← How Mapleton ranks
Iowa rankings · Libraries Towns that borrow the most from their library in Iowa Ranked by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. 51 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Mapleton Not on this list Mapleton has fewer than 2,500 residents, the floor for IA lists.
All 51 towns Loans per resident, highest first.
# Town Loans per resident Library Loans a year
1
Orange City 6,426 people 18.6 per resident Orange City Public Library 126,053
2
Dyersville 4,423 people 16.2 per resident James Kennedy Public Library 83,154
3
Ames 67,669 people 10.1 per resident Ames Public Library 736,717
4
Story City 3,398 people 10.0 per resident Bertha Bartlett Public Library 36,401
5
Iowa City 75,752 people 9.6 per resident Iowa City Public Library 863,766
6
Bettendorf 39,647 people 9.2 per resident Bettendorf Public Library Information Center 359,780
7
Urbandale 46,595 people 9.0 per resident Urbandale Public Library 415,204
8
Clive 19,012 people 9.0 per resident Clive Public Library 168,342
9
Johnston 24,384 people 8.8 per resident Johnston Public Library 237,200
10
Coralville 23,234 people 8.7 per resident Coralville Public Library 224,366
11
Marion 41,896 people 8.0 per resident Marion Public Library 391,190
12
Grimes 16,366 people 7.6 per resident Grimes Public Library 128,414
13
Waukee 29,236 people 7.3 per resident Waukee Public Library 183,997
14
Cedar Falls 40,888 people 7.2 per resident Cedar Falls Public Library 329,357
15
Huxley 4,544 people 6.4 per resident Huxley Public Library 29,449
16
Mitchellville 2,579 people 6.4 per resident Mitchellville Public Library 16,684
17
Le Claire 4,735 people 6.3 per resident Le Claire Community Library 29,441
18
Altoona 21,495 people 6.2 per resident Altoona Public Library 154,706
19
West Des Moines 71,083 people 6.1 per resident West Des Moines Public Library 419,685
20
Polk City 6,037 people 6.1 per resident Polk City Community Library 42,266
21
Marshalltown 27,626 people 6.0 per resident Marshalltown Public Library 200,852
22
Dubuque 59,174 people 5.8 per resident Carnegie-Stout Public Library 349,791
23
Pleasant Hill 11,136 people 5.5 per resident Pleasant Hill Public Library 63,227
24
Nevada 6,983 people 5.3 per resident Nevada Public Library 40,513
25
Ankeny 72,615 people 4.9 per resident Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library 371,399
26
Norwalk 14,183 people 4.9 per resident Norwalk Easter Public Library 83,466
27
Sheldon 5,474 people 4.7 per resident Sheldon Public Library 29,703
28
North Liberty 21,125 people 4.4 per resident North Liberty Community Library 98,169
29
Spencer 11,400 people 4.4 per resident Spencer Public Library 58,184
30
Jefferson 4,152 people 4.4 per resident Jefferson Public Library 22,623
31
Hudson 2,699 people 4.3 per resident Hudson Public Library 14,485
32
Perry 7,985 people 4.2 per resident Perry Public Library 39,319
33
Des Moines 212,421 people 3.8 per resident Des Moines Public Library 848,407
34
Keokuk 9,662 people 3.7 per resident Keokuk Public Library 42,162
35
Camanche 4,550 people 3.6 per resident Camanche Public Library 17,464
36
Mason City 27,050 people 3.5 per resident Mason City Public Library 102,086
37
Wilton 2,920 people 3.5 per resident Wilton Public Library 12,774
38
Tama 3,051 people 3.3 per resident Louise & Lucile Hink/Tama Public Library 10,357
39
Cedar Rapids 137,264 people 3.1 per resident Cedar Rapids Public Library 450,724
40
Mount Vernon 4,513 people 3.1 per resident Russell D. Cole Library 16,238
41
Waterloo 67,008 people 3.0 per resident Waterloo Public Library 201,665
42
Davenport 100,913 people 2.9 per resident Davenport Public Library 298,091
43
Ottumwa 25,430 people 2.7 per resident Ottumwa Public Library 78,402
44
Postville 2,979 people 2.7 per resident Postville Public Library 9,004
45
Clarion 2,770 people 2.5 per resident Clarion Public Library 8,385
46
Sioux City 86,101 people 2.3 per resident Sioux City Public Library 199,909
47
Carter Lake 3,767 people 2.2 per resident Carter Lake Public Library 8,382
48
Clinton 24,322 people 1.6 per resident Clinton Public Library 43,805
49
Storm Lake 11,428 people 1.4 per resident Storm Lake Public Library 16,680
50
Evansdale 4,518 people 1.3 per resident Evansdale Public Library 6,127
51
Sergeant Bluff 5,171 people 1.0 per resident Sergeant Bluff Public/School Library 4,899
We rank every town by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. 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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