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Las Vegas-Clark County Library District

Las Vegas, NevadaClark CountyLibrary districtLarge suburbFiscal year July 2023 to June 2024

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District is a library district based in Las Vegas (Clark County), Nevada, serving a legal service area of 1,721,851 residents through 25 library buildings. Of all 8,476 systems profiled nationwide, it ranks seventh for program attendance.

Among the 21 profiled systems in Nevada, it leads on population served, total visits, physical checkouts and operating spending. Among profiled systems serving 1 million or more residents, it ranks eighth for program attendance per resident and tenth for paid staff per resident, but ranks third-lowest for print volumes per resident and fourth-lowest for local government's share of operating revenue.

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Las Vegas-Clark County against the 35 systems of its size class

size-class median (50th percentile) · spine height = percentile within the class2.24Visitsper resident61st percentile3.82Checkoutsper resident64th percentile$51.67Spendingper resident67th percentile0.55Print volumesper resident7th percentile296Program visitsper 1,000 people78th percentile4.3Computersper 10,000 people21st percentile51.5Open hoursper outlet a week82nd percentile3.8Staff (FTE)per 10,000 people73rd percentile
Gold tick: size-class medianVisits per resident2.2461st pct.Checkouts per resident3.8264th pct.Spending per resident$51.6767th pct.Print volumes per resident0.557th pct.Program visits per 1,000 people29678th pct.Computers per 10,000 people4.321st pct.Open hours per outlet a week51.582nd pct.Staff (FTE) per 10,000 people3.873rd pct.

How the measures and percentiles are calculated

Las Vegas-Clark County since FY 2019

Visits were 34% below the FY 2019 count of 5.8 million (size-class median: −34%). Physical checkouts moved 29% down over the same span.

FY 2019 = 10060708090100110FY 2019FY 2023FY 2024
FY 2019 = 10060708090100110FY 2019FY 2023FY 2024
  • Visits
  • Physical checkouts

Who comes to Las Vegas-Clark County programs

Programs for a general audience drew 44% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 19 people each.

Children 0–11103,681Young adults 12–1820,742Adults 19+160,114General interest224,963
Children 0–11103,681Young adults 12–1820,742Adults 19+160,114General interest224,963

Las Vegas-Clark County in numbers, FY 2024

Visits
3,850,045
Physical checkouts
6,571,678
…of children's materials
3,498,790
Electronic checkouts
4,935,274
…of e-books
1,870,084
…of e-audio
2,014,085
Registered users
559,414
Program sessions
27,520
Program attendance
509,500
Print volumes
939,619
Audio items (physical)
54,024
Video items (physical)
185,266
Public computers
740
Public service hours, all outlets
66,964
Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
648.0
Operating spending
$89 million
…on books and other materials
$11.7 million
Overdue fines on print items
charged

Where Las Vegas-Clark County gets its operating money

Operating revenue came to $133 million, or $77.29 per resident. The local-government share sits 4 percentage points below the combined share for the 21 profiled systems in Nevada. Federal money made up 1.8% of the total.

This system71%24%All profiled systems in Nevada76%20%
This system71%24%All profiled systems in Nevada76%20%
  • Local government
  • State
  • Federal
  • Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)

Las Vegas-Clark County, building by building

The 25 buildings cover 641,269 square feet in total, 0.37 square feet per resident against a median of 0.39 for the size class. The largest building is Sahara West Library at 122,000 square feet; the smallest is Blue Diamond Library at 1,000. The longest hours, 66 a week, are shared by 13 buildings.

BuildingTypeTownHours a weekFloor area, sq ft
Blue Diamond LibraryBranchBlue Diamond301,000
Bunkerville LibraryBranchBunkerville311,200
Centennial Hills LibraryBranchLas Vegas6632,341
Clark County LibraryBranchLas Vegas66120,000
East Las Vegas LibraryBranchLas Vegas6641,051
Enterprise LibraryBranchLas Vegas6626,300
Goodsprings LibraryBranchGoodsprings281,200
Indian Springs LibraryBranchIndian Springs301,200
Laughlin LibraryBranchLaughlin5615,424
Meadows Village Library and Homework CenterBranchLas Vegas371,200
Mesquite Library CampusBranchMesquite5618,777
Moapa Town LibraryBranchMoapa302,000
Moapa Valley LibraryBranchOverton484,700
Mount Charleston LibraryBranchLas Vegas302,800
Rainbow LibraryBranchLas Vegas6625,000
Sahara West LibraryBranchLas Vegas66122,000
Sandy Valley LibraryBranchSandy Valley331,200
Searchlight LibraryBranchSearchlight301,200
Spring Valley LibraryBranchLas Vegas6624,500
Summerlin LibraryBranchLas Vegas6640,195
Sunrise LibraryBranchLas Vegas6622,900
West Charleston LibraryBranchLas Vegas6638,900
West Las Vegas LibraryBranchLas Vegas6638,866
Whitney LibraryBranchLas Vegas6626,619
Windmill LibraryBranchLas Vegas6630,696

Library districts of similar size in other states

Of these six systems, five record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Saint Louis County Library in Missouri.

SystemBased inResidentsVisits per residentCheckouts per residentSpending per resident
King County Library SystemIssaquah, WA1,607,6503.357.16$90.15
Orange County Library DistrictOrlando, FL1,457,3301.532.77$35.79
Indianapolis Public LibraryIndianapolis, IN963,2512.475.73$62.55
Saint Louis County LibrarySt. Louis, MO863,4074.088.33$70.90
Mid-Continent Public LibraryIndependence, MO840,2922.965.99$82.29
Sno-Isle LibrariesMarysville, WA819,5542.996.94$74.67

Nearest in size within Nevada

All profiled systems in Nevada