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Miami-Dade Public Library System

Miami, FloridaMiami-Dade CountyCounty libraryLarge cityFiscal year October 2023 to September 2024

Miami-Dade Public Library System is a county public library system based in Miami (Miami-Dade County), Florida, serving a legal service area of 2,406,299 residents through 50 library buildings and three bookmobiles. Of all systems profiled nationwide, it ranks fourth for public computers, seventh for population served, eighth for program attendance and ninth for number of library buildings.

Among profiled systems in Florida, it ranks first for operating spending, second for total visits, second for print volumes and first for bookmobiles in service. Among profiled systems serving 1 million or more residents, it ranks third for public computers per resident and fourth for weekly open hours per outlet and records the third-smallest decline in visits since FY 2019, but ranks second-lowest for physical checkouts per resident and fifth-lowest for print volumes per resident.

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Miami-Dade against the 35 systems of its size class

size-class median (50th percentile) · spine height = percentile within the class1.52Visitsper resident33rd percentile1.24Checkoutsper resident4th percentile$38.92Spendingper resident41st percentile0.63Print volumesper resident13th percentile201Program visitsper 1,000 people51st percentile11.8Computersper 10,000 people93rd percentile52.8Open hoursper outlet a week88th percentile2.8Staff (FTE)per 10,000 people36th percentile
Gold tick: size-class medianVisits per resident1.5233rd pct.Checkouts per resident1.244th pct.Spending per resident$38.9241st pct.Print volumes per resident0.6313th pct.Program visits per 1,000 people20151st pct.Computers per 10,000 people11.893rd pct.Open hours per outlet a week52.888th pct.Staff (FTE) per 10,000 people2.836th pct.

How the measures and percentiles are calculated

Miami-Dade, building by building

The 50 buildings cover 843,576 square feet in total, 0.35 square feet per resident against a median of 0.39 for the size class. The largest building is Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System at 236,560 square feet; the smallest is Civic Center Station Branch Library at 144. The longest hours, 55.6 a week, are shared by 46 buildings.

BuildingTypeTownHours a weekFloor area, sq ft
Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library SystemCentral libraryMiami48.1236,560
Allapattah Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.65,415
Arcola Lakes BranchBranchMiami55.610,549
California Club Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.64,500
Civic Center Station Branch LibraryBranchMiami51.8144
Coconut Grove Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.66,394
Concord Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.63,000
Coral Gables Branch LibraryBranchCoral Gables55.628,446
Coral Reef Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.616,000
Country Walk Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.61,100
Culmer/ Overtown Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.64,500
Doral Branch LibraryBranchDoral55.63,533
Edison Center Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.66,671
Fairlawn Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.64,000
Golden Glades Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.68,194
Hialeah Gardens Branch LibraryBranchHialeah Gardens55.613,500
Hispanic Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.612,000
International Mall Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.67,794
Kendale Lakes Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.615,433
Kendall Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.614,709
Key Biscayne Branch LibraryBranchKey Biscayne55.67,209
Lakes of the Meadow Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.63,596
Lemon City Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.67,366
Little River Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.65,784
Miami Beach Regional LibraryBranchMiami Beach55.643,256
Miami Lakes Branch LibraryBranchMiami Lakes55.611,334
Miami Springs Branch LibraryBranchMiami Springs55.63,480
Model City Branch LibraryBranchMiami48.111,644
Naranja Branch LibraryBranchHomestead55.615,544
North Central Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.65,512
North Dade Regional LibraryBranchMiami Gardens55.653,309
North Shore Branch LibraryBranchMiami Beach55.63,566
Northeast Branch LibraryBranchAventura55.632,790
Opa-Locka Branch LibraryBranchOpa-Locka48.13,000
Palm Springs North Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.65,336
Palmetto Bay BranchBranchMiami55.68,120
Pinecrest Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.615,000
Shenandoah Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.66,103
South Dade Regional LibraryBranchMiami55.652,644
South Miami Branch LibraryBranchSouth Miami55.611,500
South Shore Branch LibraryBranchMiami Beach55.64,940
Sunny Isles Beach Branch LibraryBranchSunny Isles Beach55.69,227
Sunset Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.62,950
Tamiami Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.63,600
Virrick Park Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.63,500
West Flagler Branch LibraryBranchMiami55.64,833
West Kendall Regional LibraryBranchMiami55.645,731
Westchester Health & Wellness Information CentreBranchMiami55.63,808
Westchester Health & Wellness Information CentreBranchMiami55.63,808
Westchester Regional LibraryBranchMiami55.652,644
Mobile Library ServicesThree bookmobilesMiami41.8

Miami-Dade in numbers, FY 2024

Visits
3,663,708
Physical checkouts
2,979,718
Registered users
1,619,192
Program sessions
27,996
Program attendance
482,987
Print volumes
1,518,039
Audio items (physical)
22,718
Video items (physical)
156,179
Public computers
2,837
Public service hours, all outlets
145,441
Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
671.0
Operating spending
$93.7 million
…on books and other materials
$7.8 million
Overdue fines on print items
not charged

Where Miami-Dade gets its operating money

Operating revenue came to $107 million, or $44.56 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 62 profiled systems in Florida.

This system96%All profiled systems in Florida94%
This system96%All profiled systems in Florida94%
  • Local government
  • State
  • Federal
  • Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)

Miami-Dade since FY 2019

Visits were 21% below the FY 2019 count of 4.6 million (size-class median: −34%). Physical checkouts moved 26% down over the same span.

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

Who comes to Miami-Dade programs

Programs for children up to age 11 drew 34% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 17 people each.

Children 0–11163,098Young adults 12–18116,478Adults 19+102,931General interest100,480
Children 0–11163,098Young adults 12–18116,478Adults 19+102,931General interest100,480

County libraries 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 Hennepin County Library in Minnesota.

SystemBased inResidentsVisits per residentCheckouts per residentSpending per resident
LA County LibraryDowney, CA3,248,2851.701.70$60.09
Queens Borough Public LibraryJamaica, NY2,405,4642.712.64$62.46
Harris County Public LibraryHouston, TX2,281,1731.113.58$16.75
Orange County Public LibrariesSanta Ana, CA1,653,7182.104.68$38.92
Riverside County Library SystemJurupa Valley, CA1,381,0451.331.95$29.08
Hennepin County LibraryMinnetonka, MN1,297,8473.698.86$57.68

Nearest in size within Florida

All profiled systems in Florida