Minot Public Library
Minot Public Library is a municipal public library based in Minot (Ward County), North Dakota, serving a legal service area of 48,377 residents from a single building. Among the 875 profiled systems serving 25,000 to 49,999 residents, it records the largest gain in physical checkouts since FY 2019.
Among profiled systems in North Dakota, it ranks second for weekly open hours per outlet, third for print volumes, fourth for population served and fourth for total visits. Against the median system of its size class, it records 28% less program attendance per resident and 27% fewer visits per resident.
Minot against the 964 systems of its size class
Minot since FY 2019
Visits were 22% below the FY 2019 count of 126,210 (size-class median: −28%). Physical checkouts moved 121% up over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Minot programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 60% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 23 people each.
Minot in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 98,732
- Physical checkouts
- 248,091
- …of children's materials
- 118,000
- Electronic checkouts
- 106,837
- …of e-books
- 41,086
- …of e-audio
- 54,781
- Registered users
- 16,372
- Program sessions
- 541
- Program attendance
- 12,494
- Print volumes
- 112,044
- Audio items (physical)
- 3,884
- Video items (physical)
- 9,637
- Public computers
- 30
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 3,016
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 20.8
- Operating spending
- $1.9 million
- …on books and other materials
- $214,538
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Minot gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $1.8 million, or $36.82 per resident. The local-government share sits 7 percentage points above the combined share for the 69 profiled systems in North Dakota. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
The Minot building
The single building covers 40,700 square feet, 0.84 square feet per resident against a median of 0.74 for the size class. It is open 58 hours a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minot Public Library | Central library | Minot | 58 | 40,700 |
Municipal libraries 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 Prescott Public Library in Arizona.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Falls Public Library | Niagara Falls, NY | 48,671 | 3.41 | 1.92 | $43.94 |
| Monroe Township Public Library/Middlesex | Monroe Township, NJ | 48,594 | 4.28 | 6.98 | $97.10 |
| Roswell Public Library | Roswell, NM | 48,422 | 3.63 | 1.65 | $29.23 |
| Traphene Hickman Library | Cedar Hill, TX | 48,411 | 1.98 | 3.20 | $43.15 |
| Bedford Public Library | Bedford, TX | 48,370 | 4.01 | 7.59 | $41.98 |
| Prescott Public Library | Prescott, AZ | 48,082 | 6.67 | 12.17 | $60.08 |
Nearest in size within North Dakota
- West Fargo Public Library · West Fargo · 40,601 residents
- Williston Community Library · Williston · 38,748 residents
- Dickinson Area Public Library · Dickinson · 35,297 residents
- Morton Mandan Public Library · Mandan · 33,291 residents