| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A1, part 1 |
| Library Visits per capita |
| State |
2002 rank |
Visits per capita* |
| 50 States and DC | . | 4.49 |
| Ohio | 1 | 6.90 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 6.53 |
| Indiana | 3 | 6.35 |
| Oregon | 4 | 5.92 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 5.87 |
| Idaho | 6 | 5.81 |
| Colorado | 7 | 5.80 |
| Kansas | 8 | 5.79 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | 5.74 |
| Rhode Island | 10 | 5.72 |
| New York | 11 | 5.66 |
| Wyoming | 12 | 5.62 |
| Illinois | 13 | 5.51 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | 5.49 |
| Iowa | 15 | 5.25 |
| Minnesota | 16 | 5.23 |
| Vermont | 17 | 5.22 |
| Maryland | 18 | 5.18 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 5.17 |
| New Jersey | 20 | 5.15 |
| Utah | 21 | 5.02 |
| Maine | 22 | 5.01 |
| Washington | 23 | 4.75 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 4.72 |
| Oklahoma | 25 | 4.70 |
| Hawaii | 26 | 4.56 |
| Missouri | 27 | 4.51 |
| Virginia | 28 | 4.49 |
| Alaska | 29 | 4.39 |
| North Dakota | 30 | 4.16 |
| Nevada | 31 | 4.14 |
| California | 32 | 4.09 |
| Michigan | 32 | 4.09 |
| Florida | 34 | 4.04 |
| Montana | 35 | 3.97 |
| North Carolina | 36 | 3.85 |
| Delaware | 37 | 3.74 |
| Arizona | 38 | 3.73 |
| Kentucky | 39 | 3.56 |
| District of Columbia** | 40 | 3.54 |
| South Carolina | 41 | 3.45 |
| Pennsylvania | 42 | 3.43 |
| West Virginia | 43 | 3.42 |
| Georgia | 44 | 3.33 |
| New Mexico | 45 | 3.27 |
| Tennessee | 46 | 3.07 |
| Texas | 47 | 3.01 |
| Alabama | 48 | 2.97 |
| Louisiana | 49 | 2.94 |
| Arkansas | 50 | 2.93 |
| Mississippi | 51 | 2.77 |