| NCLIS Preliminary 2002 Rank Order Tables |
| Table A3, part 1 |
| Book and Serial Volumes per capita |
| State |
2002 Rank |
Book and serial volumes per capita* |
| 50 States and DC | . | 2.83 |
| Maine | 1 | 5.05 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 4.90 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 4.85 |
| Kansas | 4 | 4.75 |
| Vermont | 4 | 4.75 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 4.71 |
| District of Columbia** | 7 | 4.63 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 4.53 |
| Nebraska | 9 | 4.44 |
| Ohio | 10 | 4.23 |
| Connecticut | 11 | 4.19 |
| Indiana | 12 | 4.17 |
| New York | 12 | 4.17 |
| North Dakota | 14 | 4.07 |
| Iowa | 15 | 3.94 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | 3.92 |
| Illinois | 17 | 3.74 |
| New Jersey | 17 | 3.74 |
| Missouri | 19 | 3.56 |
| Alaska | 20 | 3.53 |
| Wisconsin | 21 | 3.46 |
| Minnesota | 22 | 3.21 |
| Michigan | 23 | 3.20 |
| Idaho | 24 | 3.14 |
| Maryland | 25 | 2.95 |
| Montana | 25 | 2.95 |
| Washington | 27 | 2.90 |
| Oregon | 28 | 2.80 |
| West Virginia | 29 | 2.77 |
| Virginia | 30 | 2.75 |
| Utah | 31 | 2.71 |
| Colorado | 32 | 2.66 |
| New Mexico | 33 | 2.51 |
| Hawaii | 34 | 2.49 |
| Louisiana | 35 | 2.47 |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | 2.38 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | 2.24 |
| Arkansas | 38 | 2.09 |
| Mississippi | 39 | 2.06 |
| South Carolina | 39 | 2.06 |
| Kentucky | 41 | 2.02 |
| Alabama | 42 | 2.00 |
| North Carolina | 43 | 1.98 |
| California | 44 | 1.95 |
| Nevada | 45 | 1.94 |
| Delaware | 46 | 1.90 |
| Texas | 46 | 1.90 |
| Georgia | 48 | 1.87 |
| Florida | 49 | 1.85 |
| Tennessee | 50 | 1.82 |
| Arizona | 51 | 1.72 |