,000 to 249,999 residents, it ranks first for physical checkouts per resident, third for visits per resident and eighth for paid staff per resident.
Among profiled systems in Michigan, it ranks second for total visits, second for physical checkouts, second for electronic checkouts and third for operating spending. Against the median system of its size class, it records 3.3 times the program attendance per resident and 3.1 times the operating spending per resident.
Ann Arbor against the 360 systems of its size class
Ann Arbor since FY 2019
Visits were 18% below the FY 2019 count of 1.8 million (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 26% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Ann Arbor programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 52% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 70 people each.
Ann Arbor in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 1,444,075
- Physical checkouts
- 4,681,468
- …of children's materials
- 1,587,043
- Electronic checkouts
- 2,082,886
- …of e-books
- 415,394
- …of e-audio
- 1,511,731
- Registered users
- 58,648
- Program sessions
- 1,877
- Program attendance
- 132,237
- Print volumes
- 333,972
- Audio items (physical)
- 69,742
- Video items (physical)
- 67,866
- Public computers
- 157
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 17,840
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 183.5
- Operating spending
- $18.9 million
- …on books and other materials
- $1.7 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Ann Arbor gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $21.4 million, or $120.18 per resident. The local-government share sits 5 percentage points above the combined share for the 367 profiled systems in Michigan. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Ann Arbor, building by building
The five buildings cover 180,000 square feet in total, 1.01 square feet per resident against a median of 0.51 for the size class. The largest building is Ann Arbor District Library at 110,000 square feet; the smallest is Malletts Creek Branch Library at 14,000. The longest hours, 68.6 a week, are shared by five buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor District Library | Central library | Ann Arbor | 68.6 | 110,000 |
| Malletts Creek Branch Library | Branch | Ann Arbor | 68.6 | 14,000 |
| Pittsfield Branch Library | Branch | Ann Arbor | 68.6 | 16,500 |
| Traverwood Branch Library | Branch | Ann Arbor | 68.6 | 16,500 |
| Westgate Branch Library | Branch | Ann Arbor | 68.6 | 23,000 |
Library districts of similar size in other states
None of these six systems records more visits per resident than this one. None of them matches this system's checkouts per resident.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton East Public Library | Noblesville, IN | 180,617 | 2.90 | 9.20 | $58.97 |
| Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library | Evansville, IN | 180,136 | 3.82 | 4.96 | $85.94 |
| Kenton County Public Library | Erlanger, KY | 171,321 | 3.56 | 7.45 | $79.98 |
| St. Joseph County Public Library | South Bend, IN | 170,799 | 4.79 | 7.86 | $107.03 |
| Pueblo City-County Library District | Pueblo, CO | 169,427 | 3.62 | 5.04 | $78.38 |
| Mesa County Public Library District | Grand Junction, CO | 159,637 | 4.51 | 6.03 | $50.93 |
Nearest in size within Michigan
- Clinton-Macomb Public Library · Clinton Township · 184,879 residents
- Jackson District Library · Jackson · 160,366 residents
- Grand Rapids Public Library · Grand Rapids · 198,917 residents
- Saint Clair County Library System · Port Huron · 157,616 residents