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Facts About American Libraries

  • There are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the U.S.—a total of 16,766 including branches.
  • Americans spend nearly three times as much on candy as they do on public libraries.
  • Americans go to school, public, and academic libraries more than three times more often than they go to the movies.
  • Fifty-eight percent of adults in the U.S. have public library cards.
  • Reference librarians in the nation’s public and academic libraries answer nearly 6.6 million questions weekly.
  • Americans check out more than eight books a year, on average.
  • Almost 89% of public library outlets now offer wireless Internet access.