NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables

Table A9, part 1

Total Operating Expenditures per capita of public libraries, FY 2002

State	2002 Rank	Total operating expenditures per capita*
50 States and DC	.	$28.94
Ohio	1	53.93
District of Columbia**	2	47.84
New York	3	44.65
Indiana	4	42.41
Illinois	5	41.03
Connecticut	6	40.93
Washington	7	39.87
New Jersey	8	39.02
Oregon	9	38.94
Colorado	10	38.21
Alaska	11	36.35
Kansas	12	36.14
Massachusetts	13	35.71
Rhode Island	14	35.27
Maryland	15	35.19
Wyoming	16	32.81
Minnesota	17	31.45
Wisconsin	18	31.30
Michigan	19	29.75
New Hampshire	20	28.93
Virginia	21	28.28
Utah	22	28.08
Missouri	23	27.56
Nevada	24	26.79
Nebraska	25	26.45
Iowa	26	25.51
California	27	25.38
South Dakota	28	24.74
Vermont	29	24.38
Maine	30	24.36
Pennsylvania	31	24.18
Louisiana	32	23.20
Florida	33	22.92
Idaho	34	22.85
Arizona	35	22.11
Oklahoma	36	21.28
Hawaii	37	20.52
Delaware	38	19.87
South Carolina	39	19.38
Georgia	40	19.13
Kentucky	41	19.00
New Mexico	42	18.32
North Carolina	43	18.03
Texas	44	16.69
Montana	45	16.62
North Dakota	46	16.16
Alabama	47	15.68
Tennessee	48	14.17
West Virginia	49	13.93
Arkansas	50	13.75
Mississippi	51	13.14

* 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.