Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library is a city-county public library system based in Stockton (San Joaquin County), California, serving a legal service area of 724,916 residents through 16 library buildings and one bookmobile. Among profiled systems serving 500,000 to 999,999 residents, it ranks fifth for local government's share of operating revenue and records the smallest decline in visits since FY 2019, but ranks second-lowest for print volumes per resident and second-lowest for paid staff per resident.
By population served it is the 13th-largest of the 170 profiled systems in California. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 34% of the physical checkouts per resident and only 41% of the visits per resident.
Stockton-San Joaquin County against the 61 systems of its size class
Stockton-San Joaquin County since FY 2019
Visits were 0% below the FY 2019 count of 652,837 (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 21% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Stockton-San Joaquin County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 63% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 22 people each.
Stockton-San Joaquin County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 651,642
- Physical checkouts
- 957,618
- …of children's materials
- 670,044
- Electronic checkouts
- 276,992
- …of e-books
- 109,488
- …of e-audio
- 118,878
- Registered users
- 160,963
- Program sessions
- 4,476
- Program attendance
- 98,906
- Print volumes
- 356,527
- Audio items (physical)
- 13,393
- Video items (physical)
- 22,707
- Public computers
- 206
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 29,606
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 94.0
- Operating spending
- $15.4 million
- …on books and other materials
- $1.4 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- charged
Where Stockton-San Joaquin County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $16.9 million, or $23.32 per resident. The local-government share sits 5 percentage points above the combined share for the 170 profiled systems in California. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Stockton-San Joaquin County, building by building
The 16 buildings cover 196,173 square feet in total, 0.27 square feet per resident against a median of 0.45 for the size class. The largest building is Cesar Chavez Central Library at 70,000 square feet; the smallest is Stribley Micro Library at 317. The longest hours are at Mountain House Library, 53.3 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Central Library | Central library | Stockton | 47.5 | 70,000 |
| Arnold Rue Micro Library | Branch | Stockton | 11.6 | 494 |
| Escalon Library | Branch | Escalon | 27.6 | 10,200 |
| Fair Oaks Library | Branch | Stockton | 40.2 | 9,600 |
| Lathrop Library | Branch | Lathrop | 27.8 | 2,697 |
| Linden Library | Branch | Linden | 28.7 | 3,750 |
| Manteca Library | Branch | Manteca | 45.8 | 15,000 |
| Margaret Troke Library | Branch | Stockton | 48.6 | 14,000 |
| Maya Angelou Library | Branch | Stockton | 40.5 | 10,500 |
| Mountain House Library | Branch | Mountain House | 53.3 | 21,500 |
| Ripon Library | Branch | Ripon | 41.6 | 11,000 |
| Stribley Micro Library | Branch | Stockton | 11.9 | 317 |
| Thornton Library | Branch | Thornton | 29.3 | 2,775 |
| Tracy Branch Library | Branch | Tracy | 50.2 | 16,911 |
| Van Buskirk | Branch | Stockton | 15.1 | 429 |
| Weston Ranch Library | Branch | Stockton | 41 | 7,000 |
| Mobile Library | Bookmobile | Stockton | 14.2 |
City-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 Nashville Public Library in Tennessee.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pima County Public Library | Tucson, AZ | 1,086,634 | 2.34 | 1.57 | $41.62 |
| Memphis Public Library and Information Center | Memphis, TN | 791,686 | 1.15 | 0.80 | $29.16 |
| Nashville Public Library | Nashville, TN | 712,334 | 3.87 | 4.64 | $75.07 |
| Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System | Albuquerque, NM | 676,444 | 2.42 | 2.98 | $28.03 |
| Lake County Library System | Tavares, FL | 432,796 | 2.50 | 3.25 | $25.02 |
| New Orleans Public Library | New Orleans, LA | 362,701 | 3.02 | 2.89 | $65.01 |
Nearest in size within California
- San Francisco Public Library · San Francisco · 843,071 residents
- Kern County Library · Bakersfield · 888,074 residents
- Alameda County Library · Fremont · 581,626 residents
- Stanislaus County Free Library · Modesto · 548,744 residents