Henrico County Public Library
Henrico County Public Library is a county public library system based in Henrico, Virginia, serving a legal service area of 336,226 residents through 10 library buildings and one bookmobile. Among the 93 profiled systems in Virginia, it ranks first for public computers, first for local government's share of operating revenue, third for total visits and third for physical checkouts.
Among profiled systems serving 250,000 to 499,999 residents, it ranks fifth for public computers per resident and ninth for weekly open hours per outlet. Against the median system of its size class, it records 2.1 times the paid staff per resident and 2.1 times the physical checkouts per resident.
Henrico County against the 122 systems of its size class
Henrico County, building by building
The 10 buildings cover 279,935 square feet in total, 0.83 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is Tuckahoe Area Library at 53,000 square feet; the smallest is Municipal Law Library at 430. The longest hours, 70 a week, are shared by two buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Area Library | Branch | Henrico | 70 | 43,000 |
| Gayton Branch Library | Branch | Henrico | 57 | 12,672 |
| Glen Allen Branch Library | Branch | Glen Allen | 57 | 25,000 |
| Libbie Mill Area Library | Branch | Henrico | 70 | 43,000 |
| Municipal Law Library | Branch | Henrico | 66 | 430 |
| North Park Branch Library | Branch | Henrico | 57 | 15,000 |
| Sandston Branch Library | Branch | Sandston | 57 | 7,833 |
| Tuckahoe Area Library | Branch | Henrico | 66 | 53,000 |
| Twin Hickory Area Library | Branch | Glen Allen | 66 | 40,000 |
| Varina Area Library | Branch | Henrico | 66 | 40,000 |
| Mobile Library Services | Bookmobile | Henrico | 40 |
Henrico County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 1,419,633
- Physical checkouts
- 2,474,825
- …of children's materials
- 892,860
- Electronic checkouts
- 1,170,967
- …of e-books
- 616,550
- …of e-audio
- 515,822
- Program sessions
- 4,758
- Program attendance
- 96,507
- Print volumes
- 490,972
- Audio items (physical)
- 14,480
- Video items (physical)
- 35,689
- Public computers
- 589
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 34,944
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 226.5
- Operating spending
- $22.6 million
- …on books and other materials
- $2 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- charged
Where Henrico County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $22.5 million, or $66.81 per resident. The local-government share sits 6 percentage points above the combined share for the 93 profiled systems in Virginia. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Henrico County since FY 2019
Visits were 31% below the FY 2019 count of 2.1 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 22% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Henrico County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 75% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 20 people each.
County libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, one records more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Howard County Library System in Maryland.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County Public Library | Fayetteville, NC | 337,970 | 1.84 | 2.99 | $33.32 |
| Howard County Library System | Ellicott City, MD | 334,529 | 4.70 | 12.51 | $89.12 |
| Durham County Library | Durham, NC | 334,350 | 1.50 | 6.70 | $41.93 |
| West Florida Public Libraries | Pensacola, FL | 334,119 | 1.17 | 2.03 | $23.55 |
| St. Johns County Public Library System | St. Augustine, FL | 331,327 | 2.25 | 3.65 | $28.69 |
| Spartanburg County Public Library System | Spartanburg, SC | 327,997 | 2.88 | 4.54 | $52.71 |
Nearest in size within Virginia
- Central Rappahannock Regional Library · Fredericksburg · 347,033 residents
- Chesterfield County Public Library · Chesterfield · 369,943 residents
- Loudoun County Public Library · Leesburg · 425,204 residents
- Chesapeake Public Library · Chesapeake · 250,256 residents