| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A4, part 2 |
| Current serial subscriptions per 1,000 population |
| State |
2002 Rank |
Current serial subscriptions per 1,000 population |
| 50 States and DC | . | 7.02 |
| Vermont | 1 | 14.15 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 13.67 |
| New York | 3 | 13.40 |
| Iowa | 4 | 13.28 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 12.10 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 11.71 |
| Nebraska | 7 | 11.60 |
| Indiana | 8 | 11.06 |
| Ohio | 9 | 10.90 |
| Alaska | 10 | 10.89 |
| Kansas | 11 | 10.76 |
| Illinois | 12 | 10.75 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | 10.69 |
| Wyoming | 14 | 10.54 |
| Maine | 15 | 9.95 |
| Connecticut | 16 | 9.38 |
| North Dakota | 17 | 8.09 |
| Michigan | 18 | 7.99 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 7.96 |
| District of Columbia** | 20 | 7.94 |
| Washington | 21 | 7.87 |
| New Jersey | 22 | 7.76 |
| Oregon | 23 | 7.57 |
| Rhode Island | 24 | 7.37 |
| Louisiana | 25 | 7.19 |
| Missouri | 26 | 7.02 |
| Delaware | 27 | 6.75 |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | 6.72 |
| Montana | 29 | 6.03 |
| Idaho | 30 | 5.91 |
| Utah | 31 | 5.88 |
| Maryland | 32 | 5.86 |
| Colorado | 33 | 5.84 |
| Virginia | 34 | 5.80 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | 5.36 |
| South Carolina | 36 | 5.10 |
| New Mexico | 37 | 4.81 |
| Hawaii | 38 | 4.69 |
| California | 39 | 4.44 |
| Texas | 39 | 4.44 |
| Mississippi | 41 | 4.26 |
| North Carolina | 42 | 4.24 |
| West Virginia | 43 | 4.18 |
| Kentucky | 44 | 4.10 |
| Arizona | 45 | 4.09 |
| Arkansas | 46 | 3.97 |
| Florida | 47 | 3.76 |
| Nevada | 48 | 3.73 |
| Alabama | 49 | 3.52 |
| Tennessee | 50 | 3.49 |
| Georgia | 51 | 3.37 |