| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A7, part 1 |
| Total per capita Operating Income of Public Libraries, FY 2002 |
| State |
2002 Rank |
Per capital
total operating income* |
| 50 States and DC | . | $30.97 |
| Ohio | 1 | 56.85 |
| Illinois | 2 | 51.28 |
| District of Columbia** | 3 | 49.67 |
| New York | 4 | 46.74 |
| Indiana | 5 | 45.55 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 44.34 |
| Colorado | 7 | 42.14 |
| Washington | 8 | 40.86 |
| New Jersey | 9 | 40.28 |
| Oregon | 10 | 38.19 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | 38.06 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | 37.64 |
| Alaska | 13 | 37.50 |
| Kansas | 14 | 37.04 |
| Maryland | 15 | 36.92 |
| Wyoming | 16 | 34.95 |
| Michigan | 17 | 33.81 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | 32.32 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 32.12 |
| Missouri | 20 | 31.28 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | 29.88 |
| Nevada | 22 | 29.38 |
| Virginia | 23 | 28.77 |
| South Dakota | 24 | 28.54 |
| Nebraska | 25 | 28.30 |
| Utah | 26 | 27.90 |
| California | 27 | 27.41 |
| Louisiana | 28 | 27.22 |
| Iowa | 29 | 26.40 |
| Florida | 30 | 25.37 |
| Maine | 31 | 24.85 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | 24.41 |
| Vermont | 33 | 23.75 |
| Oklahoma | 34 | 23.45 |
| Idaho | 35 | 23.38 |
| Arizona | 36 | 23.01 |
| Delaware | 37 | 22.40 |
| Kentucky | 38 | 21.67 |
| Montana | 39 | 20.92 |
| Hawaii | 40 | 20.71 |
| South Carolina | 41 | 19.61 |
| Georgia | 42 | 19.59 |
| North Carolina | 43 | 18.96 |
| New Mexico | 44 | 17.80 |
| Texas | 45 | 17.42 |
| North Dakota | 46 | 16.64 |
| Alabama | 47 | 15.98 |
| Arkansas | 48 | 15.60 |
| West Virginia | 49 | 15.07 |
| Tennessee | 50 | 14.36 |
| Mississippi | 51 | 13.72 |