Pequot Library Association
Pequot Library Association serves 63,433 people in and around Southport. Last year it lent 27K books, movies and e-books and logged 24K visits.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Close to typical for its size
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
library systems for visits per resident.
Pequot Library Association serves 63,433 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
27K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 108K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Southport cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $688K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.6M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 25,173 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Pequot Library Association, 720 Pequot Ave., Fairfield.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
Southport ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westport | Westport Library | 13.3 | 66 |
| Fairfield | Fairfield Public Library | 11.0 | 56 |
| Southport | Pequot Library Association | 0.4 | 48 |
| Greens Farms | None of its own | — | — |
| Mill Plain | None of its own | — | — |
| Staples | None of its own | — | — |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Southport.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.