Fort Vancouver Regional Library District
Fort Vancouver Regional Library District is a library district based in Vancouver (Clark County), Washington, serving a legal service area of 552,118 residents through 15 library buildings and two bookmobiles. Among the 57 profiled systems in Washington, it ranks fourth for physical checkouts, fifth for population served, fifth for total visits and fifth for operating spending.
Among the 61 profiled systems serving 500,000 to 999,999 residents, it ranks tenth-lowest for public computers per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 55% more physical checkouts per resident and 23% fewer print volumes per resident.
Fort Vancouver Regional against the 61 systems of its size class
Fort Vancouver Regional since FY 2019
Visits were 26% below the FY 2019 count of 1.9 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 24% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Fort Vancouver Regional programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 72% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 19 people each.
Fort Vancouver Regional in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 1,366,797
- Physical checkouts
- 3,293,161
- …of children's materials
- 1,771,837
- Electronic checkouts
- 1,934,472
- …of e-books
- 814,939
- …of e-audio
- 935,591
- Registered users
- 179,771
- Program sessions
- 5,190
- Program attendance
- 98,336
- Print volumes
- 522,387
- Audio items (physical)
- 13,997
- Video items (physical)
- 34,292
- Public computers
- 166
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 38,799
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 224.5
- Operating spending
- $27.4 million
- …on books and other materials
- $3.8 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Fort Vancouver Regional gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $30.1 million, or $54.52 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 56 profiled systems in Washington.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Fort Vancouver Regional, building by building
The 15 buildings cover 195,857 square feet in total, 0.35 square feet per resident against a median of 0.45 for the size class. The largest building is Vancouver Community Library at 83,000 square feet; the smallest is North Bonneville Community Library at 565. The longest hours, 61.9 a week, are shared by two buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Ground Community Library | Branch | Battle Ground | 55.6 | 14,356 |
| Cascade Park Community Library | Branch | Vancouver | 61.6 | 24,175 |
| Goldendale Community Library | Branch | Goldendale | 49.9 | 15,660 |
| LA Center Community Library | Branch | LA Center | 47.8 | 3,380 |
| North Bonneville Community Library | Branch | North Bonneville | 5.9 | 565 |
| Ridgefield Community Library | Branch | Ridgefield | 49.6 | 7,874 |
| Stevenson Community Library | Branch | Stevenson | 47.5 | 7,980 |
| Three Creeks Community Library | Branch | Vancouver | 55.6 | 12,934 |
| Vancouver Community Library | Branch | Vancouver | 61.7 | 83,000 |
| Vancouver Mall Community Library | Branch | Vancouver | 53.6 | 3,532 |
| Washougal Community Library | Branch | Washougal | 47.8 | 2,400 |
| White Salmon Valley Community Library | Branch | White Salmon | 47.6 | 9,015 |
| Woodland Community Library | Branch | Woodland | 48 | 7,560 |
| Yacolt Library Express | Branch | Yacolt | 61.9 | 1,260 |
| Yale Valley Library Express | Branch | Ariel | 61.9 | 2,166 |
| Klickitat County Bookmobile | Bookmobile | Goldendale | 12 | |
| Skamania County Bookmobile | Bookmobile | Stevenson | 14 |
Library districts of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, four record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Arapahoe Library District in Colorado.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe Library District | Englewood, CO | 277,382 | 5.02 | 9.28 | $155.44 |
| Lake County Public Library | Merrillville, IN | 251,041 | 2.74 | 6.13 | $51.60 |
| Capital Area District Library | Lansing, MI | 244,451 | 3.08 | 6.76 | $54.51 |
| Kansas City Public Library | Kansas City, MO | 232,498 | 5.68 | 3.90 | $130.95 |
| Mohave County Library District | Kingman, AZ | 228,107 | 1.47 | 1.59 | $26.61 |
| Daniel Boone Regional Library | Columbia, MO | 223,840 | 2.16 | 7.56 | $54.65 |
Nearest in size within Washington
- Pierce County Library System · Tacoma · 665,760 residents
- Seattle Public Library · Seattle · 797,700 residents
- Sno-Isle Libraries · Marysville · 819,554 residents
- Spokane County Library District · Spokane · 312,530 residents