Libraries Reporting Circulation and Users to the ALA for 1915

Supporting data for Galbi, “Book Circulation Per U.S. Public Library User Since 1856.”

Source: Papers and Proceedings of the 38’th Annual Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA), Asbury Park, NJ, June 26-July 1, 1916, published in Bulletin of the American Library Association, v. 10, n. 4 (July) 1916.

rid	Location		Library Name (in addition to location)	Population Served (1000s)	Volumes	Circulation	Users (borrowers)	Users (within library)
1	Aberdeen	SD	Mitchell	10	7,610	30,205	2,614
2	Abilene	KS	Free Public Library	4	6,158	20,177	3,565	41,036
8	Arlington	MA	Robbins	14	28,435	54,598	8,500	41,384
10	Atlanta	GA	Carnegie	102	73,726	375,831	62,603	114,744
11	Auburn	ME	Public Library	15	19,829	56,583	5,000
13	Austin	MN	Carnegie Public Library	9	8,180	22,722	2,550	19,712
14	Bakersfield	CA	Kern Co. Free Library	37	19,925	80,302	9,332
15	Baltimore	MD	Enoch Pratt	558	334,366	696,111	44,929
17	Bangor	ME	Public Library	26		82,956	4,945
18	Belfast	ME	Free Library	4	17,462	29,665	3,336
19	Berkeley	CA	Public Library	65	55,183	296,362	8,711
20	Birmingham	AL	Public Library	200	44,638	280,670	27,588	85,332
21	Bloomington	IL	Withers Public Library	26	27,339	98,141	9,392
25	Boston	MA	Public Library	745	1,121,747	1,910,320	112,199
27	Braddock	PA	Carnegie Free Library	85	66,652	383,218	15,556	74,182
28	Bardford	PA	Carnegie Public Library	14	20,325	102,036	6,996
29	Brockton	MA	Public Library	65	71,416	261,542	16,479
30	Brookline	MA	Public Library	33	89,663	230,913	11,207
32	Brooklyn	MA	Public Library	1825	862,112	5,875,190	351,835
35	Burlington	IA	Public Library	24	39,278	113,336	7,254
36	Cairo	IL	Public Library		19,482	55,220	2,877	12,329
37	Calumet	MI	C&H Mfg. Co		42,120	179,561	9,550	89,284
39	Camden	NY	Free Public Library	102	61,682	238,616	5,236
40	Canton	MA	Public Library		18,093	35,608	2,221
41	Carlisle	IN	Public Library	3	1,817	8,832	866
42	Carthage	MO	Public Library		9,079	42,389	4,616	2,599
44	Cedard Rapids	IA	Public Library	43	35,252	208,712	11,855
45	Charlotte	NC	Carnegie	34	8,216	44,891	6,704	23,075
46	Chelsea	MA	Public Library	43	17,524	103,741	3,447
52	Chickasha	OK	Carnegie Public Library	12	3,621	14,670	1,879
54	Chilicothe	OH	Public Library		35,000	84,726	10,844
56	Cincinnati	OH	Public Library	500	487,088	1,669,216	101,132
57	Cleburne	TX	Carnegie Public Library	17	7,868	21,374	3,483
58	Cleveland	OH	Public Library		519,519	3,023,156	163,418
59	Clinton	IA	Free Public Library	26	21,715	96,367	10,473
62	Columbus	WI	Free Public Library		5,059	21,297	1,667
64	Cornish	NH	G.H. Stowell Free Public Library	1	3,444	5,431	500	4,159
66	Dallas	TX	Public Library	130	51,972	156,707	24,631
67	Danbury	CT	Public Library	23	22,353	54,627	3,270
68	Danville	IL	Public Library	40	32,851	87,239	6,075
69	Davenport	IA	Public Library	48	42,669	192,098	11,341
70	Denver	CO	Public Library	213	167,020	647,711	57,923
71	Detroit	MI	Public Library	600	329,675	1,491,034	100,294
72	Dickinson	ND	Public Library		4,182	15,494	700	9,668
73	Dover	NH	Public Library	13	44,275	76,848	15,840	25,422
74	Duluth	MN		94	67,623	269,429	22,063
76	Elkhart	IN	Carnegie Library	23	24,401	87,441	7,690
77	Elmira	NY	Steele Mem. Library		21,834	76,452	8,811	2,800
78	Emporia	KS	Free Library	12	13,963	43,636	4,871
79	Endicott	NY	Free Library		1,940	24,493	1,842
80	Eugene	OR	Public Library	14	7,084	33,969	4,808
83	Evanston	IL	Public Library	27	52,056	109,966	10,237
84	Everett	WA	Public Library	33	9,495	50,880	5,347
85	Fairhaven	MA	Millicent Library	6	22,596	54,211	2,016
88	Fort William	Canada	Public Library	20	17,632	89,557	4,975
89	Galveston	TX	Rosenberg Library	45	54,712	72,623	16,115
90	Gardner	MA	Heywood Mem	16	16,401	75,870	3,549