Shelf--awareness: libraries.

PositionBY THE NUMBERS - Brief article - Statistical data

The states play a declining, though still vital, role in funding U.S. public libraries. Of the total $11.5 billion invested in public libraries in 2012, $788 million, or 6.9 percent, came from state government sources, according to the most recent figures from the American Library Association, That represented a 10-year decline of 37.2 percent on the states' part. During that period, however, total revenue was up 7.2 percent thanks to funding increases from local sources. Here's a look at 2012.

6.9%

States' portion of public library funding, nationwide.

2.2 billion

Number of materials circulated by public libraries, a 10-year increase of 28 percent.

340.5 million

Number of times people used a public computer.

366,642

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