NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables

Table A6, part 1

Paid Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Librarians with ALA-MLS per 25,000 Population

State	2002 Rank	Paid FTE librarians with ALA-MLS per 25,000 population*
50 States and DC	.	2.74
Connecticut	1	5.49
District of Columbia**	2	5.41
Rhode Island	3	4.61
New York	4	4.50
Massachusetts	5	4.47
New Jersey	5	4.47
Ohio	7	4.21
Indiana	8	3.94
Illinois	9	3.77
Hawaii	10	3.26
Washington	11	3.20
New Hampshire	12	3.14
Michigan	13	3.11
Maryland	14	3.03
Colorado	15	3.01
Oregon	16	2.92
Maine	17	2.90
Wisconsin	18	2.85
Virginia	19	2.82
Alaska	20	2.69
Kansas	21	2.59
Pennsylvania	22	2.53
Minnesota	23	2.48
Florida	24	2.44
California	25	2.34
South Carolina	26	2.27
Arizona	27	2.18
Georgia	28	2.07
Vermont	29	1.99
Iowa	30	1.97
Louisiana	31	1.93
Texas	32	1.91
North Carolina	33	1.85
Nebraska	34	1.84
Nevada	35	1.80
Missouri	36	1.74
Utah	37	1.73
Oklahoma	38	1.72
Wyoming	38	1.72
New Mexico	40	1.63
South Dakota	41	1.50
Alabama	42	1.39
Delaware	43	1.33
West Virginia	44	1.29
Idaho	45	1.20
Mississippi	46	1.19
Tennessee	46	1.19
Kentucky	48	1.17
Montana	49	1.11
North Dakota	50	1.00
Arkansas	51	0.85

* Per capita is based on the unduplicated population of legal service areas.
** The District of Columbia, while not a state, is included in the state
rankings. Special care should be using in comparing its data to state data.