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Copyright 2004 haplr-index.com  Permission to reprint with this notice included. Population used is that assigned by FSCS as SERVICE population.  K equals 1,000 population in the table below.  The first 6 are input measures, remaining 9 are output measures.  FSCS data were filed in 2004, primarily calendar year 2003.


Number of Libraries reported in this Population Category: 530

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500K      250K     100K     50K     25K     10K     5K     2.5K     1K     0K

An example of how to read the data in this table: Regarding expenditure per capita, the table tells us that the HAPLR Index is weighted at 3 for this factor.  An amount of $66.90 or more would put a library above the 95th percentile, whereas an amount below $6.53 would put it below the 5th percentile.

2003 Data filed 2004
First 6 are input, next 9 are output measures
50 K Population HAPLR WEIGHT 95th %ile 75th %ile 50th %ile 25th %ile 5th %ile
Expend per capita 3 $66.90 $35.45 $21.67 $13.18 $6.53
Percent of Budget to Materials 2 21.70% 16.70% 14.10% 11.30% 8.20%
Materials Expenditure Per capita 2 $9.85 $4.87 $3.10 $1.83 $0.71
FTE Staff per 1,000 Population 2        1.10        0.60        0.40        0.28        0.15
Periodicals per 1000 residents 1        12.3          6.8          4.6          3.1          1.5
Volumes per Capita 1          5.0          3.1          2.3          1.7          1.0
Oper Expend per Circulation (low to high) 3 $2.06 $3.05 $3.89 $5.36 $10.01
Visits per capita 3          9.9          5.8          3.9          2.5          1.1
Collection Turnover 3          5.4          3.6          2.4          1.6          0.8
Circulation per FTE Staff hr 2        12.4          8.7          6.5          4.7          2.6
Circulation per capita 2        17.1          9.4          5.3          3.3          1.4
Reference per capita 2          2.3          1.1          0.6          0.3          0.1
Circulation per hour 2      235.6      119.6        61.8        28.5        12.3
Visits per hour 1      150.8        79.0        45.8        22.4          8.9
Circulation per visit 1          3.0          1.9          1.5          1.1          0.6

 

 

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