Pasco County Public Library Cooperative
Pasco County Public Library Cooperative is a county public library system based in Hudson (Pasco County), Florida, serving a legal service area of 634,768 residents through nine library buildings. Among profiled systems serving 500,000 to 999,999 residents, it ranks ninth for local government's share of operating revenue, but ranks last for print volumes per resident and third-lowest for visits per resident.
By population served it is the 11th-largest of the 62 profiled systems in Florida. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 37% of the operating spending per resident and 48% fewer physical checkouts per resident.
Pasco County against the 61 systems of its size class
Pasco County, building by building
The nine buildings cover 144,814 square feet in total, 0.23 square feet per resident against a median of 0.45 for the size class. The largest building is Hudson Branch Library at 34,318 square feet; the smallest is Hugh Embry Branch Library at 7,223.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Park Branch Library | Branch | Holiday | – | 9,985 |
| Hudson Branch Library | Branch | Hudson | – | 34,318 |
| Hugh Embry Branch Library | Branch | Dade City | – | 7,223 |
| Land O`lakes Branch Library | Branch | Land O`lakes | – | 19,094 |
| New River Branch Library | Branch | Wesley Chapel | – | 10,980 |
| Regency Park Branch Library | Branch | New Port Richey | – | 19,256 |
| South Holiday Branch Library | Branch | Holiday | – | 8,504 |
| Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center | Branch | Odessa | – | 26,991 |
| Zephyrhills Library | Branch | Zephyrhills | 36.5 | 8,463 |
A dash marks a value not reported for FY 2024.
Pasco County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 424,503
- Physical checkouts
- 1,279,364
- Registered users
- 372,421
- Program sessions
- 5,896
- Program attendance
- 102,991
- Print volumes
- 203,975
- Audio items (physical)
- 4,642
- Video items (physical)
- 16,613
- Public computers
- 214
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 141.0
- Operating spending
- $11.1 million
- …on books and other materials
- $900,608
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Pasco County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $11.6 million, or $18.33 per resident. The local-government share sits 3 percentage points above the combined share for the 62 profiled systems in Florida. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Who comes to Pasco County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 58% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 17 people each.
Nearest in size within Florida
- Brevard County Library System · Cocoa · 653,548 residents
- Volusia County Public Library · Daytona Beach · 592,852 residents
- Lee County Library System · Fort Myers · 779,221 residents
- Polk County Library Cooperative · Bartow · 822,769 residents
County 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 Johnson County Library in Kansas.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County Public Library System | Knoxville, TN | 500,669 | 2.07 | 4.34 | $30.08 |
| Pinal County Library District | Florence, AZ | 483,944 | 0.11 | 0.44 | $5.69 |
| Onondaga County Public Library | Syracuse, NY | 476,516 | 1.04 | 0.68 | $27.95 |
| Johnson County Library | Overland Park, KS | 474,776 | 3.94 | 10.93 | $114.39 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish Library | Baton Rouge, LA | 453,022 | 3.88 | 3.16 | $100.46 |
| Dayton Metro Library | Dayton, OH | 452,238 | 4.40 | 6.51 | $83.51 |