Worthington Public Library
Worthington Public Library is a school-district public library system based in Worthington (Franklin County), Ohio, serving a legal service area of 66,832 residents through three library buildings. Among the 559 profiled systems serving 50,000 to 99,999 residents, it ranks second for visits per resident, second for physical checkouts per resident, fourth for print volumes per resident and fifth for operating spending per resident.
Among the 249 profiled systems in Ohio, it ranks eighth for total visits. Against the median system of its size class, it records 4.5 times the paid staff per resident and 2.9 times the public computers per resident.
Worthington against the 559 systems of its size class
Worthington since FY 2019
Visits were 51% below the FY 2019 count of 1.4 million (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 34% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Worthington programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 74% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 29 people each.
Worthington in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 681,304
- Physical checkouts
- 1,859,312
- …of children's materials
- 896,151
- Electronic checkouts
- 812,051
- …of e-books
- 261,274
- …of e-audio
- 346,878
- Registered users
- 108,862
- Program sessions
- 1,757
- Program attendance
- 50,904
- Print volumes
- 379,023
- Audio items (physical)
- 24,333
- Video items (physical)
- 26,957
- Public computers
- 110
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 10,920
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 117.0
- Operating spending
- $12.9 million
- …on books and other materials
- $1.6 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Worthington gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $12.5 million, or $187.24 per resident. The local-government share sits 18 percentage points above the combined share for the 248 profiled systems in Ohio. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Worthington, building by building
The three buildings cover 71,828 square feet in total, 1.07 square feet per resident against a median of 0.62 for the size class. The largest building is Old Worthington Library at 42,446 square feet; the smallest is Worthington Park Library at 14,680. The longest hours, 70 a week, are shared by three buildings.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Library | Branch | Columbus | 70 | 14,702 |
| Old Worthington Library | Branch | Worthington | 70 | 42,446 |
| Worthington Park Library | Branch | Worthington | 70 | 14,680 |
Closest in size nationwide
None of these six systems records more visits per resident than this one. None of them matches this system's checkouts per resident.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Bridge Public Library | Old Bridge, NJ | 66,876 | 3.31 | 2.87 | $49.22 |
| Mountain Regional Library System | Young Harris, GA | 66,843 | 2.16 | 2.65 | $22.81 |
| Rowlett Public Library | Rowlett, TX | 66,813 | 1.96 | 2.51 | $19.80 |
| North Little Rock Public Library System | North Little Rock, AR | 66,810 | 9.33 | 0.85 | $71.25 |
| Weatherford Public Library | Weatherford, TX | 66,790 | 1.16 | 4.64 | $16.23 |
| Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library | Willowick, OH | 66,639 | 3.54 | 11.60 | $101.70 |
Nearest in size within Ohio
- Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library · Willowick · 66,639 residents
- Findlay Hancock Cnty Dist Public Library · Findlay · 66,478 residents
- Steubenville & Jefferson County, Pl of · Steubenville · 65,249 residents
- Marion Public Library · Marion · 64,852 residents