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Connecticut Public Libraries:
A STATISTICAL PROFILE 1995-1996
| SUMMARY |
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1991/1992 |
1992/1993 |
1993/1994 |
1994/1995 |
1995/1996 |
| Number of libraries reporting |
182 |
177 |
175 |
178 |
181 |
| Total hours open typical week |
7,947 |
7,925 |
7,943 |
8,094 |
8,352 |
| Total FTE's (40 hour week) |
1,884 |
1,932 |
1,969 |
1,981 |
2,063 |
| Total registered borrowers |
1,591,830 |
1,618,984 |
1,633,048 |
1,711,121 |
1,749,590 |
| Registrations per capita |
0.50 |
0.50 |
0.51 |
0.52 |
0.54 |
| Library visits per capita |
5.87 |
6.11 |
5.76 |
5.97 |
5.80 |
| Total reference transactions |
3,058,006 |
3,071,218 |
3,068,604 |
3,267,721 |
3,427,306 |
| Reference transactions per capita |
1.01 |
0.99 |
1.01 |
1.06 |
1.11 |
| Total circulation |
24,638,207 |
24,704,555 |
24,354,730 |
24,916,255 |
25,078,879 |
| Residential circulation per capita |
6.6 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
| Total Connecticard circulation |
3,174,887 |
3,302,391 |
3,323,413 |
3,412,273 |
3,524,297 |
| Per cent of all circulation |
12.9% |
13.4% |
13.6% |
13.7% |
14.1% |
| Total book circulation |
18,984,923 |
17,853,357 |
16,125,383 |
17,818,250 |
18,169,712 |
| Per cent of all circulation |
77.1% |
72.3% |
73.7% |
71.5% |
77.5% |
| Books and serials held |
12,431,495 |
12,710,020 |
12,852,992 |
12,945,167 |
12,848,241 |
| Books and serials held per capita |
3.81 |
3.89 |
3.94 |
3.97 |
3.95 |
| Books and serials, |
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| average annual turnover rate |
1.61 |
1.51 |
1.36 |
1.30 |
1.49 |
| Program attendance per capita |
.295 |
.323 |
.316 |
.340 |
.321 |
| Net total income |
$91,215,027 |
$95,525,410 |
$100,234,889 |
$105,137,724 |
$106,583,962 |
| Net income per capita |
$24.32 |
$25.91 |
$27.93 |
$29.42 |
$30.48 |
| Total local appropriation income |
$75,962,537 |
$78,652,686 |
$81,367,318 |
$84,637,016 |
$87,930,927 |
| Total state fund income |
$2,777,563 |
$4,765,700 |
$2,973,412 |
$2,847,283 |
$3,077,488 |
| Total federal fund income |
$406,471 |
$777,737 |
$431,841 |
$533,882 |
$499,897 |
| Total expenditures, materials |
$11,392,683 |
$11,732,067 |
$11,811,395 |
$12,554,299 |
$13,214,129 |
| Materials expenditures per capita |
$3.08 |
$3.18 |
$3.62 |
$3.86 |
$4.07 |
| Total operating expenditures |
$73,096,730 |
$75,721,881 |
$78,029,242 |
$81,372,554 |
$84,610,484 |
| Operating expenditures per capita |
$19.77 |
$20.54 |
$23.93 |
$25.05 |
$25.84 |
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