Montgomery County Memorial Library System
Montgomery County Memorial Library System is a county public library system based in Conroe (Montgomery County), Texas, serving a legal service area of 705,126 residents through eight library buildings. Among profiled systems serving 500,000 to 999,999 residents, it ranks fourth for local government's share of operating revenue, but ranks fifth-lowest for program attendance per resident and fifth-lowest for the electronic share of checkouts.
Among the 503 profiled systems in Texas, it ranks seventh for population served, eighth for total visits, eighth for operating spending and ninth for physical checkouts. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 35% of the operating spending per resident and only 41% of the public computers per resident.
Montgomery County Memorial against the 61 systems of its size class
Montgomery County Memorial in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 788,176
- Physical checkouts
- 2,428,469
- …of children's materials
- 1,382,763
- Electronic checkouts
- 512,543
- …of e-books
- 237,537
- …of e-audio
- 271,666
- Registered users
- 390,018
- Program sessions
- 3,025
- Program attendance
- 78,131
- Print volumes
- 570,376
- Audio items (physical)
- 33,401
- Video items (physical)
- 48,750
- Public computers
- 181
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 22,115
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 152.4
- Operating spending
- $11.9 million
- …on books and other materials
- $774,488
- Overdue fines on print items
- charged
Where Montgomery County Memorial gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $12.1 million, or $17.10 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 503 profiled systems in Texas.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
County libraries of similar size in other states
All six of these systems record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Tulsa City-County Library System in Oklahoma.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County Library System | Fort Myers, FL | 779,221 | 1.83 | 3.48 | $47.86 |
| Louisville Free Public Library | Louisville, KY | 772,144 | 2.29 | 2.87 | $31.25 |
| Dekalb County Public Library | Decatur, GA | 768,134 | 2.08 | 2.44 | $38.11 |
| Tulsa City-County Library System | Tulsa, OK | 682,868 | 2.72 | 8.14 | $48.73 |
| Brevard County Library System | Cocoa, FL | 653,548 | 2.43 | 5.06 | $31.44 |
| Ocean County Library | Toms River, NJ | 636,202 | 2.42 | 5.05 | $73.32 |
Who comes to Montgomery County Memorial programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 52% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 26 people each.
Nearest in size within Texas
- El Paso Public Library · El Paso · 678,958 residents
- Fort Bend County Libraries · Richmond · 873,816 residents
- Austin Public Library · Austin · 979,882 residents
- Brazoria County Library System · Angleton · 398,938 residents
Montgomery County Memorial, building by building
The eight buildings cover 175,276 square feet in total, 0.25 square feet per resident against a median of 0.45 for the size class. The largest building is Montgomery County Memorial Library System at 51,900 square feet; the smallest is Montgomery County Law Library at 3,500. The longest hours, 58.7 a week, are shared by two buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County Memorial Library System | Central library | Conroe | 58.7 | 51,900 |
| Charles B Stewart-West Branch Library | Branch | Montgomery | 53.1 | 14,560 |
| George & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Library | Branch | The Woodlands | 58.7 | 30,116 |
| Malcolm Purvis Library-Magnolia | Branch | Magnolia | 49.5 | 7,200 |
| Montgomery County Law Library | Branch | Conroe | 41.2 | 3,500 |
| Rb Tullis Library | Branch | New Caney | 55.9 | 29,600 |
| Rf Meador Branch Library | Branch | Willis | 49.6 | 8,400 |
| South Regional Library | Branch | The Woodlands | 58.5 | 30,000 |