In the fiscal year of 2019, Washington D.C. had the highest per capita expenditure on its public libraries, at 87.72 U.S. dollars. New York, Oregon, Ohio, and Illinois all spent at least 65 U.S. dollars per capita. The state with the lowest per capita expenditure was Mississippi with 16.34 U.S. dollars.
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IMLS. (May 1, 2021). Per capita operating expenditures of public libraries in the United States in the fiscal year of 2019, by state (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1326629/per-capita-public-library-operating-expenditures-state-us/
IMLS. "Per capita operating expenditures of public libraries in the United States in the fiscal year of 2019, by state (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1326629/per-capita-public-library-operating-expenditures-state-us/
IMLS. (2021). Per capita operating expenditures of public libraries in the United States in the fiscal year of 2019, by state (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1326629/per-capita-public-library-operating-expenditures-state-us/
IMLS. "Per Capita Operating Expenditures of Public Libraries in The United States in The Fiscal Year of 2019, by State (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1326629/per-capita-public-library-operating-expenditures-state-us/
IMLS, Per capita operating expenditures of public libraries in the United States in the fiscal year of 2019, by state (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1326629/per-capita-public-library-operating-expenditures-state-us/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Per capita operating expenditures of public libraries in the United States in the fiscal year of 2019, by state (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], IMLS, May 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1326629/per-capita-public-library-operating-expenditures-state-us/