| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A9, part 2 |
| Total Collection Expenditures per capita of public libraries, FY 2002 |
| State |
2002 Rank |
Total collection expenditures per capita* |
| 50 States and DC | . | $4.18 |
| Ohio | 1 | 9.16 |
| Indiana | 2 | 6.65 |
| Colorado | 3 | 6.09 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 5.89 |
| Illinois | 5 | 5.84 |
| Maryland | 6 | 5.75 |
| Utah | 7 | 5.73 |
| New York | 8 | 5.55 |
| Kansas | 9 | 5.49 |
| Connecticut | 10 | 5.47 |
| Missouri | 11 | 5.38 |
| Washington | 12 | 5.36 |
| Nebraska | 13 | 5.10 |
| Oregon | 14 | 5.03 |
| New Jersey | 15 | 4.96 |
| Nevada | 16 | 4.68 |
| District of Columbia** | 17 | 4.54 |
| Alaska | 18 | 4.45 |
| Virginia | 19 | 4.33 |
| Rhode Island | 20 | 4.27 |
| Minnesota | 21 | 4.25 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 4.23 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | 4.21 |
| Iowa | 24 | 4.18 |
| Michigan | 25 | 3.87 |
| South Dakota | 26 | 3.84 |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | 3.61 |
| Florida | 28 | 3.51 |
| Vermont | 28 | 3.51 |
| Arizona | 30 | 3.47 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | 3.44 |
| South Carolina | 31 | 3.44 |
| Wyoming | 33 | 3.38 |
| Delaware | 34 | 3.36 |
| Maine | 35 | 3.33 |
| California | 36 | 3.23 |
| North Dakota | 37 | 3.12 |
| Kentucky | 38 | 3.11 |
| Louisiana | 39 | 2.92 |
| Idaho | 40 | 2.85 |
| New Mexico | 41 | 2.82 |
| Hawaii | 42 | 2.59 |
| North Carolina | 43 | 2.56 |
| Texas | 44 | 2.48 |
| Georgia | 45 | 2.44 |
| West Virginia | 46 | 2.40 |
| Alabama | 47 | 2.26 |
| Arkansas | 48 | 2.25 |
| Montana | 48 | 2.25 |
| Tennessee | 50 | 1.89 |
| Mississippi | 51 | 1.78 |