Library · Williams
Williams Branch
Williams’s library is the Williams Branch, a branch of Colusa County Free Library, open about 24 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Williams’s branch belongs to Colusa County Free Library, which serves 21,743 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Williams Branch
901 E St., Williams 95987
24 hrsopen a week
1,680sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Colusa County Free Library
31K
visits
1.4 per resident
72K
loans, print + digital
3.3 per resident
944
programs & events
6,622 attended
5,286
library cards
24% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 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
1.4 visits · typical 3.1
Lower than most similar-size libraries (20th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.9 print items · typical 3.9
A little below typical (37th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.4 e-items · typical 1.1
Lower than most similar-size libraries (21th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.8 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Lower than most similar-size libraries (24th percentile)
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.4
A little below typical (35th percentile)
Cardholders
24% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (21th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
72K loans last year
Books & media (adults)64%Kids’ books & media23%E-books, audio & streaming13%
Who the programs are for
944 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$46 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $993K.
Local 88%State 5%Gifts & other 8%
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.