Johnson County Library
Johnson County Library is a county public library system based in Overland Park (Johnson County), Kansas, serving a legal service area of 474,776 residents through 14 library buildings. Among the 294 profiled systems in Kansas, it leads on population served, total visits, physical checkouts and operating spending.
Among the 122 profiled systems serving 250,000 to 499,999 residents, it ranks fifth for physical checkouts per resident and fifth for operating spending per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 88% more paid staff per resident and 46% less program attendance per resident.
Johnson County against the 122 systems of its size class
Johnson County, building by building
The 14 buildings cover 312,613 square feet in total, 0.66 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is Johnson County Library at 85,620 square feet; the smallest is Spring Hill Library at 3,004. The longest hours, 65 a week, are shared by six buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County Library | Central library | Overland Park | 65 | 85,620 |
| Blue Valley Library | Branch | Overland Park | 65 | 24,368 |
| Cedar Roe Library | Branch | Roeland Park | 57 | 16,063 |
| Corinth Library | Branch | Prairie Village | 65 | 20,458 |
| De Soto Library | Branch | De Soto | 35 | 3,630 |
| Edgerton Library | Branch | Edgerton | 25 | 3,381 |
| Gardner Library | Branch | Gardner | 61 | 13,545 |
| Leawood Pioneer Library | Branch | Leawood | 61 | 19,635 |
| Lenexa City Center | Branch | Lenexa | 65 | 40,244 |
| Merriam Plaza | Branch | Merriam | 65 | 15,000 |
| Monticello Library | Branch | Shawnee | 65 | 31,875 |
| Oak Park Library | Branch | Overland Park | 61 | 17,569 |
| Shawnee Library | Branch | Shawnee | 61 | 18,221 |
| Spring Hill Library | Branch | Spring Hill | 35 | 3,004 |
Johnson County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 1,869,350
- Physical checkouts
- 5,188,182
- …of children's materials
- 2,666,575
- Electronic checkouts
- 1,714,364
- …of e-books
- 627,798
- …of e-audio
- 775,039
- Registered users
- 223,721
- Program sessions
- 1,689
- Program attendance
- 51,094
- Print volumes
- 837,291
- Audio items (physical)
- 80,768
- Video items (physical)
- 118,120
- Public computers
- 347
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 40,872
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 280.2
- Operating spending
- $54.3 million
- …on books and other materials
- $3.7 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Johnson County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $54.3 million, or $114.39 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 288 profiled systems in Kansas. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Johnson County since FY 2019
Visits were 22% below the FY 2019 count of 2.4 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 32% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Johnson County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 80% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 30 people each.
County libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, one records more visits per resident than this one. None of them matches this system's checkouts per resident.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County Public Library System | Knoxville, TN | 500,669 | 2.07 | 4.34 | $30.08 |
| Pinal County Library District | Florence, AZ | 483,944 | 0.11 | 0.44 | $5.69 |
| Onondaga County Public Library | Syracuse, NY | 476,516 | 1.04 | 0.68 | $27.95 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish Library | Baton Rouge, LA | 453,022 | 3.88 | 3.16 | $100.46 |
| Dayton Metro Library | Dayton, OH | 452,238 | 4.40 | 6.51 | $83.51 |
| Osceola Library System | Kissimmee, FL | 450,989 | 1.52 | 1.79 | $18.18 |
Nearest in size within Kansas
- Wichita Public Library · Wichita · 396,119 residents
- Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library · Topeka · 173,973 residents
- Kansas City, Kansas Public Library · Kansas City · 157,667 residents
- Olathe Public Library · Olathe · 147,461 residents