| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A5, part 2 |
| Paid Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Librarians per 25,000 Population |
| State |
2002 Rank |
Paid FTE librarians per 25,000 population* |
| 50 States and DC | . | 4.05 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 8.49 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 8.19 |
| Vermont | 3 | 8.11 |
| Iowa | 4 | 7.29 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 7.14 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | 6.96 |
| Kansas | 7 | 6.84 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 6.76 |
| Maine | 9 | 6.63 |
| District of Columbia** | 10 | 6.42 |
| Ohio | 11 | 6.00 |
| Illinois | 12 | 5.99 |
| Indiana | 13 | 5.96 |
| Maryland | 14 | 5.61 |
| South Dakota | 15 | 5.54 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | 5.48 |
| Rhode Island | 17 | 5.44 |
| New York | 18 | 5.39 |
| Louisiana | 19 | 4.86 |
| Kentucky | 20 | 4.77 |
| North Dakota | 21 | 4.75 |
| Montana | 22 | 4.71 |
| West Virginia | 23 | 4.62 |
| Alaska | 24 | 4.53 |
| New Jersey | 25 | 4.50 |
| Michigan | 26 | 4.49 |
| Oklahoma | 26 | 4.49 |
| Colorado | 28 | 4.37 |
| Missouri | 29 | 4.08 |
| Minnesota | 30 | 4.01 |
| Oregon | 31 | 3.95 |
| Mississippi | 32 | 3.88 |
| Idaho | 33 | 3.84 |
| New Mexico | 34 | 3.80 |
| Alabama | 35 | 3.68 |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | 3.63 |
| Washington | 37 | 3.40 |
| Virginia | 38 | 3.36 |
| Hawaii | 39 | 3.26 |
| Utah | 40 | 3.15 |
| South Carolina | 41 | 3.01 |
| Florida | 42 | 2.97 |
| Delaware | 43 | 2.71 |
| Arizona | 44 | 2.65 |
| Texas | 45 | 2.64 |
| California | 46 | 2.52 |
| Tennessee | 47 | 2.48 |
| Nevada | 48 | 2.44 |
| Arkansas | 49 | 2.35 |
| Georgia | 50 | 2.15 |
| North Carolina | 51 | 1.95 |