Park County Library System
Park County Library System is a county public library system based in Cody (Park County), Wyoming, serving a legal service area of 30,735 residents through three library buildings. Among profiled systems in Wyoming, it ranks second for program attendance, second for physical checkouts per resident, second for local government's share of operating revenue and third for physical checkouts, but ranks last for the electronic share of checkouts.
By population served it is the seventh-largest of the 22 profiled systems in Wyoming. Against the median system of its size class, it records 3.2 times the program attendance per resident and 2.3 times the print volumes per resident.
Park County against the 964 systems of its size class
Park County since FY 2019
Visits were 21% below the FY 2019 count of 237,019 (size-class median: −28%). Physical checkouts moved 19% up over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Park County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 67% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 20 people each.
Park County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 187,438
- Physical checkouts
- 313,529
- …of children's materials
- 138,537
- Electronic checkouts
- 69,034
- …of e-books
- 27,033
- …of e-audio
- 36,841
- Registered users
- 14,215
- Program sessions
- 1,781
- Program attendance
- 35,251
- Print volumes
- 149,508
- Audio items (physical)
- 6,855
- Video items (physical)
- 15,375
- Public computers
- 38
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 7,427
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 25.0
- Operating spending
- $1.9 million
- …on books and other materials
- $102,885
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Park County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $1.8 million, or $58.66 per resident. The local-government share sits 7 percentage points above the combined share for the 22 profiled systems in Wyoming. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Park County, building by building
The three buildings cover 34,252 square feet in total, 1.11 square feet per resident against a median of 0.74 for the size class. The largest building is Park County Library at 27,000 square feet; the smallest is Meeteetse Branch Library at 2,352. The longest hours are at Park County Library, 53.9 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park County Library | Central library | Cody | 53.9 | 27,000 |
| Meeteetse Branch Library | Branch | Meeteetse | 45 | 2,352 |
| Powell Branch Library | Branch | Powell | 44.7 | 4,900 |
County libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, one records more visits per resident than this one. None of them matches this system's checkouts per resident.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsburg County Library System | Kingstree, SC | 31,026 | 0.82 | 0.70 | $19.75 |
| Door County Library | Sturgeon Bay, WI | 30,885 | 7.52 | 7.39 | $68.71 |
| Stokely Memorial Library | Newport, TN | 30,672 | 1.30 | 1.31 | $3.99 |
| Howard County Library | Big Spring, TX | 30,554 | 1.81 | 1.01 | $18.82 |
| Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library | Tullahoma, TN | 30,456 | 1.86 | 3.33 | $20.64 |
| Powhatan County Public Library | Powhatan, VA | 30,445 | 3.05 | 3.90 | $26.13 |
Nearest in size within Wyoming
- Sheridan County Library System · Sheridan · 32,519 residents
- Albany County Public Library · Laramie · 38,257 residents
- Fremont County Library System · Lander · 39,815 residents
- Teton County Library · Jackson · 23,232 residents