| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A2, part 1 |
| Circulation Transactions per capita |
| State |
2002 rank |
Circulation transactions per capita* |
| 50 States and DC | . | 6.85 |
| Ohio | 1 | 14.63 |
| Oregon | 2 | 13.41 |
| Utah | 3 | 11.70 |
| Indiana | 4 | 11.69 |
| Kansas | 5 | 10.10 |
| Washington | 6 | 10.09 |
| Colorado | 7 | 9.93 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 9.69 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 9.69 |
| Maryland | 10 | 9.42 |
| Iowa | 11 | 9.05 |
| Connecticut | 12 | 8.90 |
| Nebraska | 13 | 8.65 |
| Virginia | 14 | 8.48 |
| South Dakota | 15 | 8.36 |
| Illinois | 16 | 7.89 |
| Idaho | 17 | 7.87 |
| Wyoming | 18 | 7.82 |
| Missouri | 19 | 7.73 |
| Massachusetts | 20 | 7.59 |
| North Dakota | 21 | 7.36 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 7.29 |
| Maine | 23 | 7.08 |
| Arizona | 24 | 6.97 |
| New York | 25 | 6.93 |
| Rhode Island | 26 | 6.78 |
| Vermont | 27 | 6.72 |
| New Jersey | 28 | 6.26 |
| Delaware | 29 | 6.17 |
| Oklahoma | 30 | 5.93 |
| Hawaii | 31 | 5.83 |
| Alaska | 32 | 5.79 |
| Michigan | 33 | 5.76 |
| Montana | 34 | 5.66 |
| Nevada | 35 | 5.50 |
| North Carolina | 36 | 5.37 |
| Kentucky | 37 | 5.36 |
| California | 38 | 5.28 |
| Florida | 39 | 5.27 |
| Pennsylvania | 40 | 5.08 |
| New Mexico | 41 | 4.94 |
| Georgia | 42 | 4.79 |
| South Carolina | 43 | 4.65 |
| Texas | 44 | 4.50 |
| Arkansas | 45 | 4.27 |
| West Virginia | 46 | 4.25 |
| Louisiana | 47 | 4.05 |
| Tennessee | 48 | 3.98 |
| Alabama | 49 | 3.83 |
| Mississippi | 50 | 3.27 |
| District of Columbia** | 51 | 2.14 |