Statistics

Jefferson County Public Library was established in 1952 and has since grown to become a technologically progressive and service-oriented library system, serving more than 548,000 people.

Below is a snapshot of various annual statistics, offering a quick review of library use, operations and programs.

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These statistics are updated at the end of March each year. All figures accurate as of Dec. 31, 2008.

Population of legal service area	548,557
Libraries	10 libraries plus a Bookmobile and the Traveling Children's Library
Library cardholders	277,023
Library visitors last year	2.7 million
Total items checked out last year	6.5 million
Online Library page views last year	More than 3.6 million
Remote users of the Online Library last year	2.8 million
Programs and classes offered in 2008	5,244
Program attendance (children, teen and adult) in 2008	124,458
2008 Summer Reading Club participants	27,000
Resource-sharing in 2008 Interlibrary loan and Prospector+ Items loaned to other libraries Items borrowed from other libraries	119,546 89,360
Hours open for service	21,717
Estimated number of hours worked by volunteers in 2008 (includes Library, Friends of the Library, and Foundation volunteers)	7,550
Reference transactions in 2008 (online, phone and in-person)	399,300
Total collection holdings Print (books and bound serials) E-books Periodicals Databases Audio/visual (CDs, VHS, DVDs and audiobooks)	More than 1.3 million 1,133,319 6,200 4,164 75 157,662
2008 Budget	$27 million, including operating and capital expenses
2007 Colorado metro public library report	Selected statistics of 19 Colorado public libraries with operating expenditures greater than $1,000,000

Statistics for previous years: 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007