America's Most Literate Cities 2008

America's Most Literate Cities 2008

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OVERALL RANKINGS
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LIBRARIES  
TOP 10
Library Support, Holdings, and Utilization

These four variables were indexed to determine a total score and consequent ranking:
1. Number of branch libraries per 10,000 library service population
2. Volumes held in the library per capita of library service population
3. Number of circulations per capita of library service population
4. Number of library professional staff per 10,000 library service population

These numbers were then divided by the city population in order to calculate ratios of library services and resources available to the population.
 
RANK CITY OVERALL RANK
1 Cleveland, OH 13
2 Fort Wayne, IN 44
3 Cincinnati, OH 10.5
4 St. Louis, MO 9
5.5 Seattle, WA 1.5
5.5 Toledo, OH 48
7 Boston, MA 8
8 Denver, CO 7
9 Kansas City, MO 18
10 Pittsburgh, PA 12

 

 
 

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