Tulsa City-County Library System
Tulsa City-County Library System is a county public library system based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving a legal service area of 682,868 residents through 24 library buildings and two bookmobiles. Among profiled systems in Oklahoma, it leads on physical checkouts, number of library buildings, program attendance and public computers.
Among the 61 profiled systems serving 500,000 to 999,999 residents, it ranks second for program attendance per resident and ninth for physical checkouts per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 41% more public computers per resident and 24% more visits per resident.
Tulsa City-County against the 61 systems of its size class
Tulsa City-County since FY 2019
Visits were 36% below the FY 2019 count of 2.9 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 25% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Tulsa City-County programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 74% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 38 people each.
Tulsa City-County in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 1,857,530
- Physical checkouts
- 5,558,630
- …of children's materials
- 3,020,526
- Electronic checkouts
- 1,827,501
- …of e-books
- 701,768
- …of e-audio
- 936,701
- Registered users
- 364,332
- Program sessions
- 9,471
- Program attendance
- 361,558
- Print volumes
- 882,262
- Audio items (physical)
- 67,457
- Video items (physical)
- 96,508
- Public computers
- 605
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 68,933
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 334.1
- Operating spending
- $33.3 million
- …on books and other materials
- $4.5 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Tulsa City-County gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $45.6 million, or $66.76 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 117 profiled systems in Oklahoma.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Tulsa City-County, building by building
The 24 buildings cover 384,549 square feet in total, 0.56 square feet per resident against a median of 0.45 for the size class. The largest building is Central Library at 133,362 square feet; the smallest is Nathan Hale Library at 4,882. The longest hours, 69 a week, are shared by five buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Library | Central library | Tulsa | 69 | 133,362 |
| Bixby Library | Branch | Bixby | 47 | 5,280 |
| Broken Arrow Library | Branch | Broken Arrow | 55 | 11,500 |
| Brookside Library | Branch | Tulsa | 55 | 7,200 |
| Charles Page Memorial Library | Branch | Sand Springs | 51 | 5,300 |
| Collinsville Library | Branch | Collinsville | 47 | 7,872 |
| Glenpool Library | Branch | Glenpool | 47 | 5,080 |
| Hardesty Regional Library | Branch | Tulsa | 69 | 54,800 |
| Herman & Kate Kaiser Library | Branch | Tulsa | 55 | 11,000 |
| Jenks Library | Branch | Jenks | 51 | 5,270 |
| Judy Z Kishner Library | Branch | Tulsa | 47 | 5,100 |
| Kendall-Whittier Library | Branch | Tulsa | 47 | 5,300 |
| Martin Regional Library | Branch | Tulsa | 69 | 28,294 |
| Maxwell Park Library | Branch | Tulsa | 47 | 5,300 |
| Nathan Hale Library | Branch | Tulsa | 47 | 4,882 |
| Owasso Library | Branch | Owasso | 55 | 8,800 |
| Peggy Helmerich Library | Branch | Tulsa | 55 | 14,200 |
| Pratt Library | Branch | Sand Springs | 51 | 5,890 |
| Rudisill Regional Library | Branch | Tulsa | 69 | 20,244 |
| Schusterman-Benson Library | Branch | Tulsa | 55 | 8,200 |
| Skiatook Library | Branch | Skiatook | 47 | 5,400 |
| South Broken Arrow Library | Branch | Broken Arrow | 55 | 6,100 |
| Suburban Acres Library | Branch | Tulsa | 47 | 5,124 |
| Zarrow Regional Library | Branch | Tulsa | 69 | 15,051 |
| Tulsa City-County Library Bookmobiles | Two bookmobiles | Tulsa | 19.6 |
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 Cuyahoga County Public Library in Ohio.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County Memorial Library System | Conroe, TX | 705,126 | 1.12 | 3.44 | $16.91 |
| Brevard County Library System | Cocoa, FL | 653,548 | 2.43 | 5.06 | $31.44 |
| Ocean County Library | Toms River, NJ | 636,202 | 2.42 | 5.05 | $73.32 |
| Pasco County Public Library Cooperative | Hudson, FL | 634,768 | 0.67 | 2.02 | $17.50 |
| Cuyahoga County Public Library | Parma, OH | 626,288 | 6.26 | 11.75 | $119.50 |
| Volusia County Public Library | Daytona Beach, FL | 592,852 | 2.09 | 3.00 | $36.71 |
Nearest in size within Oklahoma
- Metropolitan Library System · Oklahoma City · 808,866 residents
- Pioneer Library System · Norman · 422,056 residents
- Eastern Oklahoma Library System · Muskogee · 236,086 residents
- Southeast Oklahoma Library System · McAlester · 164,633 residents