Library · Mount Ida
Montgomery County Library
Mount Ida’s library is the Montgomery County Library, a branch of Ouachita Mountains Regional Library, open about 34 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Mount Ida’s branch belongs to Ouachita Mountains Regional Library, which serves 27,893 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Montgomery County Library
145a Whittington St., Mt. Ida 71957
34 hrsopen a week
2,712sq ft
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Ouachita Mountains Regional Library
20K
visits
0.7 per resident
49K
loans, print + digital
1.8 per resident
4,950
library cards
18% 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
0.7 visits · typical 2.6
Lower than most similar-size libraries (5th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
1.0 print items · typical 3.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (11th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.7 e-items · typical 1.2
A little below typical (33th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.4 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (12th percentile)
Cardholders
18% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (11th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
49K loans last year
Books & media (adults)35%Kids’ books & media23%E-books, audio & streaming42%
Money
Who pays for it
$8 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $213K.
Local 67%State 29%Gifts & other 4%
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.