NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables

Table A10, part 1

Total Staff Expenditures per capita of public libraries, FY 2002

State	2002 Rank	Total staff expenditures per capita*
50 States and DC	.	18.72
District of Columbia**	1	34.39
Ohio	2	33.71
New York	3	29.79
Connecticut	4	28.08
New Jersey	5	26.69
Washington	6	26.49
Illinois	7	26.31
Oregon	8	25.82
Indiana	9	24.93
Colorado	10	24.41
Rhode Island	11	24.36
Massachusetts	12	24.28
Maryland	13	23.97
Wyoming	14	23.69
Alaska	15	23.17
Minnesota	16	21.78
Kansas	17	21.34
Wisconsin	18	21.26
New Hampshire	19	19.92
Virginia	20	18.28
Michigan	21	18.21
Utah	22	17.32
Nevada	23	17.20
Nebraska	24	17.00
California	25	16.69
South Dakota	26	16.50
Missouri	27	16.45
Iowa	28	16.38
Maine	29	15.83
Vermont	30	15.31
Idaho	31	14.87
Pennsylvania	32	14.52
Hawaii	33	14.13
Arizona	34	14.04
Florida	35	13.63
Louisiana	36	13.36
Oklahoma	37	13.35
Georgia	38	12.93
South Carolina	39	12.37
North Carolina	40	12.19
Delaware	41	12.09
New Mexico	42	11.87
Texas	43	11.48
Kentucky	44	10.64
Montana	45	10.58
Alabama	46	10.15
North Dakota	47	9.61
Tennessee	48	9.29
West Virginia	49	8.86
Arkansas	50	8.62
Mississippi	51	8.54

* 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.