Summary Rank Order Tables
Table A6, part 1: Number of Paid Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Librarians with ALA-MLS per 25,000 Population
1992-2002

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2002		 Paid FTE
librarians with
ALA-MLS per
25,000
population*
in 2002
AK 14 17 18 18 15 16 17 16 16 17 20 2.69
AL 44 45 40 44 44 42 42 43 43 43 42 1.39
AR 51 51 50 49 49 49 51 50 50 51 51 0.85
AZ 22 22 22 25 27 27 27 24 25 27 27 2.18
CA 19 19 24 24 23 24 25 26 25 25 25 2.34
CO 17 18 16 17 18 22 18 13 12 13 15 3.01
CT 4 3 4 4 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 5.49
DC 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 5.41
DE 46 46 46 45 43 43 43 42 33 40 43 1.33
FL 25 26 25 23 22 20 22 23 22 22 24 2.44
GA 24 23 25 26 25 26 28 28 30 29 28 2.07
HI 5 10 9 8 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 3.26
IA 28 28 29 30 28 28 30 35 33 30 30 1.97
ID 43 42 41 43 45 44 45 46 47 48 45 1.20
IL 10 9 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 3.77
IN 9 8 10 10 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 3.94
KS 20 20 19 19 32 37 20 21 21 20 21 2.59
KY 49 49 51 51 51 49 49 47 48 46 48 1.17
LA 36 37 37 36 38 35 33 37 38 31 31 1.93
MA 8 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 4.47
MD 11 12 2 1 2 1 13 15 13 16 14 3.03
ME 25 25 23 26 20 17 15 18 17 14 17 2.90
MI 13 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 15 12 13 3.11
MN 23 23 20 20 20 19 23 22 23 23 23 2.48
MO 40 38 39 40 39 34 33 32 32 34 36 1.74
MS 44 44 45 46 46 46 46 45 45 47 46 1.19
MT 48 47 47 47 50 51 47 51 51 49 49 1.11
NC 30 32 33 33 30 33 31 31 29 33 33 1.85
ND 50 50 48 50 48 47 48 49 49 50 50 1.00
NE 34 31 34 32 34 36 37 34 35 28 34 1.84
NH 17 13 13 13 14 12 12 12 11 15 12 3.14
NJ 3 2 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4.47
NM 31 33 27 22 32 29 29 29 40 41 40 1.63
NV 39 40 43 39 35 30 35 30 28 35 35 1.80
NY 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 4.50
OH 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 4.21
OK 37 38 38 37 37 38 38 38 37 38 38 1.72
OR 21 21 21 21 19 21 21 19 20 19 16 2.92
PA 27 27 28 28 26 25 26 27 27 23 22 2.53
RI 7 6 6 6 6 7 4 5 4 4 3 4.61
SC 32 29 31 29 24 23 24 24 24 26 26 2.27
SD 42 40 44 41 41 39 41 41 42 42 41 1.50
TN 41 42 41 42 42 45 44 44 44 44 46 1.19
TX 33 30 32 31 29 30 32 32 31 31 32 1.91
UT 35 35 30 35 36 40 39 40 41 39 37 1.73
VA 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 19 19 21 19 2.82
VT 38 36 36 34 31 32 36 38 38 35 29 1.99
WA 12 11 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 11 11 3.20
WI 16 15 15 15 16 15 15 17 18 18 18 2.85
WV 47 48 48 47 47 47 50 47 45 45 44 1.29
WY 29 34 35 38 40 41 40 36 36 37 38 1.72

* Based on unduplicated population of legal service areas