Henderson District Public Libraries
Henderson District Public Libraries is a library district based in Henderson (Clark County), Nevada, serving a legal service area of 341,980 residents through five library buildings and one bookmobile. Among the 21 profiled systems in Nevada, it ranks third for population served, third for total visits, third for physical checkouts and third for operating spending, but ranks last for public computers per resident and second-lowest for local government's share of operating revenue.
Against the median system of its size class, it records 43% fewer print volumes per resident and 37% fewer paid staff per resident.
Henderson against the 122 systems of its size class
Henderson, building by building
The five buildings cover 87,629 square feet in total, 0.26 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is Paseo Verde Library at 42,000 square feet; the smallest is Heritage Park Library at 1,619. The longest hours are at Paseo Verde Library, 55.8 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paseo Verde Library | Central library | Henderson | 55.8 | 42,000 |
| Gibson Library | Branch | Henderson | 55.6 | 19,100 |
| Green Valley Library | Branch | Henderson | 36.3 | 21,410 |
| Heritage Park Library | Branch | Henderson | 44.6 | 1,619 |
| West Henderson Library | Branch | Henderson | 37.6 | 3,500 |
| Henderson Libraries Bookmobile | Bookmobile | Henderson | 1.7 |
Henderson in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 527,683
- Physical checkouts
- 1,283,318
- …of children's materials
- 804,793
- Electronic checkouts
- 427,713
- …of e-books
- 188,397
- …of e-audio
- 180,871
- Registered users
- 83,350
- Program sessions
- 1,463
- Program attendance
- 46,887
- Print volumes
- 241,870
- Audio items (physical)
- 12,007
- Video items (physical)
- 18,338
- Public computers
- 79
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 12,002
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 67.5
- Operating spending
- $8.7 million
- …on books and other materials
- $919,171
- Overdue fines on print items
- charged
Where Henderson gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $13.4 million, or $39.17 per resident. The local-government share sits 11 percentage points below the combined share for the 21 profiled systems in Nevada.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Henderson since FY 2019
Visits were 29% below the FY 2019 count of 745,472 (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 11% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Henderson programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 68% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 32 people each.
Library districts 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 Douglas County Libraries in Colorado.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County Public Library | Fort Wayne, IN | 385,410 | 4.44 | 8.37 | $95.43 |
| Douglas County Libraries | Castle Rock, CO | 383,911 | 3.65 | 9.77 | $87.76 |
| Genesee District Library | Flint, MI | 334,645 | 2.06 | 1.87 | $27.33 |
| High Plains Library District | Greeley, CO | 315,735 | 4.23 | 5.40 | $92.01 |
| Spokane County Library District | Spokane, WA | 312,530 | 2.37 | 3.41 | $56.31 |
| City of St. Louis Municipal Library District | St. Louis, MO | 301,578 | 3.48 | 5.01 | $104.81 |
Nearest in size within Nevada
- North Las Vegas Library District · North Las Vegas · 282,496 residents
- Washoe County Library System · Reno · 508,759 residents
- Las Vegas-Clark County Library District · Las Vegas · 1,721,851 residents
- Lyon County Library System · Yerington · 63,179 residents