Library · Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Municipal Library
Ocean Springs’s library is the Ocean Springs Municipal Library, a branch of Jackson-George Regional Library System, open about 45 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Ocean Springs’s branch belongs to Jackson-George Regional Library System, which serves 172,008 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Ocean Springs Municipal Library
525 Dewey Avenue, Ocean Springs 39564
45 hrsopen a week
16,421sq 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 Jackson-George Regional Library System
314K
visits
1.8 per resident
425K
loans, print + digital
2.5 per resident
2,101
programs & events
56K attended
137K
library cards
79% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 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 2.1
A little below typical (38th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.1 print items · typical 3.2
A little below typical (29th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.4 e-items · typical 1.4
Lower than most similar-size libraries (12th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.7 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Lower than most similar-size libraries (15th percentile)
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.2
Higher than 74% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
79% of residents
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
425K loans last year
Books & media (adults)58%Kids’ books & media28%E-books, audio & streaming15%
Who the programs are for
2,101 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$27 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $4.6M.
Local 88%State 11%Federal 0%
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.