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
* 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.