Library · Potts Camp
Potts Camp Library
Potts Camp’s library is the Potts Camp Library, a branch of Marshall County Library, open about 20 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Potts Camp’s branch belongs to Marshall County Library, which serves 34,123 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Potts Camp Library
20 South Center Street, Potts Camp 38659
20 hrsopen a week
1,956sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Marshall County Library
31K
visits
0.9 per resident
27K
loans, print + digital
0.8 per resident
59
programs & events
765 attended
6,105
library cards
18% 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
0.9 visits · typical 2.6
Lower than most similar-size libraries (9th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
0.7 print items · typical 3.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (7th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.1 e-items · typical 1.2
Lower than most similar-size libraries (4th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.1 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Lower than most similar-size libraries (2th percentile)
Program attendance
0.0 attendees · typical 0.3
Lower than most similar-size libraries (1th percentile)
Cardholders
18% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (11th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
27K loans last year
Books & media (adults)79%Kids’ books & media11%E-books, audio & streaming11%
Who the programs are for
59 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$8 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $262K.
Local 69%State 22%Federal 3%Gifts & other 6%
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.