Summary Rank Order Tables
Table A5, part 2: Number of Paid Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Librarians per 25,000 Population
1992-2002

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2002		 Paid FTE
librarians per
25,000
population*
in 2002
AK 22 25 23 24 21 24 23 20 19 20 24 4.53
AL 32 33 34 33 30 31 33 35 35 34 35 3.68
AR 51 51 50 50 50 49 49 49 50 49 49 2.35
AZ 38 41 41 45 44 44 44 42 44 43 44 2.65
CA 43 46 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 46 2.52
CO 24 24 27 30 28 28 25 22 22 22 28 4.37
CT 12 11 7 7 5 8 7 4 2 7 8 6.76
DC 6 6 5 9 2 6 8 2 7 9 10 6.42
DE 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 45 36 45 43 2.71
FL 41 44 44 42 42 41 42 43 43 41 42 2.97
GA 50 49 49 49 49 50 50 50 48 49 50 2.15
HI 26 36 35 32 37 36 35 37 36 38 39 3.26
IA 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 4 5 4 7.29
ID 20 22 26 27 27 27 28 26 30 30 33 3.84
IL 13 15 12 11 9 13 11 11 12 12 12 5.99
IN 3 7 14 20 8 9 9 10 9 13 13 5.96
KS 1 1 1 3 33 33 26 25 17 14 7 6.84
KY 30 28 28 22 21 23 19 24 23 19 20 4.77
LA 40 50 37 26 24 21 22 28 27 24 19 4.86
MA 9 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 5 6 6 6.96
MD 34 18 16 14 14 16 16 15 14 16 14 5.61
ME 5 14 11 10 11 10 10 9 10 8 9 6.63
MI 27 29 29 29 23 25 21 21 25 26 26 4.49
MN 28 32 31 31 29 29 30 30 31 32 30 4.01
MO 48 27 18 23 25 18 32 33 33 33 29 4.08
MS 18 9 22 34 31 32 31 32 39 37 32 3.88
MT 7 4 20 19 18 19 27 26 21 23 22 4.71
NC 44 45 46 50 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 1.95
ND 15 21 17 17 20 20 18 18 20 21 21 4.75
NE 10 12 13 5 13 1 2 8 8 2 5 7.14
NH 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 6 1 1 8.49
NJ 21 22 21 21 19 22 20 19 25 25 25 4.50
NM 25 30 32 25 34 30 29 29 29 31 34 3.80
NV 46 46 51 46 47 47 47 46 46 47 48 2.44
NY 16 19 9 13 12 12 13 13 11 11 18 5.39
OH 11 13 10 12 10 11 12 14 13 10 11 6.00
OK 23 26 24 28 25 26 24 23 28 28 26 4.49
OR 33 35 36 35 35 35 34 34 34 29 31 3.95
PA 37 39 40 40 41 38 39 39 40 36 36 3.63
RI 19 20 19 16 16 17 17 17 16 18 17 5.44
SC 38 40 42 41 38 34 40 41 41 41 41 3.01
SD 17 17 25 15 15 14 14 12 17 15 15 5.54
TN 47 48 47 47 46 46 45 47 45 44 47 2.48
TX 45 42 45 43 45 45 46 44 47 46 45 2.64
UT 31 34 33 38 39 40 38 40 42 40 40 3.15
VA 35 38 39 39 40 39 36 38 38 39 38 3.36
VT 8 10 6 6 7 4 4 5 1 4 3 8.11
WA 36 36 38 37 36 37 37 36 32 35 37 3.40
WI 14 16 15 18 17 15 15 16 15 17 16 5.48
WV 28 31 30 36 32 42 40 31 23 27 23 4.62
WY 49 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 8.19

* Based on unduplicated population of legal service areas