Libraries and Books by State

Number of Libraries and Books by State, Ranked

State	Number of Libraries	Number of Books and Serial Volumes
	Number of Libraries	In Thousands	Rank	Per Capita	Rank
	2019	2019		2019

Alabama	220	8,668	27	1.8	27
Alaska	64	2,077	49	3.2	49
Arizona	89	7,632	30	1.1	30
Arkansas	60	5,897	33	2.1	33
California	185	55,979	2	1.4	2
Colorado	112	9,485	24	1.7	24
Connecticut	180	12,429	18	3.8	18
Delaware	21	1,453	50	1.5	50
District of Columbia	1	971	51	1.4	51
Florida	81	26,035	7	1.2	7
Georgia	62	15,817	13	1.5	13
Hawaii	1	2,896	43	2	43
Idaho	103	4,229	39	2.8	39
Illinois	623	38,460	3	3.3	3
Indiana	236	21,183	11	3.5	11
Iowa	535	11,540	20	3.8	20
Kansas	318	8,623	28	3.4	28
Kentucky	120	9,144	25	2.1	25
Louisiana	67	11,417	21	2.5	21
Maine	228	5,897	33	4.9	33
Maryland	24	10,077	23	1.7	23
Massachusetts	367	28,923	6	4.2	6
Michigan	396	25,928	8	2.6	8
Minnesota	136	13,475	17	2.4	17
Mississippi	53	5,464	37	1.8	37
Missouri	149	15,456	14	2.8	14
Montana	82	2,412	46	2.4	46
Nebraska	236	5,552	35	3.5	35
Nevada	22	3,688	41	1.2	41
New Hampshire	220	5,524	36	4.1	36
New Jersey	296	25,058	9	2.9	9
New Mexico	88	4,008	40	2.7	40
New York	756	64,494	1	3.3	1
North Carolina	82	15,426	15	1.5	15
North Dakota	73	2,079	48	3.1	48
Ohio	251	37,947	4	3.3	4
Oklahoma	119	6,152	32	1.9	32
Oregon	132	8,702	26	2.5	26
Pennsylvania	452	23,930	10	1.9	10
Rhode Island	48	3,144	42	3	42
South Carolina	42	8,483	29	1.8	29
South Dakota	111	2,767	44	3.6	44
Tennessee	186	10,884	22	1.6	22
Texas	544	36,348	5	1.4	5
Utah	70	6,359	31	2.1	31
Vermont	162	2,747	45	4.7	45
Virginia	93	15,400	16	1.8	16
Washington	60	11,857	19	1.6	19
West Virginia	97	4,736	38	2.6	38
Wisconsin	381	17,777	12	3	12
Wyoming	23	2,247	47	3.9	47