Figure 21. Public Library System Branches by Population of Legal Service Area.
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Population of Legal Service Area | |||
| Number of Public Libraries | Number of Libraries with Branches | Number of Branches | |
| Million + | 20 | 20 | 836 |
| 500,000-999,999 | 49 | 49 | 1,017 |
| 100,000-499,999 | 392 | 360 | 2,538 |
| 25,000-99,999 | 1,397 | 636 | 1,875 |
| 5,000-24,999 | 3,143 | 343 | 687 |
| LT 5,000 | 3,950 | 47 | 71 |
| Overall | 8,921 | 1,455 | 7,024 |
| From 1994 public library data (NCES, 1997), the most currently available public library outlet data. | |||
From:
Bertot, J. C., McClure, C. R., and Fletcher, P.D. (1997). The 1997 National Survey of U.S. Public Libraries and the Internet: Final Report Washington, D.C.: American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy.