← How Willard ranks
New Mexico rankings · Libraries 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.
Willard Not on this list Willard has fewer than 2,500 residents, the floor for NM lists.
All 36 towns Loans per resident, highest first.
# Town Loans per resident Library Loans a year
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Bosque Farms 4,071 people 61.8 per resident Bosque Farms Public Library 248,509
2
Tucumcari 5,160 people 50.2 per resident Tucumcari Public Library 264,951
3
Deming 15,221 people 16.9 per resident Marshall Memorial Library 249,922
4
Los Lunas 18,618 people 16.2 per resident Los Lunas Public Library 279,859
5
Tularosa 2,597 people 13.9 per resident Tularosa Public Library 35,400
6
Taos 6,458 people 12.3 per resident Taos Public Library 79,782
7
Ruidoso 7,699 people 11.0 per resident Ruidoso Public Library 84,740
8
Santa Fe 89,019 people 9.5 per resident Santa Fe Public Library 835,407
9
Aztec 6,150 people 8.4 per resident Aztec Public Library 52,246
10
Silver City 9,536 people 7.1 per resident Silver City Public Library 68,621
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Belen 7,450 people 7.0 per resident Belen Public Library 51,497
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Raton 6,026 people 6.8 per resident Arthur Johnson Memorial Library 41,257
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Farmington 46,314 people 6.6 per resident Farmington Public Library 306,145
14
Corrales 8,555 people 5.3 per resident Corrales Community Library 45,398
15
Rio Rancho 108,515 people 5.1 per resident Rio Rancho Public Library 526,389
16
Edgewood 6,124 people 5.0 per resident Edgewood Community Library 30,679
17
Las Cruces 114,197 people 3.9 per resident Thomas Branigan Memorial Library 432,172
18
Artesia 12,576 people 3.4 per resident Artesia Public Library 44,085
19
Gallup 21,023 people 3.2 per resident Octavia Fellin Public Library 70,209
20
Socorro 8,481 people 3.0 per resident Socorro Public Library 25,776
21
Clovis 37,942 people 2.8 per resident Clovis Carver Public Library 109,559
22
Portales 11,968 people 2.7 per resident Portales Public Library 33,121
24
Clayton 2,753 people 2.7 per resident Albert W. Thompson Memorial Library 7,099
25
Carlsbad 31,746 people 2.3 per resident Carlsbad Public Library 73,105
26
Española 10,473 people 2.3 per resident Espanola Public Library 23,861
27
Hobbs 40,252 people 1.9 per resident Hobbs Public Library 78,232
28
Eunice 3,015 people 1.7 per resident Eunice Public Library 5,205
29
Roswell 47,638 people 1.6 per resident Roswell Public Library 79,724
30
Grants 8,951 people 1.5 per resident Grants Public Library 13,599
31
Bloomfield 7,395 people 1.5 per resident Bloomfield Public Library 10,910
32
Bernalillo 9,086 people 1.4 per resident Town of Bernalillo Public Library 12,252
33
Lovington 11,498 people 1.3 per resident Lovington Public Library 15,364
34
Las Vegas 13,000 people 0.6 per resident Carnegie Public Library 7,415
35
Sunland Park 17,463 people 0.3 per resident Sunland Park Community Library 5,539
36
Anthony 8,767 people 0.3 per resident Anthony Public Library 2,375
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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