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Kansas rankings · Libraries Towns with the most-used public libraries in Kansas Ranked by library visits per resident in a year, at the public library that serves the town. 70 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Lyons’s spot
#64 of 70 2.2 per resident library visits a year
The race around Lyons
Just behind Baxter Springs, just ahead of Lansing All 70 towns Visits per resident, highest first. Towns next door to Lyons are tagged.
# Town Visits per resident Library Visits a year
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Girard 2,777 people 20.0 per resident Girard Public Library 49,387
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Norton 2,689 people 18.4 per resident Norton Public Library 49,265
3
Osage City 2,828 people 13.5 per resident Osage City Public Library 37,921
4
Colby 5,387 people 13.4 per resident Colby/Pioneer Memorial Library 75,154
5
Hesston 3,582 people 12.4 per resident Hesston Public Library 43,164
6
Tonganoxie 5,891 people 10.4 per resident Tonganoxie Public Library 63,511
7
Kingman 2,957 people 10.0 per resident Kingman Carnegie Library 28,800
8
Coffeyville 8,662 people 9.7 per resident Coffeyville Public Library 82,820
9
Ottawa 12,678 people 8.2 per resident Ottawa Library 103,948
10
Mulvane 6,171 people 8.1 per resident Mulvane Public Library 55,860
11
Clearwater 2,716 people 7.6 per resident Clearwater Public Library 20,000
12
Manhattan 54,239 people 7.4 per resident Manhattan Public Library 396,982
13
Goddard 6,030 people 7.4 per resident Goddard Public Library 42,159
14
Clay Center 4,132 people 7.4 per resident Clay Center Carnegie Library 30,165
15
Bonner Springs 7,839 people 7.3 per resident Bonner Springs City Library 55,612
16
Baldwin City 4,911 people 7.3 per resident Baldwin City Library 36,110
17
Garnett 3,202 people 7.3 per resident Garnett Public Library 23,192
18
Goodland 4,121 people 7.2 per resident Goodland Public Library 31,512
19
Wamego 4,386 people 6.9 per resident Wamego Public Library 33,609
20
Valley Center 8,590 people 6.8 per resident Valley Center Public Library 50,318
21
Iola 5,348 people 6.8 per resident Iola Public Library 35,951
22
Holton 3,387 people 6.7 per resident Beck-Bookman Library 22,757
23
Hays 21,143 people 6.6 per resident Hays Public Library 138,835
24
Derby 26,062 people 6.4 per resident Derby Public Library 168,732
25
Union Sedgwick County · 2,651 people 6.2 per resident Colwich Community Library 15,439
26
Atchison 10,785 people 6.0 per resident Atchison Library 63,948
27
Hiawatha 3,197 people 6.0 per resident Hiawatha/Morrill Public Library 19,295
28
Morton Sedgwick County · 2,792 people 5.9 per resident Cheney Public Library 16,427
29
Hillsboro 2,700 people 5.8 per resident Hillsboro Public Library 15,650
30
Paola 5,770 people 5.5 per resident Paola Free Library 32,075
31
Ellsworth 3,108 people 5.5 per resident J.H. Robbins Memorial Library 17,200
32
Chanute 8,598 people 5.4 per resident Chanute Public Library 45,632
33
Neodesha 2,503 people 5.4 per resident Neodesha/W.A. Rankin Memorial 11,850
34
Parsons 9,425 people 5.1 per resident Parsons Public Library 47,503
35
Newton 18,397 people 5.0 per resident Newton Public Library 90,357
36
Marysville 3,422 people 5.0 per resident Marysville Public Library 16,931
37
Haysville 11,117 people 4.9 per resident Haysville Community Library 54,818
38
McPherson 13,995 people 4.6 per resident Mcpherson Public Library 63,984
39
Abilene 6,449 people 4.6 per resident Abilene Public Library 29,929
40
Osawatomie 4,182 people 4.4 per resident Osawatomie Public Library 18,489
41
Olathe 145,057 people 4.2 per resident Olathe Public Library 612,074
42
Lawrence 96,051 people 4.2 per resident Lawrence Public Library 406,651
43
Winfield 11,711 people 4.1 per resident Winfield Public Library 47,736
44
Lindsborg 3,792 people 4.1 per resident Lindsborg Community Library 15,742
45
Pittsburg 20,637 people 3.8 per resident Pittsburg Public Library 77,155
46
Great Bend 14,479 people 3.8 per resident Great Bend Public Library 54,545
47
Augusta 9,216 people 3.6 per resident Augusta Public Library 33,519
48
Salina 46,307 people 3.4 per resident Salina Public Library 154,503
49
Liberal 19,316 people 3.4 per resident Liberal Memorial Library 64,957
50
Concordia 5,015 people 3.2 per resident Frank Carlson Library 16,016
51
Russell 4,217 people 3.1 per resident Russell Public Library 13,515
52
Halstead 2,516 people 3.1 per resident Halstead Public Library 6,553
53
Wellington 7,615 people 3.0 per resident Wellington Public 22,484
54
Beloit 3,029 people 3.0 per resident Port Library 10,227
55
Hutchinson 39,709 people 2.7 per resident Hutchinson Public Library 108,576
56
Leavenworth 37,195 people 2.6 per resident Leavenworth Public Library 98,025
57
Dodge City 27,613 people 2.6 per resident Dodge City Public Library 71,434
58
Hoisington 2,643 people 2.4 per resident Hoisington Public Library 6,198
59
El Dorado 12,769 people 2.3 per resident Bradford Memorial Library 29,166
60
Park City 7,673 people 2.3 per resident Park City Public Library 20,652
61
Galena 2,754 people 2.3 per resident Galena Public Library 6,302
62
Fort Scott 7,555 people 2.2 per resident Fort Scott Public Library 16,873
63
Baxter Springs 3,855 people 2.2 per resident Johnston Public Library 8,467
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Lyons 3,553 people 2.2 per resident Lyons Public Library 7,647
65
Lansing 11,246 people 2.1 per resident Lansing Community Library 24,048
66
Kansas City 155,135 people 2.0 per resident Kansas City, Kansas Public Library 320,254
67
Arkansas City 11,884 people 1.8 per resident Arkansas City Public Library 21,649
68
Wichita 397,945 people 1.6 per resident Wichita Public Library 646,814
69
Columbus 2,881 people 1.3 per resident Columbus Public Library 3,744
70
Rose Hill 4,246 people 1.1 per resident Rose Hill Public Library 4,700
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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