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Towns with the most-used public libraries in Florida

Ranked by library visits per resident in a year, at the public library that serves the town. 22 towns with 2,500+ residents.

IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024

North Miami Beach 1 North Miami Beach 20.3 per resident North Miami Beach Public Library Sanibel 2 Sanibel 9.4 per resident Sanibel Public Library Winter Park 3 Winter Park 6.0 per resident Winter Park Public Library
#TownVisits per residentLibraryVisits a year
1 North Miami Beach North Miami Beach43,898 people 20.3 per resident North Miami Beach Public Library 885,322
2 Sanibel Sanibel6,418 people 9.4 per resident Sanibel Public Library 55,915
3 Winter Park Winter Park30,274 people 6.0 per resident Winter Park Public Library 183,043
4 New Port Richey New Port Richey17,425 people 5.6 per resident New Port Richey Public Library 97,474
5 North Palm Beach North Palm Beach13,238 people 5.3 per resident North Palm Beach Public Library 70,000
6 Maitland Maitland19,469 people 4.9 per resident Maitland Public Library 98,079
7 Boca Raton Boca Raton100,234 people 4.1 per resident Boca Raton Public Library 408,796
8 Delray Beach Delray Beach67,979 people 4.0 per resident Delray Beach Library 270,998
9 North Miami North Miami60,344 people 2.7 per resident North Miami Public Library 158,914
10 Lantana Lantana12,256 people 2.5 per resident Lantana Public Library 31,017
11 Boynton Beach Boynton Beach81,435 people 2.2 per resident Boynton Beach City Library 179,193
12 Lake Park9,081 people 2.1 per resident Lake Park Public Library 18,910
13 Lighthouse Point Lighthouse Point10,600 people 2.0 per resident Doreen Gauthier Lighthouse Point Library 20,935
14 West Palm Beach122,290 people 1.9 per resident Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach 241,409
15 Palm Springs Palm Springs27,356 people 1.8 per resident Palm Springs Public Library 50,092
16 Riviera Beach Riviera Beach38,657 people 1.6 per resident Riviera Beach Public Library 63,597
17 Wilton Manors Wilton Manors11,511 people 0.8 per resident Richard C. Sullivan Public Library of Wilton Manors 8,654
18 Hialeah Hialeah226,165 people 0.7 per resident Hialeah Public Libraries 161,507
19 Altamonte Springs Altamonte Springs46,116 people 0.7 per resident Altamonte Springs City Library 31,481
20 Oakland Park44,682 people 0.4 per resident Ethel M. Gordon Oakland Park Library 20,379
21 Plantation Plantation96,293 people 0.3 per resident Helen B. Hoffman Plantation Library 32,460
22 Lake Worth Beach Lake Worth Beach43,365 people 0.3 per resident Lake Worth Beach Public Library 11,580

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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