Public library usage in England by ethnicity 2019

From 2017 to 2019, the share of white respondents that visited a public library in England slightly decreased, passing from 31.7 percent to 30 percent. As of 2019, nearly 42 percent of Asian interviewees claimed to have visited a public library at least once in the year previous to the survey.

Share of respondents that visited a public library in England from 2017 to 2019, by ethnicity

Characteristic	White	Mixed	Black	Other	Asian
2019	30%	35.3%	38%	38.3%	41.6%
2018	31.8%	39.6%	33.8%	37.5%	42.5%
2017	31.7%	39.5%	42.6%	25.4%	38.5%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2017 to 2019

Number of respondents

*7,502

Special properties

visited within the year previous to survey

Supplementary notes

* Base of most recent survey. n (8,161); n (2017) = 7,715; n (2016) = 9,352 n (2015) = 10,171 n (2014) = 9,817; n (2013) = 10,355; n (2012) = 9,838; n (2011) = 9,188.
The source indicates that the survey was a household survey. The results presented are based on interviews.
Figures exclude those who visited a library for the purposes of paid work or academic study.

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