Library · Green Forest
Green Forest Public Library
Green Forest’s library is the Green Forest Public Library, a branch of Carroll and Madison Library System, open about 53 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Green Forest’s branch belongs to Carroll and Madison Library System, which serves 45,292 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Green Forest Public Library
206 East Main Street, Green Forest 72638
53 hrsopen a week
4,500sq ft
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Carroll and Madison Library System
186K
visits
4.1 per resident
96K
loans, print + digital
2.1 per resident
15K
library cards
33% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
4.1 visits · typical 2.6
Higher than 77% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
2.1 print items · typical 3.7
A little below typical (29th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.9 kids’ items · typical 1.7
A little below typical (28th percentile)
Cardholders
33% of residents
A little below typical (37th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
96K loans last year
Books & media (adults)59%Kids’ books & media41%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Money
Who pays for it
$27 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.2M.
Local 72%State 6%Gifts & other 22%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Compared by size“Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.