← How Mapleton ranks
Maine rankings · Libraries Towns that borrow the most from their library in Maine Ranked by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. 98 towns with 2,500+ residents.
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All 98 towns Loans per resident, highest first. Towns next door to Mapleton are tagged.
# Town Loans per resident Library Loans a year
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Camden Knox County · 5,242 people 20.5 per resident Camden Public Library 107,345
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Belfast 6,986 people 14.0 per resident Belfast Free Library 99,297
3
Paris Oxford County · 5,317 people 12.0 per resident Paris Public Library 64,148
4
Freeport Cumberland County · 8,802 people 11.9 per resident Freeport Community Library 104,415
5
Cape Elizabeth Cumberland County · 9,606 people 11.7 per resident Thomas Memorial Library 112,548
6
Brunswick Cumberland County · 22,336 people 11.3 per resident Curtis Memorial Library 310,571
7
Rockport Knox County · 3,675 people 10.8 per resident Rockport Public Library 39,617
8
Yarmouth Cumberland County · 9,053 people 9.9 per resident Merrill Memorial Library 89,253
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Falmouth Cumberland County · 12,755 people 9.8 per resident Falmouth Memorial Library 126,148
10
Rockland 7,035 people 9.8 per resident Rockland Public Library 69,186
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Topsham Sagadahoc County · 9,706 people 9.7 per resident Topsham Public Library 94,417
12
Bar Harbor Hancock County · 5,244 people 8.7 per resident Jesup Memorial Library 45,650
13
Searsport Waldo County · 2,655 people 8.5 per resident Carver Memorial Library 22,495
14
Scarborough Cumberland County · 23,215 people 8.4 per resident Scarborough Public Library 199,241
15
Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis County · 4,506 people 8.1 per resident Thompson Free Library 36,758
16
Kittery York County · 10,473 people 8.0 per resident Rice Public Library 86,537
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Portland 68,854 people 7.5 per resident Portland Public Library 521,529
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Winthrop Kennebec County · 6,191 people 7.2 per resident Charles M. Bailey Public Library 44,952
19
York York County · 13,986 people 7.0 per resident York Public Library 99,334
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Hampden Penobscot County · 7,896 people 7.0 per resident Edythe Dyer Community Library 55,588
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South Portland 26,930 people 6.8 per resident South Portland Public Library 182,199
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Gray Cumberland County · 8,429 people 6.6 per resident Gray Public Library 55,646
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Bangor 31,938 people 6.5 per resident Bangor Public Library 205,799
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Union Knox County · 2,663 people 6.3 per resident Vose Library 15,287
25
Augusta 19,077 people 6.2 per resident Lithgow Public Library 119,024
26
Wells York County · 11,713 people 6.2 per resident Wells Public Library 73,809
27
Norway Oxford County · 5,228 people 5.9 per resident Norway Memorial Library 31,115
28
Kennebunkport York County · 3,684 people 5.5 per resident Louis T. Graves Memorial Library 20,493
29
Old Orchard Beach York County · 9,244 people 5.4 per resident Libby Memorial Library 50,191
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North Berwick York County · 5,129 people 5.3 per resident D.A. Hurd Library 27,555
31
Auburn 24,602 people 5.2 per resident Auburn Public Library 143,720
32
Saco 20,819 people 5.2 per resident Dyer Library 108,588
33
South Berwick York County · 7,670 people 5.2 per resident South Berwick Public Library 40,480
34
Bridgton Cumberland County · 5,642 people 5.2 per resident Bridgton Public Library 29,723
35
Lincoln Penobscot County · 4,890 people 5.2 per resident Lincoln Memorial Library 25,526
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Oakland Kennebec County · 6,309 people 5.1 per resident Oakland Public Library 32,322
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Farmington Franklin County · 8,157 people 5.0 per resident Farmington Public Library 42,043
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Jay Franklin County · 4,657 people 5.0 per resident Jay-Niles Memorial Library 23,095
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Thomaston Knox County · 2,769 people 5.0 per resident Thomaston Public Library 13,689
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Windham Cumberland County · 19,188 people 4.8 per resident Windham Public Library 95,081
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Raymond Cumberland County · 4,610 people 4.6 per resident Raymond Village Library 21,070
42
Readfield Kennebec County · 2,651 people 4.5 per resident Readfield Community Library 11,963
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Waterville 17,077 people 4.4 per resident Waterville Public Library 74,405
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Limerick York County · 3,400 people 4.4 per resident Limerick Public Library 15,658
45
Hallowell 2,592 people 4.4 per resident Hubbard Free Library 11,374
46
Calais 3,097 people 4.3 per resident Calais Free Library 13,311
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Biddeford 22,498 people 4.1 per resident Mcarthur Public Library 92,546
48
Brewer 9,652 people 4.1 per resident Brewer Public Library 39,542
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Wilton Franklin County · 3,862 people 4.0 per resident Wilton Free Public Library 15,540
