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Towns with the most-used public libraries in Arizona

Ranked by library visits per resident in a year, at the public library that serves the town. 41 towns with 2,500+ residents.

IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024

Cottonwood 1 Cottonwood 16.0 per resident Cottonwood Public Library Page 2 Page 14.3 per resident Page Public Library Sedona 3 Sedona 13.9 per resident Community Library Sedona
#TownVisits per residentLibraryVisits a year
1 Cottonwood Cottonwood12,580 people 16.0 per resident Cottonwood Public Library 202,234
2 Page Page7,345 people 14.3 per resident Page Public Library 107,170
3 Sedona Sedona9,777 people 13.9 per resident Community Library Sedona 135,649
4 Parker Parker3,388 people 13.3 per resident Parker Public Library 46,237
5 Cave Creek Cave Creek5,091 people 13.2 per resident Desert Foothills Library 69,215
6 Show Low Show Low12,102 people 12.6 per resident Show Low Public Library 158,000
7 Bisbee Bisbee4,977 people 11.0 per resident Copper Queen Library 55,103
8 Map of Tolleson Tolleson7,668 people 8.1 per resident Tolleson Public Library 69,841
9 Camp Verde Camp Verde12,521 people 7.5 per resident Camp Verde Community Library 92,656
10 Prescott Prescott47,400 people 6.7 per resident Prescott Public Library 320,485
11 Pinetop-Lakeside Pinetop-Lakeside4,101 people 6.5 per resident Pinetop-Lakeside Public Library 27,050
12 Holbrook Holbrook4,858 people 6.3 per resident Holbrook Public Library 30,722
13 Superior Superior2,535 people 5.7 per resident Superior Public Library 14,000
14 Apache Junction Apache Junction41,058 people 5.5 per resident Apache Junction Public Library 228,569
15 Benson Benson5,417 people 5.5 per resident Benson Public Library 30,631
16 Maricopa Maricopa67,163 people 5.1 per resident Maricopa Library & Cultural Center 372,095
17 Willcox Willcox3,222 people 4.7 per resident Elsie S. Hogan Community Library 15,521
18 Payson Payson16,622 people 4.6 per resident Payson Public Library 77,764
19 Winslow Winslow8,773 people 4.2 per resident Winslow Public Library 36,788
20 Chino Valley Chino Valley13,602 people 4.0 per resident Chino Valley Public Library 55,000
21 Globe Globe7,195 people 4.0 per resident Globe Public Library 28,540
22 Williams Williams3,369 people 3.9 per resident Williams Public Library 13,955
23 Prescott Valley Prescott Valley49,179 people 3.8 per resident Prescott Valley Public Library 197,554
24 Map of Sierra Vista Sierra Vista45,155 people 3.4 per resident Sierra Vista Public Library 152,446
25 Wickenburg Wickenburg8,059 people 3.4 per resident Wickenburg Public Library and Learning Center 28,346
26 Pima Pima2,995 people 3.4 per resident Pima Public Library 10,819
27 Casa Grande Casa Grande60,905 people 3.1 per resident Casa Grande Public Library 204,849
28 Douglas Douglas15,981 people 3.1 per resident Douglas Public Library 50,204
29 Florence Florence25,570 people 3.0 per resident Viney Jones Library 72,460
30 Chandler Chandler280,136 people 2.4 per resident Chandler Public Library 684,234
31 Scottsdale Scottsdale243,821 people 2.4 per resident Scottsdale Public Library 598,296
32 Coolidge Coolidge16,636 people 2.2 per resident Coolidge Public Library 41,083
33 Tempe Tempe188,065 people 2.0 per resident Tempe Public Library 394,905
34 Glendale Glendale252,833 people 1.8 per resident Glendale Public Library 465,476
35 Peoria Peoria196,906 people 1.8 per resident Peoria Public Library System 369,854
36 Map of Avondale Avondale92,477 people 1.4 per resident Avondale Public Library 131,738
37 Phoenix Phoenix1,642,323 people 1.3 per resident Phoenix Public Library 2,124,498
38 Eloy Eloy17,433 people 1.3 per resident Eloy Santa Cruz Library 24,236
39 Mesa Mesa511,764 people 1.2 per resident Mesa Public Library 649,237
40 Clifton Clifton3,822 people 1.2 per resident Clifton Public Library 4,767
41 Youngtown Youngtown7,015 people 0.8 per resident Youngtown Public Library 6,013

How this ranking works

We rank every town by library visits per resident in a year, at the public library that serves the town. The highest figure ranks #1. Each library reports its own yearly numbers to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (fiscal year 2024), and each town’s Library page shows how it compares with libraries of a similar size nationwide.

A town is ranked only when its library system serves that town alone, and the library’s own count of the people it serves is within 20% of the town’s population. Towns served by a county or regional system, or sharing a library with a neighbor, can’t be credited with the numbers, so they aren’t ranked. Libraries that didn’t respond to the survey aren’t ranked either. Vacation towns can rank high because summer residents and visitors use the library too.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Libraries: IMLS Public Libraries Survey. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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