Library · Biggs
Biggs Branch
Biggs’s library is the Biggs Branch, a branch of Butte County Library, open about 9 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Biggs’s branch belongs to Butte County Library, which serves 205,928 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Butte County Library
263K
visits
1.3 per resident
640K
loans, print + digital
3.1 per resident
1,483
programs & events
31K attended
122K
library cards
59% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 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
1.3 visits · typical 2.1
Lower than most similar-size libraries (18th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.3 print items · typical 3.2
A little below typical (33th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.8 e-items · typical 1.4
A little below typical (30th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
1.2 kids’ items · typical 1.6
A little below typical (35th percentile)
Program attendance
0.1 attendees · typical 0.2
A little below typical (26th percentile)
Cardholders
59% of residents
Higher than 77% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
640K loans last year
Books & media (adults)36%Kids’ books & media38%E-books, audio & streaming26%
Who the programs are for
1,483 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$21 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $4.2M.
Local 74%State 7%Federal 3%Gifts & other 16%
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.