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Cuyahoga County Public Library

Parma, OhioCuyahoga CountyCounty libraryLarge suburbFiscal year January 2024 to December 2024

Cuyahoga County Public Library is a county public library system based in Parma (Cuyahoga County), Ohio, serving a legal service area of 626,288 residents through 27 library buildings. Among profiled systems serving 500,000 to 999,999 residents, it ranks first for visits per resident, first for weekly open hours per outlet, second for paid staff per resident and third for physical checkouts per resident, but ranks fifth-lowest for local government's share of operating revenue.

Among the 249 profiled systems in Ohio, it ranks second for operating spending, third for population served, third for total visits and third for physical checkouts. Against the median system of its size class, it records 2.5 times the operating spending per resident and 2.5 times the program attendance per resident.

Compare with similar-size systemsSystems serving 500,000 to 999,999

Cuyahoga County against the 61 systems of its size class

size-class median (50th percentile) · spine height = percentile within the class6.26Visitsper resident99th percentile11.7Checkoutsper resident96th percentile$119Spendingper resident91st percentile1.77Print volumesper resident80th percentile457Program visitsper 1,000 people93rd percentile10.5Computersper 10,000 people91st percentile67.0Open hoursper outlet a week99th percentile9.0Staff (FTE)per 10,000 people98th percentile
Gold tick: size-class medianVisits per resident6.2699th pct.Checkouts per resident11.796th pct.Spending per resident$11991st pct.Print volumes per resident1.7780th pct.Program visits per 1,000 people45793rd pct.Computers per 10,000 people10.591st pct.Open hours per outlet a week67.099th pct.Staff (FTE) per 10,000 people9.098th pct.

How the measures and percentiles are calculated

Cuyahoga County since FY 2019

Visits were 21% below the FY 2019 count of 5 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 38% down over the same span.

FY 2019 = 1005060708090100110FY 2019FY 2023FY 2024
FY 2019 = 1005060708090100110FY 2019FY 2023FY 2024
  • Visits
  • Physical checkouts

Who comes to Cuyahoga County programs

Programs for children up to age 11 drew 68% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 22 people each.

Children 0–11194,115Young adults 12–1818,304Adults 19+73,732
Children 0–11194,115Young adults 12–1818,304Adults 19+73,732

Cuyahoga County in numbers, FY 2024

Visits
3,917,784
Physical checkouts
7,356,714
…of children's materials
3,367,155
Electronic checkouts
4,227,464
…of e-books
2,043,912
…of e-audio
1,906,613
Registered users
509,650
Program sessions
13,233
Program attendance
286,151
Print volumes
1,110,919
Audio items (physical)
68,296
Video items (physical)
176,508
Public computers
655
Public service hours, all outlets
94,083
Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
564.5
Operating spending
$74.8 million
…on books and other materials
$10.6 million
Overdue fines on print items
not charged

Where Cuyahoga County gets its operating money

Operating revenue came to $93 million, or $148.45 per resident. The local-government share sits 17 percentage points above the combined share for the 248 profiled systems in Ohio. No federal operating revenue was reported.

This system65%27%All profiled systems in Ohio48%43%
This system65%27%All profiled systems in Ohio48%43%
  • Local government
  • State
  • Federal
  • Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)

Cuyahoga County, building by building

The 27 buildings cover 641,149 square feet in total, 1.02 square feet per resident against a median of 0.45 for the size class. The largest building is Maple Heights Branch Library at 48,434 square feet; the smallest is Gates Mills Branch Library at 3,600. The longest hours, 67.3 a week, are shared by 13 buildings.

BuildingTypeTownHours a weekFloor area, sq ft
Bay Village Branch LibraryBranchBay Village66.417,170
Beachwood Branch LibraryBranchBeachwood67.318,626
Bedford BranchBranchBedford67.316,455
Berea Branch LibraryBranchBerea67.315,666
Brecksville Branch LibraryBranchBrecksville67.315,251
Brook Park Branch LibraryBranchBrook Park66.413,225
Brooklyn Branch LibraryBranchBrooklyn66.425,130
Chagrin Falls Branch LibraryBranchChagrin Falls6712,838
Fairview Park Branch LibraryBranchFairview Park67.344,225
Garfield Heights Branch LibraryBranchGarfield Heights67.332,625
Gates Mills Branch LibraryBranchGates Mills67.13,600
Independence Branch LibraryBranchIndependence66.815,356
Maple Heights Branch LibraryBranchMaple Heights66.748,434
Mayfield Branch LibraryBranchMayfield Village67.334,620
Middleburg Heights Branch LibraryBranchMiddleburg Hts67.216,007
North Olmsted Branch LibraryBranchNorth Olmsted66.537,897
North Royalton Branch LibraryBranchNorth Royalton67.329,909
Olmsted Falls Branch LibraryBranchOlmsted Falls67.16,000
Orange Branch LibraryBranchPepper Pike67.315,800
Parma Heights Branch LibraryBranchParma Heights66.515,515
Parma-Powers Branch LibraryBranchParma6743,279
Parma-Snow Branch LibraryBranchParma67.344,358
Richmond Heights Branch LibraryBranchRichmond Hts66.55,191
Solon Branch LibraryBranchSolon66.720,440
South Euclid/Lyndhurst Branch LibraryBranchSouth Euclid67.330,030
Strongsville Branch LibraryBranchStrongsville67.336,002
Warrensville Heights Branch LibraryBranchWarrensville Hts.67.327,500

County libraries 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.

SystemBased inResidentsVisits per residentCheckouts per residentSpending per resident
Brevard County Library SystemCocoa, FL653,5482.435.06$31.44
Ocean County LibraryToms River, NJ636,2022.425.05$73.32
Pasco County Public Library CooperativeHudson, FL634,7680.672.02$17.50
Volusia County Public LibraryDaytona Beach, FL592,8522.093.00$36.71
Anne Arundel County Public LibraryAnnapolis, MD590,3362.696.31$56.80
Alameda County LibraryFremont, CA581,6262.287.74$67.90

Nearest in size within Ohio

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