Rangeview Library District
Rangeview Library District is a library district based in Thornton (Adams County), Colorado, serving a legal service area of 406,718 residents through seven library buildings and one bookmobile. Among profiled systems serving 250,000 to 499,999 residents, it ranks third for the electronic share of checkouts, but records the steepest decline in physical checkouts since FY 2019.
Among the 101 profiled systems in Colorado, it ranks fourth for population served, eighth for total visits and eighth for operating spending, but ranks second-lowest for physical checkouts per resident and third-lowest for print volumes per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 34% less program attendance per resident and 44% more operating spending per resident.
Rangeview against the 122 systems of its size class
Rangeview since FY 2019
Visits were 28% below the FY 2019 count of 1 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 60% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Rangeview programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 55% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 18 people each.
Rangeview in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 746,850
- Physical checkouts
- 648,417
- …of children's materials
- 349,045
- Electronic checkouts
- 864,651
- …of e-books
- 344,999
- …of e-audio
- 454,550
- Registered users
- 124,554
- Program sessions
- 2,899
- Program attendance
- 53,356
- Print volumes
- 269,827
- Audio items (physical)
- 15,399
- Video items (physical)
- 38,522
- Public computers
- 330
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 18,341
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 128.1
- Operating spending
- $21 million
- …on books and other materials
- $3.7 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Rangeview gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $36.8 million, or $90.49 per resident. The local-government share sits 9 percentage points above the combined share for the 101 profiled systems in Colorado. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Rangeview, building by building
The seven buildings cover 126,888 square feet in total, 0.31 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is Wright Farms at 45,000 square feet; the smallest is Bennett Branch Library at 7,500. The longest hours, 56 a week, are shared by three buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Branch Library | Branch | Bennett | 46 | 7,500 |
| Brighton Branch Library | Branch | Brighton | 56 | 20,000 |
| Commerce City Branch Library | Branch | Commerce City | 46 | 10,000 |
| Huron Street Branch Library | Branch | Thornton | 56 | 25,000 |
| Perl Mack Branch Library | Branch | Denver | 46 | 10,000 |
| Wright Farms | Branch | Thornton | 56 | 45,000 |
| York Street Branch Library | Branch | Thornton | 36.6 | 9,388 |
| Rangeview Ld Bookmobile | Bookmobile | Northglenn | 12 |
Library districts 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 Kent District Library in Michigan.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent District Library | Comstock Park, MI | 439,194 | 5.18 | 11.80 | $70.65 |
| Saint Charles City-County Library District | St. Peters, MO | 405,262 | 3.02 | 11.03 | $50.18 |
| Allen County Public Library | Fort Wayne, IN | 385,410 | 4.44 | 8.37 | $95.43 |
| Henderson District Public Libraries | Henderson, NV | 341,980 | 1.54 | 3.75 | $25.55 |
| Genesee District Library | Flint, MI | 334,645 | 2.06 | 1.87 | $27.33 |
| Spokane County Library District | Spokane, WA | 312,530 | 2.37 | 3.41 | $56.31 |
Nearest in size within Colorado
- Aurora Public Library · Aurora · 394,380 residents
- Douglas County Libraries · Castle Rock · 383,911 residents
- High Plains Library District · Greeley · 315,735 residents
- Jefferson County Public Library · Lakewood · 576,381 residents