NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables

Table A10, part 2

Salaries and Wages Expenditures per capita of public libraries, FY 2002

State	2002 Rank	Salaries and wages expenditures per capita*
50 States and DC	.	15.10
District of Columbia**	1	29.26
Ohio	2	26.53
Connecticut	3	25.32
New York	4	24.01
Massachusetts	5	22.88
Illinois	6	22.38
Washington	7	21.14
New Jersey	8	21.08
Indiana	9	20.30
Rhode Island	10	20.00
Colorado	11	19.58
Maryland	12	19.12
Oregon	13	18.67
Wyoming	14	18.07
Kansas	15	17.59
Minnesota	16	17.34
Alaska	17	17.20
New Hampshire	18	16.41
Wisconsin	19	15.95
Virginia	20	15.01
Michigan	21	14.34
Hawaii	22	14.00
Maine	23	13.77
Nebraska	24	13.74
Missouri	25	13.55
Iowa	26	13.49
Nevada	27	13.39
California	28	13.35
South Dakota	29	13.29
Utah	30	13.10
Vermont	31	13.09
Idaho	32	11.75
Pennsylvania	33	11.62
Arizona	34	11.21
Louisiana	35	10.76
Florida	36	10.73
Oklahoma	37	10.53
Georgia	38	10.21
South Carolina	39	9.78
North Carolina	40	9.73
Delaware	41	9.68
New Mexico	42	9.10
Texas	43	9.03
Kentucky	44	8.74
Alabama	45	8.33
Montana	46	8.32
North Dakota	47	8.17
Tennessee	48	7.81
West Virginia	49	6.97
Arkansas	50	6.90
Mississippi	51	6.71

* 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.