Arapahoe Library District
Arapahoe Library District is a library district based in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado, serving a legal service area of 277,382 residents through eight library buildings and two bookmobiles. Among the 122 profiled systems serving 250,000 to 499,999 residents, it ranks second for paid staff per resident, third for operating spending per resident, fifth for visits per resident and ninth for physical checkouts per resident.
Among profiled systems in Colorado, it ranks third for operating spending, third for electronic checkouts, fifth for total visits and fifth for physical checkouts. Against the median system of its size class, it records 2.8 times the program attendance per resident and 2.2 times the public computers per resident.
Arapahoe against the 122 systems of its size class
Arapahoe in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 1,391,280
- Physical checkouts
- 2,572,859
- …of children's materials
- 1,292,221
- Electronic checkouts
- 2,446,469
- …of e-books
- 1,134,371
- …of e-audio
- 1,030,011
- Registered users
- 286,094
- Program sessions
- 5,422
- Program attendance
- 154,993
- Print volumes
- 338,405
- Audio items (physical)
- 32,570
- Video items (physical)
- 57,131
- Public computers
- 375
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 27,288
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 330.3
- Operating spending
- $43.1 million
- …on books and other materials
- $5.7 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Arapahoe gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $52 million, or $187.38 per resident. The local-government share sits 8 percentage points above the combined share for the 101 profiled systems in Colorado. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County Library Services | Medford, OR | 222,762 | 3.24 | 5.67 | $70.86 |
| Yuma County Library District | Yuma, AZ | 217,978 | 2.03 | 1.08 | $44.37 |
| Deschutes Public Library District | Bend, OR | 212,141 | 2.56 | 5.42 | $72.99 |
| Clinton-Macomb Public Library | Clinton Township, MI | 184,879 | 2.32 | 6.89 | $39.68 |
| 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 |
Arapahoe since FY 2019
Visits were 20% below the FY 2019 count of 1.7 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 36% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Arapahoe programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 56% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 29 people each.
Arapahoe, building by building
The eight buildings cover 178,379 square feet in total, 0.64 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is Koelbel Public Library at 45,491 square feet; the smallest is Davies Public Library-Deer Trail School at 2,740. The longest hours, 69 a week, are shared by two buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlewood Public Library | Branch | Centennial | 65 | 18,022 |
| Davies Public Library-Deer Trail School | Branch | Deer Trail | 52 | 2,740 |
| Eloise May Branch | Branch | Denver | 69 | 32,400 |
| Kelver Public Library | Branch | Byers | 52 | 10,000 |
| Koelbel Public Library | Branch | Centennial | 65 | 45,491 |
| Sheridan Public Library | Branch | Sheridan | 61 | 10,000 |
| Smoky Hill Public Library | Branch | Centennial | 69 | 42,726 |
| Southglenn Public Library | Branch | Centennial | 65 | 17,000 |
| Arapahoe Library District Bookmobile | Two bookmobiles | Centennial | 29 |
Nearest in size within Colorado
- High Plains Library District · Greeley · 315,735 residents
- Poudre River Public Library District · Fort Collins · 211,387 residents
- Douglas County Libraries · Castle Rock · 383,911 residents
- Aurora Public Library · Aurora · 394,380 residents