Library · Port Allen
West Baton Rouge Parish Library
Port Allen’s library is the West Baton Rouge Parish Library, a branch of West Baton Rouge Parish Library.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Port Allen’s branch belongs to West Baton Rouge Parish Library, which serves 28,425 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
West Baton Rouge Parish Library
830 North Alexander Avenue, Port Allen 70767
16,798sq ft
Fiscal year 2024
A year at West Baton Rouge Parish Library
50K
visits
1.8 per resident
51K
loans, print + digital
1.8 per resident
9,963
library cards
35% 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
1.8 visits · typical 2.6
A little below typical (30th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
1.8 print items · typical 3.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (24th percentile)
Cardholders
35% of residents
A little below typical (40th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
51K loans last year
Books & media (adults)100%Kids’ books & media0%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Money
Who pays for it
$74 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.1M.
Local 94%State 2%Gifts & other 3%
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.