Kenton County Public Library
Kenton County Public Library is a library district based in Erlanger (Kenton County), Kentucky, serving a legal service area of 171,321 residents through three library buildings. Among the 120 profiled systems in Kentucky, it ranks second for program attendance, third for population served, third for total visits and third for physical checkouts.
Among the 357 profiled systems serving 100,000 to 249,999 residents, it ranks fifth for program attendance per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 2.4 times the physical checkouts per resident and 2.4 times the operating spending per resident.
Kenton County against the 360 systems of its size class
Kenton County since FY 2019
Visits were 25% below the FY 2019 count of 813,910 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 18% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Kenton County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 44% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 24 people each.
Kenton County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 609,214
- Physical checkouts
- 1,276,497
- …of children's materials
- 550,388
- Electronic checkouts
- 768,378
- …of e-books
- 364,033
- …of e-audio
- 326,423
- Registered users
- 119,029
- Program sessions
- 6,291
- Program attendance
- 153,534
- Print volumes
- 351,634
- Audio items (physical)
- 18,423
- Video items (physical)
- 36,055
- Public computers
- 180
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 10,608
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 135.0
- Operating spending
- $13.7 million
- …on books and other materials
- $2.3 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Kenton County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $18.4 million, or $107.11 per resident. The local-government share sits 5 percentage points above the combined share for the 120 profiled systems in Kentucky.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Kenton County, building by building
The three buildings cover 155,718 square feet in total, 0.91 square feet per resident against a median of 0.51 for the size class. The largest building is Kenton County Public Library at 61,900 square feet; the smallest is William E. Durr Branch at 39,000. The longest hours, 68 a week, are shared by three buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenton County Public Library | Central library | Erlanger | 68 | 61,900 |
| Erlanger Branch | Branch | Erlanger | 68 | 54,818 |
| William E. Durr Branch | Branch | Independence | 68 | 39,000 |
Library districts of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, four record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton East Public Library | Noblesville, IN | 180,617 | 2.90 | 9.20 | $58.97 |
| Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library | Evansville, IN | 180,136 | 3.82 | 4.96 | $85.94 |
| Ann Arbor District Library | Ann Arbor, MI | 177,696 | 8.13 | 26.35 | $106.38 |
| St. Joseph County Public Library | South Bend, IN | 170,799 | 4.79 | 7.86 | $107.03 |
| Pueblo City-County Library District | Pueblo, CO | 169,427 | 3.62 | 5.04 | $78.38 |
| Jackson District Library | Jackson, MI | 160,366 | 2.44 | 7.95 | $57.34 |
Nearest in size within Kentucky
- Warren County Public Library · Bowling Green · 142,229 residents
- Boone County Public Library District · Burlington · 140,496 residents
- Hardin County Public Library · Elizabethtown · 112,273 residents
- Daviess County Public Library District · Owensboro · 103,458 residents