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Public Library Statistics by Library System
Los Angeles County
Fiscal Year 1996-1997
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One library card-holder at the Beverly
Hills Library was credited with checking out 1,200 books in a single year.
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| Library System |
Number of Outlets |
Number Volumes |
Total Circulation |
Circulation Per Capita |
| Alhambra |
1 |
139,425 |
619,161 |
6.92 |
| Altadena District |
2 |
118,963 |
179,786 |
3.66 |
| Arcadia |
1 |
126,146 |
497,229 |
9.45 |
| Azusa |
1 |
102,176 |
205,185 |
4.6 |
| Beverly Hills |
2 |
245,562 |
869,855 |
25.81 |
| Burbank |
3 |
332,625 |
629,981 |
6.15 |
| Cerritos |
2 |
147,301 |
701,323 |
12.48 |
| Commerce |
6 |
78,845 |
167,536 |
12.99 |
| Covina |
1 |
92,283 |
171,773 |
3.70 |
| Downey |
1 |
152,111 |
431,213 |
4.37 |
| El Segundo |
4 |
130,612 |
246,378 |
15.16 |
| Glendale |
7 |
650,896 |
971,060 |
4.96 |
| Library System |
Number of Outlets |
Number Volumes |
Total Circulation |
Circulation Per Capita |
| Glendora |
1 |
86,712 |
373,716 |
7.20 |
| Inglewood |
3 |
426,281 |
426,381 |
3.39 |
| Irwindale |
1 |
14,960 |
2,597 |
2.24 |
| Long Beach City |
13 |
1,112,686 |
2,292,378 |
5.19 |
| Los Angeles City |
71 |
5,743,103 |
11,018,519 |
2.99 |
| Los Angeles County |
89 |
6,707,525 |
14,913,713 |
4.42 |
| Monrovia |
1 |
104,960 |
132,393 |
4.63 |
| Monterey Park |
1 |
145,979 |
424,450 |
6.57 |
| Palmdale |
1 |
92,595 |
370,767 |
3.23 |
| Palos Verdes District |
3 |
265,619 |
809,146 |
11.59 |
| Pasadena |
10 |
757,751 |
1,624,695 |
11.70 |
| Library System |
Number of Outlets |
Number Volumes |
Total Circulation |
Circulation Per Capita |
| Pomona |
1 |
264,849 |
365,225 |
2.58 |
| Redondo Beach |
1 |
135,433 |
753,220 |
11.64 |
| San Marino |
1 |
93,776 |
171,443 |
12.65 |
| Santa Fe Springs |
3 |
94,817 |
137,188 |
8.63 |
| Santa Monica |
5 |
379,296 |
1,129,281 |
12.36 |
| Sierra Madre |
2 |
59,360 |
84,168 |
7.45 |
| Signal Hill |
1 |
22,400 |
29,455 |
3.32 |
| South Pasadena |
1 |
110,220 |
331,870 |
13.2 |
| Torrance |
6 |
486,589 |
1,169,816 |
8.27 |
| Vernon |
1 |
2,181 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Whittier |
8 |
290,696 |
607,904 |
7.29 |
| County-Wide |
255 |
19,714,733 |
42,858,805 |
7.67* |
*average circulation per capita county-wide.
Source: California State Library
The largest library system in Los Angeles
County is the county’s own system with more than 6.7 million volumes and 14.9 million
circulations per year.
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