Siouxland Libraries
Siouxland Libraries is a city-county public library system based in Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County), South Dakota, serving a legal service area of 255,913 residents through 13 library buildings and one bookmobile. Among the 101 profiled systems in South Dakota, it leads on population served, total visits, physical checkouts and operating spending, but ranks third-lowest for print volumes per resident.
Among profiled systems serving 250,000 to 499,999 residents, it ranks tenth for local government's share of operating revenue, but ranks sixth-lowest for weekly open hours per outlet. Against the median system of its size class, it records 68% more physical checkouts per resident and 51% more visits per resident.
Siouxland against the 122 systems of its size class
Siouxland, building by building
The 13 buildings cover 143,922 square feet in total, 0.56 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is Siouxland Libraries at 66,000 square feet; the smallest is Humboldt Branch-Siouxland Libraries at 600. The longest hours are at Siouxland Libraries, 62.3 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siouxland Libraries | Central library | Sioux Falls | 62.3 | 66,000 |
| Baltic Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Baltic | 13.4 | 735 |
| Brandon Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Brandon | 56 | 10,500 |
| Caille Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Sioux Falls | 60.7 | 12,500 |
| Colton Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Colton | 11.8 | 1,775 |
| Crooks Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Crooks | 20.5 | 4,000 |
| Garretson Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Garretson | 12.7 | 1,260 |
| Hartford Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Hartford | 17.6 | 825 |
| Humboldt Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Humboldt | 10.4 | 600 |
| Oak View Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Sioux Falls | 60.3 | 14,900 |
| Prairie West Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Sioux Falls | 60.4 | 15,719 |
| Ronning Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Sioux Falls | 60.4 | 14,400 |
| Valley Springs Branch-Siouxland Libraries | Branch | Valley Springs | 5.9 | 708 |
| Crooks Branch Bookmobile-Siouxland Libraries | Bookmobile | Crooks | 10.9 |
Siouxland in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 858,150
- Physical checkouts
- 1,521,666
- …of children's materials
- 974,740
- Electronic checkouts
- 607,415
- …of e-books
- 221,108
- …of e-audio
- 312,051
- Registered users
- 82,121
- Program sessions
- 2,024
- Program attendance
- 49,447
- Print volumes
- 223,245
- Audio items (physical)
- 17,496
- Video items (physical)
- 17,927
- Public computers
- 106
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 24,010
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 76.2
- Operating spending
- $11 million
- …on books and other materials
- $1.1 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Siouxland gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $11 million, or $43.12 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 101 profiled systems in South Dakota. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Siouxland since FY 2019
Visits were 11% below the FY 2019 count of 965,247 (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 18% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Siouxland programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 84% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 24 people each.
City-county libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, one records more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to San Luis Obispo City-County Library in California.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Public Library | New Orleans, LA | 362,701 | 3.02 | 2.89 | $65.01 |
| San Luis Obispo City-County Library | San Luis Obispo, CA | 247,562 | 2.21 | 6.75 | $50.12 |
| Clarksville Montgomery County Public Library | Clarksville, TN | 239,872 | 0.99 | 1.88 | $12.07 |
| Jackson/Hinds Library System | Jackson, MS | 214,870 | 0.93 | 0.49 | $18.61 |
| Santa Cruz Public Libraries | Santa Cruz, CA | 211,540 | 3.71 | 6.63 | $88.87 |
| Harrison County Library System | Gulfport, MS | 210,612 | 1.30 | 1.81 | $15.78 |
Nearest in size within South Dakota
- Rapid City Public Library · Rapid City · 112,937 residents
- K.o. Lee Aberdeen Public Library · Aberdeen · 28,110 residents
- Brookings Public Library · Brookings · 24,312 residents
- Watertown Regional Library · Watertown · 23,230 residents