50
St. George Knox County · 2,606 people 3.9 per resident Jackson Memorial Library 10,205
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Millinocket Penobscot County · 4,115 people 3.6 per resident Millinocket Memorial Library 14,883
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Lisbon Androscoggin County · 9,750 people 3.5 per resident Lisbon Library Dept 34,138
53
Naples Cumberland County · 3,985 people 3.5 per resident Naples Public Library 14,088
54
Berwick York County · 8,175 people 3.4 per resident Berwick Public Library 28,122
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Alfred York County · 3,125 people 3.4 per resident Parsons Memorial Library 10,987
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Poland Androscoggin County · 5,954 people 3.3 per resident Ricker Memorial Library 19,357
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Bowdoinham Sagadahoc County · 3,142 people 3.2 per resident Bowdoinham Public Library 10,125
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Presque Isle 8,736 people 3.1 per resident Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library 26,617
59
Vassalboro Kennebec County · 4,592 people 3.1 per resident Vassalboro Public Library 14,448
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Monmouth Kennebec County · 4,162 people 3.1 per resident Cumston Public Library 13,184
61
Winslow Kennebec County · 8,023 people 3.0 per resident Winslow Public Library 24,219
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Eliot York County · 7,146 people 3.0 per resident William Fogg Public Library 22,209
63
Waldoboro Lincoln County · 5,253 people 3.0 per resident Waldoboro Public Library 16,091
64
Bristol Lincoln County · 2,917 people 3.0 per resident Bristol Area Library 8,949
65
Westbrook 20,775 people 2.9 per resident Walker Memorial Library 60,191
66
Waterboro York County · 8,055 people 2.9 per resident Waterboro Public Library 23,807
67
New Gloucester Cumberland County · 5,766 people 2.9 per resident New Gloucester Public Library 17,024
68
Orrington Penobscot County · 3,853 people 2.7 per resident Orrington Public Library 10,568
69
Skowhegan Somerset County · 8,653 people 2.6 per resident Skowhegan Free Public Library 22,634
70
Richmond Sagadahoc County · 3,566 people 2.5 per resident Isaac F. Umberhine Public Library 8,761
71
Lewiston 38,324 people 2.3 per resident Lewiston Public Library 88,659
72
Sanford 22,247 people 2.3 per resident Goodall Memorial Library 50,287
73
Turner Androscoggin County · 5,891 people 2.2 per resident Turner Public Library 13,259
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Greene Androscoggin County · 4,417 people 2.2 per resident Julia Adams Morse Memorial Library 9,775
75
Mechanic Falls Androscoggin County · 3,134 people 2.1 per resident Mechanic Falls Public Library 6,490
76
Livermore Falls Androscoggin County · 3,102 people 2.1 per resident Treat Memorial Library 6,497
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Fairfield Somerset County · 6,519 people 2.0 per resident Lawrence Public Library 12,755
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Madawaska Aroostook County · 3,853 people 2.0 per resident Madawaska Public Library 7,715
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Fryeburg Oxford County · 3,489 people 2.0 per resident Fryeburg Public Library 7,221
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Limington York County · 4,017 people 1.9 per resident Davis Memorial Library 7,633
81
Belgrade Kennebec County · 3,351 people 1.9 per resident Belgrade Public Library 6,398
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Rumford Oxford County · 5,942 people 1.7 per resident Rumford Public Library 11,568
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Winterport Waldo County · 3,850 people 1.7 per resident Winterport Memorial Library 6,634
84
Fort Kent Aroostook County · 4,150 people 1.5 per resident Fort Kent Public Library 6,143
85
Warren Knox County · 4,932 people 1.3 per resident Warren Free Public Library 6,180
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Shapleigh York County · 2,976 people 1.3 per resident Shapleigh Community Library 3,871
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Carmel Penobscot County · 2,941 people 1.3 per resident Simpson Memorial Library 3,935
88
Norridgewock Somerset County · 3,288 people 1.1 per resident Norridgewock Public Library 3,708
89
Fort Fairfield Aroostook County · 3,309 people 1.0 per resident Fort Fairfield Public Library 3,313
90
Acton York County · 2,721 people 1.0 per resident Acton Public Library 2,685
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Clinton Kennebec County · 3,385 people 0.9 per resident Brown Memorial Library - Clinton 2,980
92
Mexico Oxford County · 2,782 people 0.9 per resident Mexico Free Public Library 2,482
93
Lebanon York County · 6,629 people 0.5 per resident Martha Sawyer Community Library 3,365
94
Harpswell Cumberland County · 5,046 people 0.5 per resident Orrs Island Library 2,463
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China Kennebec County · 4,526 people 0.5 per resident South China Public Library 2,508
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Oxford Oxford County · 4,333 people 0.5 per resident Freeland Holmes Library 2,000
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Buxton York County · 8,512 people 0.2 per resident West Buxton Public Library Association 1,714
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Standish Cumberland County · 10,662 people 0.1 per resident Richville Library 610
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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