Library · Natchitoches
Natchitoches Parish Library
Natchitoches’s library is the Natchitoches Parish Library, a branch of Natchitoches Parish Library, open about 53 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Natchitoches’s branch belongs to Natchitoches Parish Library, which serves 35,982 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Natchitoches Parish Library
450 Second Street, Natchitoches 71457
53 hrsopen a week
15,281sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Natchitoches Parish Library
78K
visits
2.2 per resident
111K
loans, print + digital
3.1 per resident
736
programs & events
24K attended
28K
library cards
78% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 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
2.2 visits · typical 2.6
A little below typical (40th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.0 print items · typical 3.7
A little below typical (27th percentile)
Digital borrowing
1.1 e-items · typical 1.2
A little below typical (48th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.7 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (23th percentile)
Program attendance
0.7 attendees · typical 0.3
Higher than 85% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
78% of residents
Higher than 89% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
111K loans last year
Books & media (adults)41%Kids’ books & media22%E-books, audio & streaming36%
Who the programs are for
736 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$64 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.3M.
Local 98%State 1%Gifts & other 1%
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.