TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
NMNew Mexico rankings

Towns that borrow the most from their library in New Mexico

Ranked by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. 36 towns with 2,500+ residents.

IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024

Santa Fe
New Mexico · Most library borrowing

Where Santa Fe lands: #8 of 36

9.5 per resident books, movies & e-books borrowed a year · Visit Santa Fe →

Bosque Farms 1 Bosque Farms 61.8 per resident Bosque Farms Public Library Tucumcari 2 Tucumcari 50.2 per resident Tucumcari Public Library Deming 3 Deming 16.9 per resident Marshall Memorial Library
#TownLoans per residentLibraryLoans a year
1 Bosque Farms Bosque Farms4,071 people 61.8 per resident Bosque Farms Public Library 248,509
2 Tucumcari Tucumcari5,160 people 50.2 per resident Tucumcari Public Library 264,951
3 Deming Deming15,221 people 16.9 per resident Marshall Memorial Library 249,922
4 Los Lunas Los Lunas18,618 people 16.2 per resident Los Lunas Public Library 279,859
5 Map of Tularosa Tularosa2,597 people 13.9 per resident Tularosa Public Library 35,400
6 Taos Taos6,458 people 12.3 per resident Taos Public Library 79,782
7 Ruidoso Ruidoso7,699 people 11.0 per resident Ruidoso Public Library 84,740
8 Santa Fe Santa Fe89,019 people 9.5 per resident Santa Fe Public Library 835,407
9 Aztec Aztec6,150 people 8.4 per resident Aztec Public Library 52,246
10 Silver City Silver City9,536 people 7.1 per resident Silver City Public Library 68,621
11 Map of Belen Belen7,450 people 7.0 per resident Belen Public Library 51,497
12 Raton Raton6,026 people 6.8 per resident Arthur Johnson Memorial Library 41,257
13 Farmington Farmington46,314 people 6.6 per resident Farmington Public Library 306,145
14 Corrales Corrales8,555 people 5.3 per resident Corrales Community Library 45,398
15 Rio Rancho Rio Rancho108,515 people 5.1 per resident Rio Rancho Public Library 526,389
16 Map of Edgewood Edgewood6,124 people 5.0 per resident Edgewood Community Library 30,679
17 Las Cruces Las Cruces114,197 people 3.9 per resident Thomas Branigan Memorial Library 432,172
18 Artesia Artesia12,576 people 3.4 per resident Artesia Public Library 44,085
19 Gallup Gallup21,023 people 3.2 per resident Octavia Fellin Public Library 70,209
20 Socorro Socorro8,481 people 3.0 per resident Socorro Public Library 25,776
21 Clovis Clovis37,942 people 2.8 per resident Clovis Carver Public Library 109,559
22 Portales Portales11,968 people 2.7 per resident Portales Public Library 33,121
23 Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences6,019 people 2.7 per resident Truth Or Consequences Public Library 16,129
24 Clayton Clayton2,753 people 2.7 per resident Albert W. Thompson Memorial Library 7,099
25 Carlsbad Carlsbad31,746 people 2.3 per resident Carlsbad Public Library 73,105
26 Española Española10,473 people 2.3 per resident Espanola Public Library 23,861
27 Hobbs Hobbs40,252 people 1.9 per resident Hobbs Public Library 78,232
28 Eunice Eunice3,015 people 1.7 per resident Eunice Public Library 5,205
29 Roswell Roswell47,638 people 1.6 per resident Roswell Public Library 79,724
30 Map of Grants Grants8,951 people 1.5 per resident Grants Public Library 13,599
31 Bloomfield Bloomfield7,395 people 1.5 per resident Bloomfield Public Library 10,910
32 Bernalillo Bernalillo9,086 people 1.4 per resident Town of Bernalillo Public Library 12,252
33 Lovington Lovington11,498 people 1.3 per resident Lovington Public Library 15,364
34 Las Vegas Las Vegas13,000 people 0.6 per resident Carnegie Public Library 7,415
35 Sunland Park Sunland Park17,463 people 0.3 per resident Sunland Park Community Library 5,539
36 Anthony Anthony8,767 people 0.3 per resident Anthony Public Library 2,375

How this ranking works

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.

Same ranking in other states

AL AZ CA CO FL IL IA KS ME MA MI MN MO NE NH NJ NM NY OK OR PA RI SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WI All of the U.S.