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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.