Gila County Library District
Gila County Library District is a county public library based in Globe (Gila County), Arizona, serving a legal service area of 54,006 residents from a single building. Among profiled systems serving 50,000 to 99,999 residents, it ranks fifth for the electronic share of checkouts, but ranks last for visits per resident and last for physical checkouts per resident.
Among the 47 profiled systems in Arizona, it records the third-largest gain in visits since FY 2019. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 1% of the program attendance per resident and only 1% of the print volumes per resident.
Gila County against the 559 systems of its size class
Gila County since FY 2019
Visits were 47% above the FY 2019 count of 75 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 64% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Gila County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 78% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 7 people each.
Gila County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 110
- Physical checkouts
- 188
- Electronic checkouts
- 360
- …of e-books
- 106
- …of e-audio
- 197
- Registered users
- 494
- Program sessions
- 18
- Program attendance
- 127
- Print volumes
- 1,007
- Audio items (physical)
- 0
- Video items (physical)
- 0
- Public computers
- 16
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 2,250
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 4.5
- Operating spending
- $495,887
- …on books and other materials
- $31,482
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Gila County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $766,148, or $14.19 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 53 profiled systems in Arizona.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
The Gila County building
The single building covers 860 square feet, 0.02 square feet per resident against a median of 0.62 for the size class. It is open 43.3 hours a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila County Library District | Central library | Globe | 43.3 | 860 |
County libraries of similar size in other states
All six of these systems record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Morley Library in Ohio.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County Public Library | Minden, NV | 54,343 | 1.33 | 3.05 | $35.11 |
| Morley Library | Painesville, OH | 54,224 | 2.36 | 6.18 | $50.76 |
| Franklin County Public Library | Rocky Mount, VA | 54,188 | 1.97 | 2.55 | $22.53 |
| Wilson County Public Libraries | Floresville, TX | 54,183 | 2.02 | 2.01 | $10.65 |
| Washington County Public Library | Abingdon, VA | 54,079 | 2.11 | 2.64 | $37.57 |
| Burnet County Library System | Bertram, TX | 53,991 | 2.48 | 3.67 | $26.63 |
Nearest in size within Arizona
- Prescott Valley Public Library · Prescott Valley · 51,532 residents
- Nogales/Santa Cruz County Public Library · Nogales · 50,580 residents
- Prescott Public Library · Prescott · 48,082 residents
- Casa Grande Public Library · Casa Grande · 65,883 residents