| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A8, part 1 |
| Local per capita operating income of public libraries, FY 2002 |
| State |
2002 Rank |
Per capita
local operating income* |
| 50 States and DC | . | $24.49 |
| District of Columbia** | 1 | 46.11 |
| Illinois | 2 | 43.26 |
| Indiana | 3 | 39.77 |
| Washington | 4 | 38.78 |
| Colorado | 5 | 38.67 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 36.89 |
| New York | 7 | 36.50 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 36.33 |
| Oregon | 9 | 35.23 |
| Alaska | 10 | 33.03 |
| Wyoming | 11 | 32.54 |
| Kansas | 12 | 31.46 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | 29.96 |
| Michigan | 13 | 29.96 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | 29.20 |
| Minnesota | 16 | 28.29 |
| Missouri | 17 | 27.18 |
| New Hampshire | 18 | 26.65 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 26.20 |
| South Dakota | 20 | 26.06 |
| Utah | 21 | 26.00 |
| Maryland | 22 | 25.52 |
| Virginia | 23 | 24.17 |
| Louisiana | 24 | 24.08 |
| California | 25 | 23.41 |
| Iowa | 26 | 23.25 |
| Rhode Island | 27 | 23.19 |
| Arizona | 28 | 22.23 |
| Florida | 29 | 21.99 |
| Oklahoma | 30 | 21.26 |
| Idaho | 31 | 19.95 |
| Nevada | 31 | 19.95 |
| Kentucky | 33 | 18.61 |
| Maine | 34 | 18.28 |
| South Carolina | 35 | 16.99 |
| Vermont | 36 | 16.65 |
| New Mexico | 37 | 16.38 |
| Texas | 38 | 16.36 |
| Delaware | 39 | 16.04 |
| Montana | 40 | 15.88 |
| North Carolina | 41 | 15.66 |
| Georgia | 42 | 14.69 |
| Arkansas | 43 | 13.94 |
| Pennsylvania | 44 | 13.73 |
| Alabama | 45 | 13.61 |
| Tennessee | 46 | 13.26 |
| North Dakota | 47 | 13.20 |
| Ohio | 48 | 11.30 |
| Mississippi | 49 | 9.81 |
| West Virginia | 50 | 8.72 |
| Hawaii | 51 | 0.00 |