Library · New Roads
Pointe Coupee Parish Library
New Roads’s library is the Pointe Coupee Parish Library, a branch of Pointe Coupee Parish Library, open about 48 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. New Roads’s branch belongs to Pointe Coupee Parish Library, which serves 19,845 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Pointe Coupee Parish Library
201 Claiborne Street, New Roads 70760
48 hrsopen a week
19,000sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Pointe Coupee Parish Library
79K
visits
4.0 per resident
527K
loans, print + digital
26.6 per resident
1,163
programs & events
51K attended
28K
library cards
100% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 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
4.0 visits · typical 3.1
Higher than 65% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
15.3 print items · typical 3.9
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
11.3 e-items · typical 1.1
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
3.5 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Higher than 79% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
2.6 attendees · typical 0.4
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
100% of residents
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
527K loans last year
Books & media (adults)44%Kids’ books & media13%E-books, audio & streaming42%
Who the programs are for
1,163 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$102 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2M.
Local 98%State 2%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.