K.o. Lee Aberdeen Public Library
K.o. Lee Aberdeen Public Library is a municipal public library based in Aberdeen (Brown County), South Dakota, serving a legal service area of 28,110 residents from a single building. Among the 101 profiled systems in South Dakota, it ranks second for public computers, third for population served, third for total visits and third for operating spending.
Against the median system of its size class, it records 2.6 times the public computers per resident and 2.0 times the program attendance per resident.
K.o. Lee Aberdeen against the 964 systems of its size class
The K.o. Lee Aberdeen building
The single building covers 28,200 square feet, 1.00 square feet per resident against a median of 0.74 for the size class. It is open 61 hours a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.o. Lee Aberdeen Public Library | Central library | Aberdeen | 61 | 28,200 |
K.o. Lee Aberdeen in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 155,354
- Physical checkouts
- 181,055
- …of children's materials
- 96,840
- Electronic checkouts
- 55,478
- …of e-books
- 27,868
- …of e-audio
- 25,316
- Registered users
- 14,655
- Program sessions
- 574
- Program attendance
- 20,504
- Print volumes
- 60,693
- Audio items (physical)
- 2,322
- Video items (physical)
- 5,542
- Public computers
- 47
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 3,172
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 18.4
- Operating spending
- $1.4 million
- …on books and other materials
- $110,000
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where K.o. Lee Aberdeen gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $1.4 million, or $50.21 per resident. The local-government share sits 3 percentage points above the combined share for the 101 profiled systems in South Dakota. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Who comes to K.o. Lee Aberdeen programs
Programs for a general audience drew 35% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 36 people each.
Nearest in size within South Dakota
- Brookings Public Library · Brookings · 24,312 residents
- Watertown Regional Library · Watertown · 23,230 residents
- Sinte Gleska University Library · Mission · 21,045 residents
- Grace Balloch Memorial Library · Spearfish · 20,785 residents
Municipal libraries of similar size in other states
None of these six systems records more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Matheson Memorial Library in Wisconsin.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Milford Public Library | New Milford, CT | 28,276 | 2.97 | 3.73 | $39.45 |
| Matheson Memorial Library | Elkhorn, WI | 28,248 | 3.85 | 7.46 | $35.87 |
| Harrison Public Library | Harrison, NY | 28,218 | 5.49 | 6.47 | $105.24 |
| Neptune Township Public Library | Neptune, NJ | 28,061 | 1.73 | 0.88 | $76.98 |
| Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library | Stony Creek, CT | 28,031 | 0.84 | 0.92 | $10.11 |
| Keene Memorial Library | Fremont, NE | 27,966 | 1.90 | 3.12 | $45.25 |