Orange County Library District
Orange County Library District is a library district based in Orlando (Orange County), Florida, serving a legal service area of 1,457,330 residents through 15 library buildings. Among profiled systems in Florida, it ranks second for physical checkouts, third for program attendance, fourth for population served and fifth for operating spending.
Among profiled systems serving 1 million or more residents, it ranks ninth for weekly open hours per outlet, but ranks sixth-lowest for library floor space per resident and seventh-lowest for public computers per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 27% fewer visits per resident and 26% fewer print volumes per resident.
Orange County against the 35 systems of its size class
Orange County since FY 2019
Visits were 33% below the FY 2019 count of 3.3 million (size-class median: −34%). Physical checkouts moved 24% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Orange County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 58% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 31 people each.
Orange County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 2,224,870
- Physical checkouts
- 4,039,134
- Registered users
- 356,440
- Program sessions
- 10,075
- Program attendance
- 310,100
- Print volumes
- 1,025,603
- Audio items (physical)
- 65,788
- Video items (physical)
- 168,927
- Public computers
- 621
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 39,295
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 407.0
- Operating spending
- $52.2 million
- …on books and other materials
- $5.5 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Orange County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $75.2 million, or $51.61 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 62 profiled systems in Florida.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Orange County, building by building
The 15 buildings cover 453,164 square feet in total, 0.31 square feet per resident against a median of 0.39 for the size class. The largest building is Orlando Public Library at 295,000 square feet; the smallest is Washington Park Branch at 5,600. The longest hours, 53.7 a week, are shared by five buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Public Library | Central library | Orlando | 53.7 | 295,000 |
| Alafaya Branch | Branch | Orlando | 53.7 | 12,000 |
| Chickasaw Branch Library | Branch | Orlando | 48.7 | 15,700 |
| Eatonville Branch | Branch | Eatonville | 48.7 | 6,600 |
| Fairview Shores Branch | Branch | Orlando | 48.7 | 8,796 |
| Hiawassee Branch | Branch | Orlando | 48.7 | 13,455 |
| North Orange Branch | Branch | Apopka | 53.7 | 12,000 |
| South Creek Branch | Branch | Orlando | 53.7 | 12,000 |
| South Trail Branch | Branch | Orlando | 48.7 | 12,750 |
| Southeast Branch | Branch | Orlando | 48.7 | 13,310 |
| Southwest Branch | Branch | Orlando | 48.7 | 15,553 |
| Washington Park Branch | Branch | Orlando | 48.7 | 5,600 |
| West Oaks Branch | Branch | Ocoee | 53.7 | 12,000 |
| Windermere Branch | Branch | Windermere | 48.7 | 6,400 |
| Winter Garden Branch | Branch | Winter Garden | 48.7 | 12,000 |
Library districts 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 Saint Louis County Library in Missouri.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas-Clark County Library District | Las Vegas, NV | 1,721,851 | 2.24 | 3.82 | $51.67 |
| King County Library System | Issaquah, WA | 1,607,650 | 3.35 | 7.16 | $90.15 |
| Indianapolis Public Library | Indianapolis, IN | 963,251 | 2.47 | 5.73 | $62.55 |
| Saint Louis County Library | St. Louis, MO | 863,407 | 4.08 | 8.33 | $70.90 |
| Mid-Continent Public Library | Independence, MO | 840,292 | 2.96 | 5.99 | $82.29 |
| Sno-Isle Libraries | Marysville, WA | 819,554 | 2.99 | 6.94 | $74.67 |
Nearest in size within Florida
- Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative · Tampa · 1,559,678 residents
- Broward County Libraries Division · Fort Lauderdale · 1,776,271 residents
- Jacksonville Public Library · Jacksonville · 1,062,145 residents
- Palm Beach County Library System · West Palm Beach · 1,007,170 residents