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Towns with the most-used public libraries in New Mexico

Ranked by library visits per resident in a year, at the public library that serves the town. 36 towns with 2,500+ residents.

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Farmington’s spot

#19of 36

3.0 per residentlibrary visits a year

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Taos13.3 per resident · Taos Public Library

Ruidoso11.9 per resident · Ruidoso Public Library

Belen7.2 per resident · Belen Public Library

The race around Farmington

Just behind Española, just ahead of Los Lunas

17Truth or Consequences3.4 per resident 18Española3.3 per resident 19Farmington3.0 per resident 20Los Lunas3.0 per resident 21Raton2.6 per resident

All 36 towns

Visits per resident, highest first. Towns next door to Farmington are tagged.

#TownVisits per residentLibraryVisits a year

1 Taos6,458 people 13.3 per resident Taos Public Library85,876

2 Ruidoso7,699 people 11.9 per resident Ruidoso Public Library91,062

3 Belen7,450 people 7.2 per resident Belen Public Library53,053

4 Tucumcari5,160 people 6.7 per resident Tucumcari Public Library35,300

5 Santa Fe89,019 people 5.2 per resident Santa Fe Public Library458,860

6 Gallup21,023 people 5.0 per resident Octavia Fellin Public Library109,385

7 Carlsbad31,746 people 4.6 per resident Carlsbad Public Library146,951

8 Aztec6,150 people 4.5 per resident Aztec Public Library28,127

9 Silver City9,536 people 4.3 per resident Silver City Public Library41,933

10 Socorro8,481 people 4.1 per resident Socorro Public Library35,304

11 Grants8,951 people 3.7 per resident Grants Public Library33,820

12 Corrales8,555 people 3.7 per resident Corrales Community Library31,224

13 Roswell47,638 people 3.6 per resident Roswell Public Library175,546

14 Artesia12,576 people 3.5 per resident Artesia Public Library45,057

15 Bloomfield7,395 people 3.5 per resident Bloomfield Public Library26,270

16 Portales11,968 people 3.4 per resident Portales Public Library41,849

17 Truth or Consequences6,019 people 3.4 per resident Truth Or Consequences Public Library20,776

18 Española10,473 people 3.3 per resident Espanola Public Library34,479

19 Farmington46,314 people 3.0 per resident Farmington Public Library140,924

20 Los Lunas18,618 people 3.0 per resident Los Lunas Public Library52,251

21 Raton6,026 people 2.6 per resident Arthur Johnson Memorial Library15,431

22 Las Cruces114,197 people 2.5 per resident Thomas Branigan Memorial Library276,780

23 Bosque Farms4,071 people 2.4 per resident Bosque Farms Public Library9,722

24 Clayton2,753 people 2.3 per resident Albert W. Thompson Memorial Library6,052

25 Eunice3,015 people 2.1 per resident Eunice Public Library6,351

26 Deming15,221 people 2.0 per resident Marshall Memorial Library29,847

27 Edgewood6,124 people 1.9 per resident Edgewood Community Library11,645

28 Clovis37,942 people 1.8 per resident Clovis Carver Public Library70,579

29 Bernalillo9,086 people 1.7 per resident Town of Bernalillo Public Library15,244

30 Lovington11,498 people 1.6 per resident Lovington Public Library18,268

31 Rio Rancho108,515 people 1.5 per resident Rio Rancho Public Library154,150

32 Tularosa2,597 people 1.4 per resident Tularosa Public Library3,640

33 Sunland Park17,463 people 1.1 per resident Sunland Park Community Library18,514

34 Hobbs40,252 people 1.0 per resident Hobbs Public Library41,169

35 Anthony8,767 people 0.8 per resident Anthony Public Library6,926

36 Las Vegas13,000 people 0.7 per resident Carnegie Public Library9,084

How it works

How this ranking works

The NM list, with the map →

We rank every town by library visits per resident in a year, at the public library that serves the town. 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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