Gwinnett County Public Library System
Gwinnett County Public Library System is a county public library system based in Lawrenceville (Gwinnett County), Georgia, serving a legal service area of 992,705 residents through 16 library buildings and one bookmobile. Among profiled systems in Georgia, it ranks first for physical checkouts, second for population served, second for total visits and second for program attendance, but ranks second-lowest for library floor space per resident.
Against the median system of its size class, it records 46% less operating spending per resident and 34% fewer print volumes per resident.
Gwinnett County against the 61 systems of its size class
Gwinnett County since FY 2019
Visits were 26% below the FY 2019 count of 2.8 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 29% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Gwinnett County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 63% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 25 people each.
Gwinnett County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 2,047,871
- Physical checkouts
- 2,707,841
- …of children's materials
- 1,494,772
- Electronic checkouts
- 880,988
- …of e-books
- 368,575
- …of e-audio
- 377,483
- Registered users
- 614,158
- Program sessions
- 7,346
- Program attendance
- 187,112
- Print volumes
- 804,372
- Audio items (physical)
- 34,486
- Video items (physical)
- 38,192
- Public computers
- 489
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 51,026
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 269.0
- Operating spending
- $25.7 million
- …on books and other materials
- $2.2 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- charged
Where Gwinnett County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $21.3 million, or $21.43 per resident. The local-government share sits 6 percentage points above the combined share for the 60 profiled systems in Georgia. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Gwinnett County, building by building
The 16 buildings cover 283,180 square feet in total, 0.29 square feet per resident against a median of 0.45 for the size class. The largest building is Snellville (E H Williams) at 23,000 square feet; the smallest is Mountain Park at 10,260. The longest hours are at Lawrenceville, 92.7 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters for Library System | Central library | Lawrenceville | – | 12,500 |
| Buford-Sugar Hill | Branch | Buford | 56.8 | 10,624 |
| Centerville | Branch | Snellville | 56.1 | 12,040 |
| Collins Hill | Branch | Lawrenceville | 56.2 | 20,750 |
| Dacula | Branch | Dacula | 56.7 | 20,055 |
| Duluth | Branch | Duluth | 92 | 22,038 |
| Five Forks | Branch | Lawrenceville | 56.8 | 20,135 |
| Grayson | Branch | Grayson | 90.2 | 20,055 |
| Hamilton Mill | Branch | Dacula | 56.5 | 20,805 |
| Lawrenceville | Branch | Lawrenceville | 92.7 | 15,809 |
| Lilburn | Branch | Lilburn | 56.3 | 17,780 |
| Mountain Park | Branch | Lilburn | 56.3 | 10,260 |
| Norcross | Branch | Norcross | 89.1 | 22,000 |
| Peachtree Corners | Branch | Peachtree Corners | 56 | 14,852 |
| Snellville (E H Williams) | Branch | Snellville | 56.5 | 23,000 |
| Suwanee | Branch | Suwanee | 91.8 | 20,477 |
| Mobile Library | Bookmobile | Lawrenceville | 5.7 |
A dash marks a value not reported for FY 2024.
County libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, two record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Columbus Metropolitan Library in Ohio.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Metropolitan Library | Columbus, OH | 971,930 | 5.63 | 9.76 | $85.18 |
| Prince George's County Memorial Library System | Largo, MD | 955,306 | 1.42 | 1.80 | $41.80 |
| Buffalo and Erie County Public Library | Buffalo, NY | 954,236 | 0.73 | 1.06 | $34.33 |
| Salt Lake County Library | West Jordan, UT | 926,667 | 3.04 | 9.72 | $55.74 |
| Kern County Library | Bakersfield, CA | 888,074 | 0.79 | 0.85 | $11.75 |
| Fort Bend County Libraries | Richmond, TX | 873,816 | 1.97 | 3.56 | $26.25 |
Nearest in size within Georgia
- Fulton County Library System · Atlanta · 1,094,693 residents
- Cobb County Public Library System · Marietta · 783,536 residents
- Dekalb County Public Library · Decatur · 768,134 residents
- West Georgia Regional Library · Carrollton · 510,050 residents