Pinal County Library District
Pinal County Library District is a county public library system based in Florence (Pinal County), Arizona, serving a legal service area of 483,944 residents through four library buildings. Among the 122 profiled systems serving 250,000 to 499,999 residents, it ranks seventh for local government's share of operating revenue, but ranks last for visits per resident and last for operating spending per resident.
Among the 59 profiled systems in Arizona, it ranks fifth for population served. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 9% of the print volumes per resident and only 10% of the paid staff per resident.
Pinal County against the 122 systems of its size class
Pinal County since FY 2019
Visits were 53% below the FY 2019 count of 114,230 (size-class median: −30%).
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Pinal County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 56% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 26 people each.
Pinal County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 54,221
- Physical checkouts
- 212,816
- …of children's materials
- 127,647
- Electronic checkouts
- 27,780
- …of e-books
- 14,882
- …of e-audio
- 7,845
- Registered users
- 22,974
- Program sessions
- 674
- Program attendance
- 17,225
- Print volumes
- 54,948
- Audio items (physical)
- 2,820
- Video items (physical)
- 13,577
- Public computers
- 34
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 7,916
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 15.5
- Operating spending
- $2.8 million
- …on books and other materials
- $399,717
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Pinal County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $3.2 million, or $6.71 per resident. The local-government share sits 5 percentage points above the combined share for the 53 profiled systems in Arizona. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Pinal County, building by building
The four buildings cover 17,460 square feet in total, 0.04 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is San Tan Valley Library at 7,200 square feet; the smallest is San Manuel Public Library at 1,936. The longest hours are at San Tan Valley Library, 47.1 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinal County Library District | Central library | Florence | 43.1 | 2,960 |
| Arizona City Community Library | Branch | Arizona City | 38.1 | 5,364 |
| San Manuel Public Library | Branch | San Manuel | 23.9 | 1,936 |
| San Tan Valley Library | Branch | San Tan Valley | 47.1 | 7,200 |
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 Johnson County Library in Kansas.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris County Library | Whippany, NJ | 509,285 | 0.24 | 0.51 | $15.21 |
| Washoe County Library System | Reno, NV | 508,759 | 1.48 | 2.64 | $30.63 |
| Knox County Public Library System | Knoxville, TN | 500,669 | 2.07 | 4.34 | $30.08 |
| 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 |
Nearest in size within Arizona
- Mesa Public Library · Mesa · 524,892 residents
- Chandler Public Library · Chandler · 286,342 residents
- Glendale Public Library · Glendale · 260,878 residents
- Yavapai County Free Library District · Prescott · 251,768 residents